Colorado Jasper Options

[CP]

Historically Colorado jasper was used exstensively by the native american indians as knapping material.
Found in a wide variety of colors around the state.

Recent finds from Park county Colorado
Nice piece with vibrant color!


Red and yellow pieces.

[saguache]

New to the forum so I thought I'd post some Colorado Jasper I've collected on my property here in the San Luis Valley. Our farm sets on "the Old Spanish Trail" which was an indian trail heading up the west side of the valley way before the Spanish arrived. There is evidence of numerous paleo camps along the trail and artifacts abound. Colorado Jasper was a main source of flint for tools but its hardness made its best use as hammering tools for knapping and breaking up bones or butchering process.
The mining town of Jasper is south on the Alamosa River and the creek that flows thru it into the Alamosa headwaters at the Summitville gold mine so other minerals can be found in that area as well. Enjoy.