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JoJoDapyro:
Where in Nevada are you Tom?

My next outing will be Broad Canyon. About 30 minutes on the highway and about 45 on dirt. Updates soon.  Also an update on the wonder stone. It is very hit or miss. I spalled all of it out that I had left. Some is great. Tight, smooth, waxy. And some is coarse and brittle.

Majuba Tom:
I am in the Dayton area of Nevada.

JoJoDapyro:
I've been as far as Tonapah on my way to Amargosa Valley

JoJoDapyro:
July 5th 2015

I woke up and decided that there is no time like right now. I picked up my dad and we headed to Broad Canyon. It is about 60 miles from my front door, 15 miles of it are dirt. I have never been to this area before, so I didn't quite know what to expect, or even what I was looking for. The dirt road is good, if it is wet I am sure it is a monster, as it is Dirt, not base, or gravel. Keep on the main road until it ends at a large camp site. Due north of the camp site are white hills. The hills look like crushed gravel, almost like over burden from a mine. as soon as we walked to the road going to the hills I started to notice small chunks of Jasper. The hills are littered with Jasper, from small to cinder block size. As like all of the other jasper I have attempeted to spall, it broke in blocks. I don't know if this is due to weather wear, or just the nature of the raw stone. White, Tan, Yellow, Orange, Red and Pink. As we walked further back into the hills we found a few areas with a vein exposed. As you will see in the photos, the jasper has open cracks, I would assume those were made as the stone formed. I am not going to do anything with the large peices until I get some more info, and slab some of them out. So, Broad Canyon does have knappable material. 

JoJoDapyro:
And the rest. The last one I am going to pressure flake and see what I can get out of it.  >:D

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