California Meteorite Falls
California Meteorite Finds (NOT found on dry lakes)Source: Meteoritical Bulletin DatabaseLake Los Angeles "B" - Ordinary chondrite - classified by UCLA: L6 S4 W1 Olivine: Fa24.7±0.2 (n=9) Low-Ca pyx: Fs20.6±0.2Wo1.5±0.3 (n=9) Ca-pyx: Fs8.2Wo44.3 (n=3); History: Found on 2014 January 5th by Stephen Poterala while he was meteorite hunting along the southeastern edge of a sand dune boundary between sand dunes and interdune mud flats. Physical characteristics: A single stone measuring 82 × 50 × 37 mm of 177.3grams with a complete, lightly weathered fusion crust. One edge of the stone is a smooth oriented surface. The margin of Lake Los Angeles is essentially eroded lacustrine sediments), and is located in very northeastern Los Angeles County near Saddleback Butte. Lake Los Angeles - Ordinary chondrite (classified by UCLA: H6 S2 W2 Fa18.9±0.4); A single stone fragment (92 mm × 70 mm × 57 mm) of 444.5grams was found on 2013 November 30th by Stephen Poterala, while searching for meteorites along the margin of Lake Los Angeles (essentially eroded lacustrine sediments), which is located in very northeastern Los Angeles County. Found in a thin-veneer of sand on a break-in-slope where the local drainage had eroded-away the distal margin of the the southern alluvial fan of Saddleback Butte. Blackhawk Mountain - Ordinary chondrite (H4 S2 W0 Fa20.9±0.2); A solitary stone (20.16g) was found by Michael Mulgrew on 2012 Oct 20th 12:30pm PDT, while searching for meteorites on the surface of the Blackhawk Landslide (essentially an abandoned alluvial surface), which is located in Lucerne Valley, San Bernardino County. Probably the first meteorite found on a landslide. Indio - Ordinary chondrite (H5); TKW: 566g; History: The specimen was found as three stones that fit together; the large one is 475.5 g and is being retained by the finder, Jacob Hopkins, in January of 2013. Physical characteristics: The main mass is oblong and is largely covered by brownish-black fusion crust. Rosamond - Ordinary chondrite (LL3); found by Robert Verish on June 9, 2012, while searching for meteorites in an empty lot on the outskirts of the town of Rosamond (Kern County). Johannesburg - Ordinary chondrite (H4); TKW: 43g; Found by David Libuszowski, while exploring gold mines in the Johannesburg area with his dad. Meteorite was found partially exposed on a natural sandy slope between a graded-lot and a tailings-pile. San Bernardino Wash - Find 2010. Ordinary chondrite (L5); Bob Perkins of Highland, California found the first and second stones while metal-detecting for gold with Gary Crabtree near the "Rusty Gold Mine," in the Dale Mining District (Riverside County). Several fragments were subsequently found by Fred Mason, of San Diego, CA. Willow Wash - Find 2006 September 14. H3.5, breccia; S3 W2. Fa =12.8-30.9. 552 g. A single stone, fully crusted. 35°22'24.88"N, 115°20'37.95"W. Main mass with finder S. Humeston. Randsburg - Find 2005 Jan 2. L5 (S2, W1), 112.9g stone, found by E. Melchiorre. Chicago Valley - Find 2004 December 27 . L5, S1 W3. Fa = 24.8, Fo = 20.9. 26g. Found by S. Clary at 36°00.13'N, 116°11.78'W on desert pavement. Chocolate Mountains - Find 2004. A ureilite. A 699 g stone was found at the base of Black Mountain by Bill Sajkowicz. Paymaster Mine - Find 2004 October 10. L5, Fa = 25.0, Fs = 21.5. 159g. Found by J. Pringle in desert at the base of a hill: 33°11.2'N, 114°55.07'W. Winterhaven - Find 2002 or 2003. Howardite, Fs=33.5-21.8, Wo=1.3-40.8. 2.1 kg. Found by B. Sajkowicz in Imperial County: 32°57'N, 114°40'W. Essex - Find 2002 Febr 24. H5; Fa = 18.9. 5 kg. Found by S. Ellis in San Bernadino county: 34°36.7'N, 115°2.0'W. Cargo Muchacho Mountains - Find ~2000. CO3. 2860 g The 35 stone strewn-field was mapped by finder, Bill Sajkowicz, in Imperial County. Supersition Mountain - Find 2000 August 15. H5; Fa = 18.9. 333 g. Found by N. Gessler in Imperial County: 32°52'15"N, 115°46'57"W. Old Dominion Mine - Find 2000 October 13. H4; Fa=19.8. 42 g. Found by J. Tobin in San Bernardino county: 34°51.575'N, 116°13.268'W.
Bruceville - Find 1998. L6; Fa = 24.6, S5 W4. 83 kg. Found by B. Howard in Sacramento county: 38°17.7'N, 121°24.3'W. Was buried under about 2 meters of silt and loam. Chuckwalla - Find 1992-November. IAB-MG. 1802g. Found in Kern County, CA. 35°15'N, 118°16'W. A single mass of 1.802 kg was found by Mr. Melvin English while quail hunting in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains. Classification IAB-MG. The meteorite contains diamonds, some visible macroscopically, and many visible under the microscope. From: Meteoritical Bulletin 87. Ocotillo - Find 1990. IAB-MG (main group). 28.57 kg. Found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N. of Ocotillo in Imperial County. Main mass with James Schwade in Kankakee, Il. Somesbar - Find 1977. H6. 60g (approx.). Found in Siskiyou County: 41°23'N, 123°30'W. Found by a geologist. 38g at Center for Meteorite Studies, Tempe, Arizona.
Zulu Queen - Find 1976. L3.7. 200 g. Dale mining district, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA. 18 miles ESE of Twentynine Palms and five miles W. of the Zulu Queen mine. 33o59'N, 115o41'W. Found by the late Mrs. Alice Zimmerman while prospecting in the Pinto Mountains. This stone is distinct from the Pinto Mountains stone, an L6 chondrite, but is indistinguishable from the Dale Dry Lake chondrite, an L3.7 stone. Red Rock - Find 1976. IIIAB. 47.6 kg. Found near Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA. 35°25'N, 117°55'W. Found about 1976 by R. K. Haag while hunting for rabbits. Entire mass purchased by the University of California, Los Angeles. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 68. Needles - Find 1962 Find. IID. 45.3 kg. Location: 34°26'39"N, 114°49'57"W. Also called "Carsons Well". Ridgecrest - Find 1958 May. H5; S2, W2, Fa = 18.6. 9.7 g. san Bernadino County, CA: 35°35'N, 117°34'W. Not paired with Muroc. Meteorite is of oriented shape. Dale Dry Lake - Find 1957. L3.7. 300 g. San Bernardino County, CA: 34°05'N, 115°47'W. (Although named after a nearby dry lake, it was actually found 13 miles away (to the southwest) in Riverside County.) Pinto Mountains - Find 1954. L6. 17.9 kg. Ref.: Meteoritics 1, 1955, p. 295. Location: 34°00'N, 115°47'W (source: MB 65). An additional 19kg main-mass was found by the same finder (Vincenz Zimmerman) in 1955 and is known as the "Twentynine Palms (1955 stone)". (Source: R.Verish) Ventura - FInd 1953. IAB-ung. 7.7 kg. 34°15'N, 119°18'W. Neenach - Find 1948. L6. 13.8 kg. Location: 34°48'N, 118°30'W. Ref.: Griffith Observer, 17, 80-82; Meteoritics 1, 1953, 28. Twentynine Palms - Find 1944. L. 100g. San Bernardino County. 34°04.5'N, 116°01'W. (Cataloge of Meteorites, M. Grady, 2000) Goose Lake - Find 1938. IAB-sLL. 1.17 MT. Borrego - Find 1930. L6; S4 W1; Fa=25.1. 2.13 kg. Found in San Diego county. Supposedly found by an anonymous prospector. Valley Wells - Find 1929. L6 129.9g. 35°28'N, 115°40'W. Owens Valley - Find 1913. IIIAB. 192.8 kg. 37°28'N, 118°00'W. Imperial - Find 1908. H4. 4g. 32°52'N, 115°35'W. Surprise Springs - Find 1899. IAB-sLL. 1500 g. 34°10'N, 115°55'W. Oroville - Find 1893. IIIAB. 24.5 kg. 39°41'N, 121°38'W. San Emigdio - Find 1887. H4. 36 kg. 36°N, 119°W. Ivanpah - Find 1880. IIIAB. 58 kg. 35°20'N, 115°19'W. Canyon City - Find 1875. III AB. 8.6 kg. 40°54'N, 123°6'W. Shingle Springs - Find 1869. Iron-ung. 39 kg. 38°40'N, 120°56'W. California Meteorite Finds (From Dry Lakes)Buckhorn Lake - Find 2008. H4 S2 W5 Fa=17.0+/-0.2%. TKW = 14.1g (MB#103) Coyote Dry Lake (CyDL) table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: CyDL# Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference) 001 CyDL 001 1995 H5 338 g 89 002 CyDL 002 1998 H5-6 106.7 g 89 003 CyDL 003 1998 H5 256 g 89 024 CyDL 024 1999 H5 2.43 kg 89 033 CyDL 033 1999 H5 5.22 kg 89 040 CyDL 040 1999 H4 344 g 89 054 CyDL 054 1999 H5 393 g 89 061 CyDL 061 1999 H5 2.13 kg 89 063 CyDL 063 1999 H4 67.6 g 89 064 CyDL 064 1999 H5 1364 g 89 067 CyDL 067 1999 L6 412 g 89 080 CyDL 080 1999 H5 278 g 89 105 CyDL 105 1999 H5 61.5 g 89 110 CyDL 110 1999 H4 68 g 89 115 CyDL 115 1999 H5-6 1369 g 89 116 CyDL 116 1999 H6 4.4 g 89 117 CyDL 117 1999 H3 162 g 89 119 CyDL 119 1999 H5 3.2 g 89 120 CyDL 120 1999 H5 18.5 g 89 121 CyDL 121 1999 H4 14.2 g 89 129 CyDL 129 2000 H5 140 g 89 130 CyDL 130 2000 H4 6.1 g 89 132 CyDL 132 2000 H4 17.4 g 89 134 CyDL 134 2000 H5 117.5 g 89 138 CyDL 138 2000 H5 18.3 g 89 139 CyDL 139 2000 H4 10.4 g 89 142 CyDL 142 2000 H4 32.2 g 89 151 CyDL 151 2001 H6 90 g 89 152 CyDL 152 2001 H5 10.8 g 89 153 CyDL 153 2001 H5 13.9 g 89 155 CyDL 155 2001 H4 17 g 89 159 CyDL 159 2001 H5 17.7 g 89 160 CyDL 160 2002 H5 76.9 g 89 162 CyDL 162 2002 H5 9.9 g 89 163 CyDL 163 2002 H5 16.7 g 89 164 CyDL 164 2002 H5 43 g 89 165 CyDL 165 2002 L6 42.6 g 89 175 CyDL 175 2002 H6 36.4 g 89 176 CyDL 176 2003 H6 187.6 g 89 194 CyDL 194 2004 L6 1.47 g 89 221 CyDL 221 2003 H4 54.3 g 89 222 CyDL 222 2004 L5 22.5 g 89 223 CyDL 223 2004 L6 512 g 89 230 CyDL 230 2004 H6 16.4 g 89 235 CyDL 235 2004 LL6 81.4 g 89 249 CyDL 249 2004 H4 71.8 g 89 274 CyDL 274 2006 H4 7.5 g 93 275 CyDL 275 2006 H4 16.2 g 93 276 CyDL 276 2006 H6 47.2 g 93 277 CyDL 277 2006 H5 21.3 g 93 318 CyDL 318 2009 H5 7.2g 99 319 CyDL 319 2006 H5 3.4 g 103 320 CyDL 320 2007 ?? 4.4 g Provisional 321 CyDL 321 2007 ?? 111.7 g Provisional 338 CyDL 338 2013 H6 282.2 g 103 Cuddeback Dry Lake table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: # Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.: 001 CdDL 001 1999 L6 32.5 g 86 002 CdDL 002 2000 L6 95 g 86 003 CdDL 003 2000 L6 7.5 g 86 004 CdDL 004 2000 H6 40 g 86 005 CdDL 005 2000 H5 35 g 86 006 CdDL 006 2000 H6 0.5 g 86 007 CdDL 007 2000 L4 96.7 g 86 008 CdDL 008 2000 L6 18 g 86 009 CdDL 009 2000 H5 19 g 86 010 CdDL 010 2000 L5 10.5 g 86 011 CdDL 011 2000 L6 10.7 g 86 012 CdDL 012 2002 H5 0.72 g 88 013 CdDL 013 2008 H4 1.6g 017 CdDL 017 2008 H6 23.1g 018 CdDL 018 2008 H4 8.5g 019 CdDL 019 2008 L6 10.1g 021 CdDL 021 2004 L6 31.7g 023 CdDL 023 1986 H5 123g 028 CdDL 028 2008 L5 19.5g 029 CdDL 029 2008 H4 22.2g
El Mirage Dry Lake 001 (EMDL 001) 2000 H5 1.5g El Mirage Dry Lake 002 (EMDL 002) 2001 H4 13g El Mirage Dry Lake 003 (EMDL 003) 2010 H6 6.9g El Mirage Dry Lake 004 (EMDL 004) 2011 LL6 271g Emerson Dry Lake - Find 2006. L6. 32g. (MB#102) Goldstone Dry Lake - Find 1999. H6. 1.1g. Harper Dry Lake (HrDL) - finds as compiled by the Meteoritical Society in their Meteoritical Bulletin. Abbr # Find date Class Mass MB# (Reference) HrDL 001 1999 LL3 13 g 87 HrDL 002 1999 H6 12 g 87 HrDL 003 1999 L6 95 g 87 HrDL 004 1999 LL3 37 g 87 HrDL 005 1999 H6 24 g 87 HrDL 006 1999 H6 26 g 87 HrDL 007 2000 H5 166.7 g 87 HrDL 008 2000 H6 12.5 g 87 HrDL 017 2007 H6 16.4 g 93 HrDL 018 2007 H6 39.7g HrDL 019 2007 L6 118.7g HrDL 029 2008 H6 11.6g HrDL 036 2010 L6 85.5g Ivanpah Dry Lake - Found on 2014 January 1st by Joe Franske; Ordinary chondrite (H4); from MB#104: A smooth, well-rounded 1128g stone was found in two pieces about 40 feet apart. Both halves are covered in fresh, black fusion crust. Comments: A second stone was found in the vicinity that is likely paired.; info submitted by Larry Atkins. (There is no data for this "second stone"!? The fact of the matter is: there were at least 3 other stones found at this vicinity prior to the Joe Franske finds! [pers. comm. Ted Bunch])
Lucerne Valley (LV) -
Name Lat. Long. Wt. Found Class Fa (mol%) Shock WG Finder Main Mass 34N 116W (g) LV 001 -.- -.- 15.8 1963-07-xx L6 24.3%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Dupont LV 004 -.- -.- 37.4 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Hartman LV 005 -.- -.- 3.1 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Buddhue LV 002 -.- -.- 5.8 1963-08-xx LL4 27.5%+/-0.6 S2 W3 R. A. Oriti Oriti LV 003 -.- -.- 7.5 1963-08-xx H6 18.0%+/-0.4 ~S3 W3 R. A. Oriti LV 006 -.- -.- 26.9 1963-11-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 ~S2 W3 R. W. Leonard Leonard LV 008 -.- -.- 2.0 1964-12-xx H4 18.5%+/-0.4 S2 W3 S. Lieberman Griffith LV 009 -.- -.- 3.0 1965-04-xx H4 18.7%+/-0.2 S2 W2 D. Futrell Griffith LV 010 -.- -.- 6.4 1965-12-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 S2 W3 A. Crisp Griffith LV 007 -.- -.- 4.8 1963-11-xx R. W. Leonard NOT TESTED LV 011 -.- -.- 3.8 1968-05-xx L6 24.5%+/-0.2 S4 W3 R. Russell Griffith LV 012 -.- -.- 1.2 1968-05-xx H6 19.4%+/-0.3 S2 W3 D. Ochs Griffith LV 013 -.- -.- 4.1 1992-05-xx L5 25.3%+/-0.3 S2 W3 B. Groves Groves LV 014 30.082' 57.882' 3.4 1998-09-26 L5 25.3%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. and B. Verish Griffith LV 015 30.747' 57.047' 4.1 1998-11-14 L5 25.2%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. Verish Griffith LV 016 30.574' 57.347' 12.5 1998-10-25 LL6 30.9%+/-0.1 S3 W2 B. Verish Griffith LV 017 -.- -.- 12.8 0199-03-30 L6 25.5%+/-0.6 S3 W4 R. N. Hartman Hartman Additional Lucerne Valley finds (all were found on the dry lake) compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference) LV 018 2002 H6 0.97 g 88 LV 019 2002 L6 3.91 g 88 LV 020 2002 H6 18.4 g 88 LV 021 2002 H6 3.92 g 88 LV 022 2002 LL4 16.5 g 88 LV 023 2002 L6 7.6 g 88 LV 024 2003 L6 2.71 g 88 LV 025 2003 H4 21 g 89 LV 026 2003 L5 5.6 g 89 LV 027 2003 L6 3.1 g 89 LV 028 2003 CK4 3 g 90 LV 029 2003 CK4 10.1 g 90 LV 030 2004 CK4 4.12 g 90 LV 031 2004 CK4 3.22 g 90 LV 032 2004 CK4 11.9 g 90 LV 035 2004 CK4 0.92 g 90 LV 036 2004 CK4 2.48 g 90 LV 037 2004 CK4 0.9 g 90 LV 040 2004 L6 5.2 g 89 LV 041 2004 L6 0.84 g 89 LV 042 2004 L6 2.17 g 89 LV 043 2004 L4 1.75 g 89 LV 044 2004 L6 106.2 g 89 LV 045 2004 L6 38.6 g 89 LV 046 2004 L6 10.3 g 89 LV 047 2004 L6 30.4 g 89 LV 048 2004 H4 2.29 g 89 LV 049 2004 L6 9.2 g 89 LV 050 2005 H4 6.9 g 90 LV 051 2003 L5 6 g 91 LV 057 2005 L6 13.2 g 93 LV 058 2006 L6 0.85 g 93 LV 089 2007 L5 2.6g LV 090 2007 L5 30.7g LV 091 2007 H4 12.7g LV 092 2007 H5 0.6g LV 093 2007 L6 3.93g LV 094 2008 CK5 3.5g LV 095 2008 CK5 1.1g LV 096 2008 L5 7.3g LV 097 2008 CK4 6.5g LV 098 2008 CK4 1.5g LV 099 2008 CK5 3.2g LV 100 2008 CK5 0.8g LV 101 2008 CK4 4g LV 120 2010 L6 43.1g LV 122 2012 H5 2.3g Muroc - Find 1936. L. 18.4 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Muroc Dry Lake - 1936. Find L6. 223 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Rosamond Dry Lake - Find 1940. L. 850 g. Now part of Edwards AFB. Sheephole Valley - Find 1999. H4. 62.1g.
Silurian Dry Lake - Find 2000. LL6. 43.8 g. Silver Dry Lake 001 - Find 2000. L4. 219 g. (MB#85)
Sunfair - Find 2006. L6. 49.8 g. (MB#102) Sunfair 002 - Find 2013. L-chondrite (prov.). 19.4 g. Superior Valley (SuV) - Find. Table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin: SuV# Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.: 001 SuV 001 2000 H5 3.4 g 86 002 SuV 002 2000 L6 145 g 86 003 SuV 003 2001 H6 65.6 g 86 004 SuV 004 2001 L6 15.3 g 86 005 SuV 005 2001 H6 32.9 g 86 006 SuV 006 2001 H6 78.5 g 86 007 SuV 007 2001 L6 67.2 g 86 008 SuV 008 2001 L6 77.4 g 86 009 SuV 009 2001 L6 116.4 g 86 010 SuV 010 2001 L4 26.3 g 86 011 SuV 011 2001 H6 2.52 g 86 013 SuV 013 2002 L5 2.74 g 90 014 SuV 014 2002 Acapulcoite 1.77 g 90 018 SuV 018 2002 H5 2.74 g 90 020 SuV 020 2003 L6 308 g 89 022 SuV 022 2004 H5 38.9 g 89 026 SuV 026 2006 L4 15.8 g 91
California Impact Craters:- None "confirmed", but here are two possible contenders:
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