Gay Gulch meteorite

Coordinates: 63°55′00″N 139°20′00″W / 63.91667°N 139.33333°W / 63.91667; -139.33333
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Gay Gulch
Observed fall
no
Found date1901
TKW0.483 kilograms (1.06 lb)[1]

Gay Gulch is an

Yukon Territory, using a slice box to mine alluvial gold.[2] They were exploiting Pliocene gravel
, hence the meteorite may have fallen at that time.

Classification

It is a nickel-rich

IAB
-sHH.

Fragments

The main mass is in the National Meteorite Collection, Ottawa.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c Meteoritical Bulletin Database
  2. ^ Johnston, R. A. A 1915 Gay Gulch and Skookum meteorites, Ottawa: Canada. Geological Survey, 31 pages