Cargo Muchacho Mountains meteorite
Cargo Muchacho Mountains is a carbonaceous chondrite meteorite, officially classified as CO3, that was found in the United States in 2000. A total of 2.86 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Classification
- CO3
- Type
- Chondrite · Carbonaceous
- Group
- CO
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 2000
- Mass recovered
- 2.86 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 32.9175° N, 114.7672° W
What is a chondrite?
Stony and primitive. Chondrites still carry mineral grains from the early solar system, often including chondrules. More about CO chondrites.
Meteorites near Cargo Muchacho Mountains
- Winterhaven Howardite · 10 km away
- Chocolate Mountains Ureilite · 14 km away
- Paymaster Mine L5 · 33 km away
- Imperial H4 · 76 km away
- Signal Mountain Iron, IVA · 83 km away
- Diablo Pass L6 · 94 km away
Other CO meteorites
- Tiffa 008 Niger · 2001
- Dominion Range 10121 · 2010
- Miller Range 090327 · 2009
- Northwest Africa 4628 · 2006
- Dar al Gani 227 Libya · 1997
- Miller Range 07631 · 2007