Hayden Creek meteorite
Hayden Creek is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IIIAB, that was found in the United States in 1895. A total of 270 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Hayden Creek
- Classification
- Iron, IIIAB
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IIIAB
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1895
- Mass recovered
- 270 g
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 45.0000° N, 114.0000° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IIIAB irons.
Meteorites near Hayden Creek
- Illinois Gulch Iron, ungrouped · 218 km away
- Lombard Iron, IIAB · 237 km away
Other IIIAB meteorites
- Franceville United States · 1890
- Marshall County United States · 1860
- Picacho United States · 1952
- Verissimo Brazil · 1965
- Canton United States · 1894
- Ider United States · 1957