Horse Creek meteorite
Horse Creek is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, ungrouped, that was found in the United States in 1937. A total of 570 g was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- Horse Creek
- Classification
- Iron, ungrouped
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- Ungrouped
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1937
- Mass recovered
- 570 g
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 37.5833° N, 102.7667° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about Ungrouped irons.
Meteorites near Horse Creek
- Springfield (b) L · 14 km away
- Springfield L6 · 25 km away
- Two Buttes (a) H5 · 31 km away
- Two Buttes (b) H · 31 km away
- Granada Creek H · 57 km away
- Stonington H5 · 60 km away
Other Ungrouped meteorites
- Babb's Mill (Blake's Iron) United States · 1876
- Pennyweight Australia · 1982
- Lewis Cliff 86498 Antarctica · 1986
- De Hoek South Africa · 1960
- Santiago Papasquiero Mexico · 1958
- Morradal Norway · 1892