San Francisco Mountains meteorite
San Francisco Mountains is an iron meteorite, officially classified as Iron, IVA, that was found in the United States in 1920. A total of 1.7 kg was recovered.
Where it was found
Key facts
- Name
- San Francisco Mountains
- Classification
- Iron, IVA
- Type
- Iron
- Group
- IVA
- Fall or find
- Find
- Year
- 1920
- Mass recovered
- 1.7 kg
- Country
- United States
- Coordinates
- 35.0000° N, 112.0000° W
What is an iron?
Mostly nickel-iron metal from the core of a shattered planetesimal. More about IVA irons.
Meteorites near San Francisco Mountains
- Cottonwood H5 · 19 km away
- Ashfork Iron, IAB-MG · 53 km away
- Winona Winonaite · 59 km away
- Little Ash Creek L5 · 68 km away
- Cordes H4 · 79 km away
- Clover Springs Mesosiderite-A2 · 84 km away
Other IVA meteorites
- Northwest Africa 5289 · 2007
- Northwest Africa 959 · 2001
- Novorybinskoe Kazakhstan · 1937
- Obernkirchen Germany · 1863
- Otchinjau Angola · 1919
- Page City United States · 1980