Gay Gulch meteorite

Gay Gulch is an iron meteoriteMeteoritical Bulletin Database found in 1901 by miners near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, using a slice box to mine alluvial gold.Johnston, R. A. A 1915 Gay Gulch and Skookum meteorites, Ottawa: Canada. Geological Survey, 31 pages They were exploiting Pliocene gravel, hence the meteorite may have fallen at that time.

Classification It is a nickel-rich ataxite, IAB-sHH.

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

See also Glossary of meteoritics Meteorite find

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