Utah Meteorites

To date 16 meteorites have been found in Utah. I have included a map below.

 

Name Location Find/Fall Classification Group Remarks
Altona Duchesne Co. Find 1932 Iron. Med. Octahedrite IIIAB A 21.5 kg mass was recovered.
Beaver-Harrison Beaver Co. Find 1979 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L6 A 925 g stone was found on an alluvial fan near the Beaver Harrison mine.
Canyonlands San Juan Co. Find 1961 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H6 One partly crusted 1.52 kg stone was found near the confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in the Canyonlands NP.
Cricket Mountains Millard Co. Find 1985 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H6 One mass weighing 10.6 g was found 19 miles north of Black Rock on a dry lake bed.
Drum Mountains Millard Co. Find 1944 Iron. Medium Octahedrite IIIAB A weathered 529 kg mass was found.
Duchesne Duchesne Co. Find 1906 Iron. Med. Octahedrite IIIAB A 22.7 kg mass was found.
Garland Box Elder Co. Fall Summer 1950, 11:00 hrs Stone. Achondrite DIO One stone weighing 102 g was recovered.
Gunlock Washington Co. Find 1982 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L3 Two fragments, which fit togther, were recovered. The larger one weighed 6.8 kg.
Ioka Duchesne Co. Find 1931 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L3 A weathered stone weighing 31.5 kg was plowed up.
Park City Summit Co. Find 1934 Iron. Hexahedrite IIAB A 12.248 kg iron was possibly found near Park City.
Poison Spring Wayne Co. Find 1971 Iron. Coarse Octahedrite IAB A 528 g mass is noted in the "Huss Catalogue of Meteorites". It may be an Odessa.
Salina Sevier Co. Find 1908 Iron. Medium Octahedrite IIIAB A number of shale balls weighing 1.8-2.3 kg with iron cores have been found around a small depression. Total Known Weight = 235g.
Salt Lake City Salt Lake Co. Find 1869 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. H5 A stone of 875 g was found between Salt Lake City and Echo.
Sunstone Knoll Millard Co. Find 1985 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L6 A small mass weighing 15.6 g was found on the shore of Little Salt Lake.
Tule Valley Millard Co. Find 2001 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L6 A 17.69 g mass was found on a dry lake.
Wah Wah Valley Millard Co. Find 1986 Stone. Ordinary Chondrite. L6 A mass weighing 9.0 g was found on a dry lake bed.

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Red = Find    Green = Fall