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California Meteorite Falls
Novato. L6 chondrite. Fall. 2012 October 17, 19:44:29 PST. [More]
Sutter's Mill. CM chondrite. Fall. 2012 April 22, 7:51 a.m. PDST. [More]
Red Canyon Lake. H5 (S1) chondrite. Fall. 2007 August 11, 00:05:07 PDST. 18.41 g. [Image by Laurence Garvie / Center for Meteorite Studies at Arizona State University].
 A bright fireball was seen traveling in a SE direction (57 deg) throughout northern and central california, with reports of sonic booms and the ground shaking. A video of the fireball was obtained at the Yuba City's Sentinel camera by the late Larry R. Stange. Robert Ward triangulated the eye witness accounts putting the fall area 20 miles from the nearest road in a remote area. A single stone was picked up by a hiker, Ben Deutsch, near Red Canyon Lake (+38o 8.245'N, 119o 445.487' W), Tuolumne County, California, shortly after the fireball event.
 San Juan Capistrano. Fall. 1973 March15, between midnight and 4 am PST. Meteorite type: H6, ordinary chondrite. Two specimens with a total mass of 56g were recovered. Location: 33o29'05''N, 117o39'45''W. The largest piece, 50.5g, penetrated the aluminum sheeting roof of a carport in a mobile-home park and was picked up on the carport floor several hours later. The second smaller fragment, 5.5g was discovered about one month after the fall in the gutter of the carport roof. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 53, p. 138-139; R. C. Finkel, D. Lal, K. Marti (1973). Cosmic ray record in the San Juan Capistrano meteorite. Meteoritics 8, 365. . Image source: Planetary Science Institute: Encyclopedia of Meteorites (Meteoritical Bulletin database).
California Meteorite Finds (outside of dry lakes)
Source: Meteoritical Database
Willow Wash - Find 2006 September 14. H3.5, breccia; S3 W2. Fa =12.8-30.9. 552 g. A single stone, fully crusted. 35o22'24.88"N, 115o20'37.95"W. Main mass with finder S. Humeston.
Randsburg - Find 2005 Jan 2. L5 (S2, W1), 112.9g stone, found by E. Melchiorre.
Chicago Valley - Find 2004 December 27 . L5, S1 W3. Fa = 24.8, Fo = 20.9. 26g. Found by S. Clary at 36o00.13'N, 116o11.78'W on desert pavement.
Chocolate Mountains - Find 2004. A ureilite. A 699 g stone was found at the base of Black Mountain by Bill Sajkowicz.
Paymaster Mine - Find 2004 October 10. L5, Fa = 25.0, Fs = 21.5. 159g. Found by J. Bringle in desert at the base of a hill: 33o11.2'N, 114o55.07'W.
Winterhaven - Find 2002 or 2003. Howardite, Fs=33.5-21.8, Wo=1.3-40.8. 2.1 kg. Found by B. Sajkowicz in Imperial County: 32o57'N, 114o40'W.
Essex - Find 2002 Febr 24. H5; Fa = 18.9. 5 kg. Found by S. Ellis in San Bernadino county: 34o36.7'N, 115o2.0'W.
Supersition Mountain - Find 2000 August 15. H5; Fa = 18.9. 333 g. Found by N. Gessler in Imperial County: 32o52'15"N, 115o46'57"W.
Old Dominion Mine - Find 2000 October 13. H4; Fa=19.8. 42 g. Found by J. Tobin in San Bernardino county: 34o51.575'N, 116o13.268'W.
Los Angeles - Find 1999 Oct 30. Two stones, weighing 452.6 g and 245.4 g respectively, were found by Robert (Bob) Verish (P.O. Box 237, Sunland, CA) of Meteorite-Recovery Lab in his back yard while he was cleaning out a box of rocks that was part of his rock collection. The specimens may have been collected ~20 years ago in the Mojave Desert. More here.
Bruceville - Find 1998. L6; Fa = 24.6, S5 W4. 83 kg. Found by B. Howard in Sacramento county: 38o17.7'N, 121o24.3'W. Was buried under about 2 meters of silt and loam.
Chuckwalla - Find 1992-November. IAB-MG. 1802g.
Found in Kern County, CA. 35o15'N, 118o16'W. A single mass of 1.802 kg was found by Mr. Melvin English while quail hunting in the foothills of the Tehachapi Mountains. Classification IAB-MG. The meteorite contains diamonds, some visible macroscopically, and many visible under the microscope. From: Meteoritical Bulletin 87.
Ocotillo - Find 1990. IAB-MG (main group). 28.57 kg. Found by Bill Hanna about 5 miles N. of Ocotillo in Imperial County. Main mass with James Schwade in Kankakee, Il.
Somesbar - Find 1977. H6. 60g (approx.). Found in Siskiyou County: 41o23'N, 123o30'W. Found by a geologist. 38g at Center for Meteorite Studies, Tempe, Arizona.
 Old Woman - Find 1976. The meteorite was found in 1976 by three prospectors in the Old Woman Mountains of San Bernardino County. The Old Woman Meteorite weighing in at 6070 pounds (2750 kgs) during its stay at the Smithsonian had a large chunk removed which weighed 942lbs. (427kgs). Second largest meteorite discovered in the United States. Meteorite is displayed at the Desert Discovery Center, 831 Main Street, Barstow, CA. Photo: Jim Toblin, the Meteorite Exchange, Inc.
Zulu Queen - Find 1976. L3.7. 200 g. Dale mining district, Pinto Mountains, Riverside County, CA. 18 miles ESE of Twentynine Palms and five miles W. of the Zulu Queen mine. 33o59'N, 115o41'W. Found by the late Mrs. Alice Zimmerman while prospecting in the Pinto Mountains. This stone is distinct from the Pinto Mountains stone, an L6 chondrite.
Red Rock - Find 1976. IIIAB. 47.6 kg. Found near Red Rock Canyon State Park, Kern County, CA. 35o25'N, 117o55'W. Found about 1976 by R. K. Haag while hunting for rabbits. Entire mass purchased by the University of California, Los Angeles. Source: Meteoritical Bulletin 68.
Needles - Find 1962 Find. IID. 45.3 kg. Location: 34o26'39"N, 114o49'57"W. Also called "Carsons Well".
Ridgecrest - Find 1958 May. H5; S2, W2, Fa = 18.6. 9.7 g. san Bernadino County, CA: 35o35'N, 117o34'W. Not paired with Muroc. Meteorite is of oriented shape.
Dale Dry Lake - Find 1957. L3.7. 300 g. San Bernardino County, CA: 34o05'N, 115o47'W. (Although named after a nearby dry lake, it was actually found 13 miles away (to the southwest) in Riverside County.)
Pinto Mountains - Find 1954. L6. 17.9 kg. Ref.: Meteoritics 1, 1955, p. 295. Location: 34o00'N, 115o47'W (source: MB 65). An additional 19kg main-mass was found by the same finder (Vincenz Zimmerman) in 1955 and is known as the "Twentynine Palms (1955 stone)".
(Source: R.Verish)
Ventura - FInd 1953. IAB-ung. 7.7 kg. 34o15'N, 119o18'W.
Neenach - Find 1948. L6. 13.8 kg. Location: 34o48'N, 118o30'W. Ref.: Griffith Observer, 17, 80-82; Meteoritics 1, 1953, 28.
Twentynine Palms - Find 1944. L. 100g. San Bernardino County. 34o04.5'N, 116o01'W. (Cataloge of Meteorites, M. Grady, 2000)
Goose Lake - Find 1938. IAB-sLL. 1.17 MT.
Borrego - Find 1930. L6; S4 W1; Fa=25.1. 2.13 kg. Found in San Diego county. Supposedly found by an anonymous prospector.
Valley Wells - Find 1929. L6 129.9g. 35o28'N, 115o40'W.
Owens Valley - Find 1913. IIIAB. 192.8 kg. 37o28'N, 118o00'W.
Imperial - Find 1908. H4. 4g. 32o52'N, 115o35'W.
Surprise Springs - Find 1899. IAB-sLL. 1500 g. 34o10'N, 115o55'W.
Oroville - Find 1893. IIIAB. 24.5 kg. 39o41'N, 121o38'W.
San Emigdio - Find 1887. H4. 36 kg. 36oN, 119oW.
Ivanpah - Find 1880. IIIAB. 58 kg. 35o20'N, 115o19'W.
Canyon City - Find 1875. III AB. 8.6 kg. 40o54'N, 123o6'W.
Shingle Springs - Find 1869. Iron-ung. 39 kg. 38o40'N, 120o56'W.
California Meteorite Finds (From Dry Lakes)
Coyote Dry Lake (CyDL) table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin:
CyDL# Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference)
001 CyDL 001 1995 H5 338 g 89
002 CyDL 002 1998 H5-6 106.7 g 89
003 CyDL 003 1998 H5 256 g 89
024 CyDL 024 1999 H5 2.43 kg 89
033 CyDL 033 1999 H5 5.22 kg 89
040 CyDL 040 1999 H4 344 g 89
054 CyDL 054 1999 H5 393 g 89
061 CyDL 061 1999 H5 2.13 kg 89
063 CyDL 063 1999 H4 67.6 g 89
064 CyDL 064 1999 H5 1364 g 89
067 CyDL 067 1999 L6 412 g 89
080 CyDL 080 1999 H5 278 g 89
105 CyDL 105 1999 H5 61.5 g 89
110 CyDL 110 1999 H4 68 g 89
115 CyDL 115 1999 H5-6 1369 g 89
116 CyDL 116 1999 H6 4.4 g 89
117 CyDL 117 1999 H3 162 g 89
119 CyDL 119 1999 H5 3.2 g 89
120 CyDL 120 1999 H5 18.5 g 89
121 CyDL 121 1999 H4 14.2 g 89
129 CyDL 129 2000 H5 140 g 89
130 CyDL 130 2000 H4 6.1 g 89
132 CyDL 132 2000 H4 17.4 g 89
134 CyDL 134 2000 H5 117.5 g 89
138 CyDL 138 2000 H5 18.3 g 89
139 CyDL 139 2000 H4 10.4 g 89
142 CyDL 142 2000 H4 32.2 g 89
151 CyDL 151 2001 H6 90 g 89
152 CyDL 152 2001 H5 10.8 g 89
153 CyDL 153 2001 H5 13.9 g 89
155 CyDL 155 2001 H4 17 g 89
159 CyDL 159 2001 H5 17.7 g 89
160 CyDL 160 2002 H5 76.9 g 89
162 CyDL 162 2002 H5 9.9 g 89
163 CyDL 163 2002 H5 16.7 g 89
164 CyDL 164 2002 H5 43 g 89
165 CyDL 165 2002 L6 42.6 g 89
175 CyDL 175 2002 H6 36.4 g 89
176 CyDL 176 2003 H6 187.6 g 89
194 CyDL 194 2004 L6 1.47 g 89
221 CyDL 221 2003 H4 54.3 g 89
222 CyDL 222 2004 L5 22.5 g 89
223 CyDL 223 2004 L6 512 g 89
230 CyDL 230 2004 H6 16.4 g 89
235 CyDL 235 2004 LL6 81.4 g 89
249 CyDL 249 2004 H4 71.8 g 89
274 CyDL 274 2006 H4 7.5 g 93
275 CyDL 275 2006 H4 16.2 g 93
276 CyDL 276 2006 H6 47.2 g 93
277 CyDL 277 2006 H5 21.3 g 93
318 CyDL 318 2009 H5 7.2g 99
319 CyDL 319 2006 H5 3.4 g 103
320 CyDL 320 2007 ?? 4.4 g Provisional
321 CyDL 321 2007 ?? 111.7 g Provisional
Cuddeback Dry Lake table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin:
# Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.:
001 CdDL 001 1999 L6 32.5 g 86
002 CdDL 002 2000 L6 95 g 86
003 CdDL 003 2000 L6 7.5 g 86
004 CdDL 004 2000 H6 40 g 86
005 CdDL 005 2000 H5 35 g 86
006 CdDL 006 2000 H6 0.5 g 86
007 CdDL 007 2000 L4 96.7 g 86
008 CdDL 008 2000 L6 18 g 86
009 CdDL 009 2000 H5 19 g 86
010 CdDL 010 2000 L5 10.5 g 86
011 CdDL 011 2000 L6 10.7 g 86
012 CdDL 012 2002 H5 0.72 g 88
013 CdDL 013 2008 H4 1.6g
017 CdDL 017 2008 H6 23.1g
018 CdDL 018 2008 H4 8.5g
019 CdDL 019 2008 L6 10.1g
021 CdDL 021 2004 L6 31.7g
023 CdDL 023 H5 123g
028 CdDL 028 L5 19.5g
029 CdDL 029 H4 22.2g
Danby Dry Lake - First mass found in 2000. H6. 131 g. - Additional finds made 2008 - TKW=9kg - Main-mass found on June 2008: 425 fragments - 20 pounds, by Ruben Garcia. Jim Kriegh found additional 127 grams.
(Reference:
El Mirage Dry Lake (EMDL) - finds as compiled by the Meteoritical Society in their Meteoritical Bulletin:
El Mirage Dry Lake 001 (EMDL 001) 2000 H5 1.5g
El Mirage Dry Lake 002 (EMDL 002) 2001 H4 13g
El Mirage Dry Lake 003 (EMDL 003) 2010 H6 6.9g
El Mirage Dry Lake 004 (EMDL 004) 2011 LL6 271g
El Mirage Dry Lake 001 Image by finder, Paul Harris of the Meteorite Exchange, Inc.
Goldstone Dry Lake - Find 1999. H6. 1.1g.
Harper Dry Lake (HrDL) - finds as compiled by the Meteoritical Society in their Meteoritical Bulletin.
Abbr # Find date Class Mass MB# (Reference)
HrDL 001 1999 LL3 13 g 87
HrDL 002 1999 H6 12 g 87
HrDL 003 1999 L6 95 g 87
HrDL 004 1999 LL3 37 g 87
HrDL 005 1999 H6 24 g 87
HrDL 006 1999 H6 26 g 87
HrDL 007 2000 H5 166.7 g 87
HrDL 008 2000 H6 12.5 g 87
HrDL 017 2007 H6 16.4 g 93
HrDL 018 2007 H6 39.7g
HrDL 019 2007 L6 118.7g
HrDL 029 2008 H6 11.6g
Lucerne Valley (LV) - table of Lucerne Valley "meteorites found on Lucerne Dy Lake" compiled by Bob Verish:
Name Lat. Long. Wt. Found Class Fa (mol%) Shock WG Finder Main Mass
34N 116W (g)
LV 001 -.- -.- 15.8 1963-07-xx L6 24.3%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Dupont
LV 004 -.- -.- 37.4 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Hartman
LV 005 -.- -.- 3.1 1963-10-xx L6 24.2%+/-0.3 ~S2 W3 R. N. Hartman Buddhue
LV 002 -.- -.- 5.8 1963-08-xx LL4 27.5%+/-0.6 S2 W3 R. A. Oriti Oriti
LV 003 -.- -.- 7.5 1963-08-xx H6 18.0%+/-0.4 ~S3 W3 R. A. Oriti
LV 006 -.- -.- 26.9 1963-11-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 ~S2 W3 R. W. Leonard Leonard
LV 008 -.- -.- 2.0 1964-12-xx H4 18.5%+/-0.4 S2 W3 S. Lieberman Griffith
LV 009 -.- -.- 3.0 1965-04-xx H4 18.7%+/-0.2 S2 W2 D. Futrell Griffith
LV 010 -.- -.- 6.4 1965-12-xx H4 18.2%+/-0.4 S2 W3 A. Crisp Griffith
LV 007 -.- -.- 4.8 1963-11-xx R. W. Leonard NOT TESTED
LV 011 -.- -.- 3.8 1968-05-xx L6 24.5%+/-0.2 S4 W3 R. Russell Griffith
LV 012 -.- -.- 1.2 1968-05-xx H6 19.4%+/-0.3 S2 W3 D. Ochs Griffith
LV 013 -.- -.- 4.1 1992-05-xx L5 25.3%+/-0.3 S2 W3 B. Groves Groves
LV 014 30.082' 57.882' 3.4 1998-09-26 L5 25.3%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. and B. VerishGriffith
LV 015 30.747' 57.047' 4.1 1998-11-14 L5 25.2%+/-0.2 S2 W3 B. Verish Griffith
LV 016 30.574' 57.347' 12.5 1998-10-25 LL6 30.9%+/-0.1 S3 W2 B. Verish Griffith
LV 017 -.- -.- 12.8 0199-03-30 L6 25.5%+/-0.6 S3 W4 R. N. Hartman Hartman
Additional Lucerne Valley finds (all were found on the dry lake) compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin:
Abbr # Date Class Mass MB# (Reference)
LV 018 2002 H6 0.97 g 88
LV 019 2002 L6 3.91 g 88
LV 020 2002 H6 18.4 g 88
LV 021 2002 H6 3.92 g 88
LV 022 2002 LL4 16.5 g 88
LV 023 2002 L6 7.6 g 88
LV 024 2003 L6 2.71 g 88
LV 025 2003 H4 21 g 89
LV 026 2003 L5 5.6 g 89
LV 027 2003 L6 3.1 g 89
LV 028 2003 CK4 3 g 90
LV 029 2003 CK4 10.1 g 90
LV 030 2004 CK4 4.12 g 90
LV 031 2004 CK4 3.22 g 90
LV 032 2004 CK4 11.9 g 90
LV 035 2004 CK4 0.92 g 90
LV 036 2004 CK4 2.48 g 90
LV 037 2004 CK4 0.9 g 90
LV 040 2004 L6 5.2 g 89
LV 041 2004 L6 0.84 g 89
LV 042 2004 L6 2.17 g 89
LV 043 2004 L4 1.75 g 89
LV 044 2004 L6 106.2 g 89
LV 045 2004 L6 38.6 g 89
LV 046 2004 L6 10.3 g 89
LV 047 2004 L6 30.4 g 89
LV 048 2004 H4 2.29 g 89
LV 049 2004 L6 9.2 g 89
LV 050 2005 H4 6.9 g 90
LV 051 2003 L5 6 g 91
LV 057 2005 L6 13.2 g 93
LV 058 2006 L6 0.85 g 93
LV 089 2007 L5 2.6g
LV 090 2007 L5 30.7g
LV 091 2007 H4 12.7g
LV 092 2007 H5 0.6g
LV 093 L6 3.93g
LV 094 2008 CK5 3.5g
LV 095 2008 Ck5 1.1g
LV 096 2008 L5 7.3g
LV 097 2008 CK4 6.5g
LV 098 2008 CK4 1.5g
LV 099 2008 CK5 3.2g
LV 100 2008 CK5 0.8g
LV 101 2008 CK4 4g
LV 120 2010 L6 43.1g
Muroc - Find 1936. L. 18.4 g. Now part of Edwards AFB.
Muroc Dry Lake - 1936. Find L6. 223 g. Now part of Edwards AFB.
Rosamond Dry Lake - Find 1940. L. 850 g. Now part of Edwards AFB.
Sheephole Valley - Find 1999. H4. 62.1g.
Sheephole Valley 002 - Find 1999. L4. 4.4 g.
Silurian Dry Lake - Find 2000. LL6. 43.8 g.
Silver Dry Lake 001 - Find. L4. 219 g.
Silver Dry Lake 002 - Find. H6. 16.5g.
Superior Valley (SuV) - Find. Table compiled by Meteoritical Bulletin:
SuV# Abbrev. Find Type Mass Ref.:
001 SuV 001 2000 H5 3.4 g 86
002 SuV 002 2000 L6 145 g 86
003 SuV 003 2001 H6 65.6 g 86
004 SuV 004 2001 L6 15.3 g 86
005 SuV 005 2001 H6 32.9 g 86
006 SuV 006 2001 H6 78.5 g 86
007 SuV 007 2001 L6 67.2 g 86
008 SuV 008 2001 L6 77.4 g 86
009 SuV 009 2001 L6 116.4 g 86
010 SuV 010 2001 L4 26.3 g 86
011 SuV 011 2001 H6 2.52 g 86
013 SuV 013 2002 L5 2.74 g 90
014 SuV 014 2002 Acapulcoite 1.77 g 90
018 SuV 018 2002 H5 2.74 g 90
020 SuV 020 2003 L6 308 g 89
022 SuV 022 2004 H5 38.9 g 89
026 SuV 026 2006 L4 15.8 g 91
California Impact Craters:
- None "confirmed", but here are two possible contenders:
 Victoria Island Structure. Possible impact crater. 5.5 km wide, burried 1,490-1,600 m deep, west of Stockton, California. Impact in former inland sea. Found by: Bennett Spevack, San Diego. Reported: March 2007. Source: LPS 38 (2007) 1033.
Cowell Structure. Possible buried impact crater. 1.3 km wide feature dating to the Miocene (5 to 24 million years ago). Source: Blake R. G., 1998. AAPG Bull. 82 (5A), 842.
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