Vaca Muerta mesosiderite strewnfield

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Jun 1992

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1992metic..27..126p&link_type=abstract

Meteoritics (ISSN 0026-1114), vol. 27, no. 2, June 1992, p. 126-135. Research supported by CONICYT, FONDECYT, Geological Museum

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Chile, Iron Meteorites, Stony Meteorites, Meteorite Craters, Siderites

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A field investigation is presented of the strewnfield of the mesosiderite Vaca Muerta, originally found in 1861. The area, 11.5 km long, 2.1 km wide, is located about 60 km southeast of Taltal, Chile, in the Atacama Desert. It has yielded 80 meteorites with a total mass exceeding 3782 kg. Most fragments were found in an undisturbed state, but some had been broken by prospectors. The present studies, in connection with historical records, indicate that the original mass of Vaca Muerta exceeded 6 metric tons. One impact feature, somewhat modified by man, consists of a 10.5-m diameter, 1.7-m deep hole, without an uplifted rim. Small masses were scattered up to 85 m from the hole.

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