Gay Gulch | |
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Type | Iron |
Structural classification | Nickel-rich ataxite |
Group | IAB-sHH[1] |
Country | Canada |
Region | Yukon, Canada |
Coordinates | 63°55′00″N 139°20′00″W / 63.91667°N 139.33333°W |
Observed fall | no |
Found date | 1901 |
TKW | 0.483 kilograms (1.06 lb)[1] |
Gay Gulch is an iron meteorite[1] found in 1901 by miners near Dawson City, Yukon Territory, using a slice box to mine alluvial gold.[2] They were exploiting Pliocene gravel, hence the meteorite may have fallen at that time.