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The Lost Port Orford, Oregon, Meteorite (ECN =+ 1245,428:) *
Author(s) -
Pruett J. Hugh
Publication year - 1950
Publication title -
contributions of the meteoritical society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1945-5100
pISSN - 0096-2805
DOI - 10.1111/j.1945-5100.1950.tb00135.x
Subject(s) - geologist , port (circuit theory) , archaeology , geology , art , art history , geography , engineering , electrical engineering
A bstract In 1859, when Dr. John Evans, government geologist, was working in southwestern Oregon, he came upon an unusual rocky formation protruding from the ground. He reported the locality as “about 40 miles from Port Orford.” Specimens analyzed in New York and Vienna were found to be pallasite. Plans were made to move the mass, estimated to weigh 10,000 kg., to the Smithsonian Institution, but, before the expedition could be organized, Dr. Evans died. No one else could be found who knew the location of the find. The Smithsonian Institution has a small specimen of the original find weighing 28 gm. The large mass has not since been located, altho search parties are frequently in the field.