Centerville meteorite (McMurchie meteorite), Turner Co., South Dakota, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 43° 12' North , 96° 55' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 43.20000,-96.91667 |
GeoHash: | G#: 9zejf876j |
Locality type: | Meteorite Fall Location |
Meteorite Class: | H5 chondrite meteorite |
Meteoritical Society Class: | H5 |
Metbull: | View entry in Meteoritical Bulletin Database |
Köppen climate type: | Dfa : Hot-summer humid continental climate |
Stoney, H5 fall 29, Feb 1956. TKW 0.045kg. Meteorite and portion of aluminum shed roof that it pierced are on display at the School of mines museum, Rapid City SD.
Mineral List
2 valid minerals.
Meteorite/Rock Types Recorded
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This geological map and associated information on rock units at or nearby to the coordinates given for this locality is based on relatively small scale geological maps provided by various national Geological Surveys. This does not necessarily represent the complete geology at this locality but it gives a background for the region in which it is found.
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Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 3188050 | Mesozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Lithology: Siltstone,shale,sandstone Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Late Cretaceous 66 - 100.5 Ma ID: 2882899 | Carlile Shale Age: Late Cretaceous (66 - 100.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Carlile Shale Description: Dark-gray to black, silty to sandy shale with several zones of septarian, fossiliferous, carbonate concretions. Contains up to three sandstone units in the upper portion of the formation and sandy calcareous marl at the base. Thickness up to 330 ft (100 m). Lithology: Major:{shale}, Minor:{carbonate,sandstone,marlstone} Reference: Horton, J.D., C.A. San Juan, and D.B. Stoeser. The State Geologic Map Compilation (SGMC) geodatabase of the conterminous United States. doi: 10.3133/ds1052. U.S. Geological Survey Data Series 1052. [133] |
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