Casas Grandes
A find, recorded in 1867 in Mexico · 1.5 tonnes recovered · Iron, IIIAB
Casas Grandes ranks 36th by recovered mass among the 30,841 meteorite finds with a complete record in NASA’s Meteorite Landings dataset (records to 2013). Only three observed falls recovered more.
- Group
- Iron meteorites
- Recorded position
- 30.400° N, 107.800° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Whetstone Mountains, 305 km to the north-west, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (2009). In 1867, the year Casas Grandes entered the record, three meteorites were seen to fall: Tadjera in Algeria, Otomi in Japan, Khetri in India.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whetstone Mountains | 2009 | H5 | 2.1 kg | 305 km north-west |
| 2 | Malaga | 1933 | Ordinary chondrite | 150 g | 414 km north-east |
| 3 | Peña Blanca Spring | 1946 | Aubrite | 70 kg | 451 km east |
| 4 | Allende | 1969 | CV3 | 2 tonnes | 452 km south-east |
| 5 | Monahans (1998) | 1998 | H5 | 2.6 kg | 490 km east |
Casas Grandes among other finds
In the record, 256 finds carry the label Iron, IIIAB, against 10 observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IIIAB) is Cabin Creek, 1,448 km away in the United States, one of 11 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Tucson lies closest: 342 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Odessa (iron) (1.6 tonnes) and Bitburg (1.5 tonnes).