Goose Lake
A find, recorded in 1938 in the United States · 1.2 tonnes recovered · Iron, IAB-sLL
Goose Lake ranks 44th 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
- 41.980° N, 120.542° W
Rings every 200 km.
Seen-to-fall neighbours
Battle Mountain, 316 km to the south-east, is the nearest meteorite that someone saw arrive (2012). In 1938, the year Goose Lake entered the record, 11 meteorites were seen to fall: Zhovtnevyi in Ukraine, Aztec in the United States, Kukschin in Ukraine and eight others.
| # | Fall | Year | Class | Recovered | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Battle Mountain | 2012 | L6 | 2.9 kg | 316 km south-east |
| 2 | Sutter's Mill | 2012 | C | 993 g | 355 km south |
| 3 | Salem | 1981 | L6 | 61 g | 387 km north-west |
| 4 | Washougal | 1939 | Howardite | 225 g | 426 km north |
| 5 | Red Canyon Lake | 2007 | H5 | 18 g | 432 km south |
Goose Lake among other finds
In the record, 20 finds carry the label Iron, IAB-sLL, against two observed falls. The closest fall of the same group (iron IAB) is Mazapil, 2,590 km away in Mexico, one of 10 such falls. Among the other giant finds, Willamette lies closest: 411 km away. Worldwide, the finds just above and below it are Kouga Mountains (1.2 tonnes) and Murnpeowie (1.1 tonnes).
| Rank | Find | Class | Recorded | Recovered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Quinn Canyon | Iron, IIIAB | 1908 | 1.4 tonnes |
| 8 | Goose Lake | Iron, IAB-sLL | 1938 | 1.2 tonnes |
| 9 | Tucson | Iron, ungrouped | 1850 | 975 kg |