Gold Basin

Ordinary chondrite, L4
Found in United States, 1995

An Arizona gold prospector, Jim Kriegh, discovered ancient stone meteorites in an area of arroyos in Mohave County, Arizona. His friend and fellow metal detectorist, Twink Monrad, joined him in the hunt and they spent years carefully documenting their finds. Gold Basin has been described as “one of best mapped strewnfields in history.”

We filmed a first season episode of Meteorite Men at this famous site in 2009.