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Boxhole Crater, Dneiper Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australiai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Boxhole Crater | Crater |
| Dneiper Station | - not defined - |
| Central Desert Region | Region |
| Northern Territory | Territory |
| Australia | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
22° 36' 46'' South , 135° 11' 41'' East
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Boxhole is a circular meteorite crater, 170 metres in diameter, and 10 to 17 metres from the floor to the rim of the crater in height. It is situated on the southern flank of an east-west trending ridge.
Local shearer, Joe Webb, took University of Adelaide geology professor, Cecil Madigan to the site in 1937. Madigan only spent an afternoon at the crater, with Webb remaining collecting several iron masses and shale balls, from an area 150 yards east of the crater, and forwarding them to the South Australian Museum. The largest mass at 82 kg went to the British Museum London.
The meteorite travelled from north to south, on a low angle trajectory, exploding as it hit the ground, and forming the crater. It is thought to be around 5500 years old. Country rock is quartzofeldspathic gneiss, muscovite-quartz-feldspar schist, quartzite, and quartz veins.
The ejecta blanket is along the southern rim, and 300 metres to the south of the crater.
The crater is found by taking the Binns Track leaving north from the Plenty Highway, just west of the Entire Creek crossing. The Dneiper pastoral station homestead is just off the track, 37 kilometres north of the Plenty Highway. At the entrance to the homestead itself a track heads north to the fenced off crater, and a short walk is then required. The crater is about 1.5 kilometres from the Binns Track.
Local shearer, Joe Webb, took University of Adelaide geology professor, Cecil Madigan to the site in 1937. Madigan only spent an afternoon at the crater, with Webb remaining collecting several iron masses and shale balls, from an area 150 yards east of the crater, and forwarding them to the South Australian Museum. The largest mass at 82 kg went to the British Museum London.
The meteorite travelled from north to south, on a low angle trajectory, exploding as it hit the ground, and forming the crater. It is thought to be around 5500 years old. Country rock is quartzofeldspathic gneiss, muscovite-quartz-feldspar schist, quartzite, and quartz veins.
The ejecta blanket is along the southern rim, and 300 metres to the south of the crater.
The crater is found by taking the Binns Track leaving north from the Plenty Highway, just west of the Entire Creek crossing. The Dneiper pastoral station homestead is just off the track, 37 kilometres north of the Plenty Highway. At the entrance to the homestead itself a track heads north to the fenced off crater, and a short walk is then required. The crater is about 1.5 kilometres from the Binns Track.
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| ⓘ Lawrencite Formula: (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| ⓘ Native Iron Formula: Fe |
| ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite Formula: (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ 'Plessite' |
| ⓘ Schreibersite Formula: (Fe,Ni)3P |
| ⓘ Taenite Formula: (Ni,Fe) |
| ⓘ Troilite Formula: FeS |
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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Iron | 1.AE.05 | Fe |
| ⓘ | var. Kamacite | 1.AE.05 | (Fe,Ni) |
| ⓘ | Taenite | 1.AE.10 | (Ni,Fe) |
| ⓘ | Schreibersite | 1.BD.05 | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| ⓘ | Troilite | 2.CC.10 | FeS |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Lawrencite | 3.AB.20 | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Unclassified | |||
| ⓘ | 'Plessite' | - | |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| P | Phosphorus | |
|---|---|---|
| P | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron | Fe |
| Fe | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Fe | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Fe | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Fe | ⓘ Taenite | (Ni,Fe) |
| Fe | ⓘ Troilite | FeS |
| Ni | Nickel | |
| Ni | ⓘ Native Iron var. Kamacite | (Fe,Ni) |
| Ni | ⓘ Lawrencite | (Fe2+,Ni)Cl2 |
| Ni | ⓘ Schreibersite | (Fe,Ni)3P |
| Ni | ⓘ Taenite | (Ni,Fe) |
Localities in this Region
- Northern Territory
- Central Desert Region
- Dneiper Station
- Boxhole Crater
- Dneiper Station
- Central Desert Region
Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality
Australia
- Arunta OrogenOrogen
- Aileron ProvinceGeologic Province
- Georgina BasinBasin
- North Australian ElementCraton
- Northern Territory
- Kalkarindji Igneous ProvinceGeologic Province
Australian PlateTectonic Plate
- Arunta BlockOrogenic Belt
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Boxhole meteorite, Boxhole Crater, Dneiper Station, Central Desert Region, Northern Territory, Australia