June, 1910. Meteorite Studies III — Farrixgton. 169 



A partial analysis of the meteorite was made by Mr. H. W. Nichols 

 with results as follows: 



SiO, 35 69 



Al, Oi 1 .03 



Cr« Oi 0.12 



Ni O 1 . 04 



Co O 0.08 



Ca O 1 93 



Na, O 0.95 



KiO 0.47 



P 0.40 



S 2. 11 



Fe ." 10.48 



Ni 1 59 



Co 0.21 



56.10 



The remaining 44% is almost wholly Fe O and Mg O in approxi- 

 mately equal proportions, with probably a little water and some minor 

 ingredients. The composition is that usual to the chondritic meteor- 

 ites. 



QUINN CANYON. 



This meteorite was found, according to Mr. Walter P. Jenney,* at 

 the above locality in Nevada, in the latter part of August, 1908, by a 

 prospector looking for borax. Mr. Jenney further states that the 

 prospector cut off a few small pieces from the meteorite with a cold 

 chisel and took them to Tonopah, Nevada, for identification. Soon 

 after he sold out his interest in the find and left the country. The pur- 

 chaser of the prospector's interest placed such information as he had in 

 the hands of Mr. Jenney with a view to rediscovering the meteorite. As 

 a very imperfect description of the locality where the meteorite was 

 situated had been obtained from the original discoverer, it was nec- 

 essary for him to make two trips to the region before the mass could 

 be relocated. These trips, made by automobile, required 430 miles 

 of travel. The place of find was in the foothills of the Quinn Canyon 

 range of mountains, Nye County, Nevada. These mountains are 

 marked on some maps as the Grant Mountains. The locality is 90 

 miles east from Tonopah, 18 miles north from the Mt. Diablo base 

 line, and 100 miles west of the Utah boundary. The meteorite was 

 found on the western slope of the range and on the northern slope of 

 a low hill of andesite. The slope was a gentle one and the contour 

 * Mining & Scientific Press, Jan. 9, 1909, p. 93. 



