l8 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. I48 



Both the Scottsville and Cincinnati irons He to the north and west 

 of the oval area enclosing the other hexahedrites found in the zone 

 lying- in a northeast-southwest direction. However, if the north- 

 south alignment of the six Tombigbee River irons is important, and 

 if the other hexahedrites are grouped into north and south clus- 

 ters, then the Scottsville and Cincinnati irons fit better into the 

 pattern with the other irons. 



Table 6. — Data on the hexahedrites from the southeastern area of the United 

 States arranged by latitude. 



Weight, 

 Meteorite kilograms Date found Latitude Longitude 



Tombigbee River, Ala 43.8 1858 32°13' N. 88°10'W. 



Auburn, Ala 3.5 1867 32°37' N. 85°32' W. 



Locust Grove, Ga 10.0 1857 33°20' N. 84°8' W. 



Walker County, Ala 75.0 1832 33°50' N. 87°15'W. 



Cedartown, Ga 11.3 1898 34°0' N. 85°16'W. 



Smithonia, Ga 69.8 1940 34°0' N. 83=11' W. 



Aragon, Ga. (Cedartown) 1. .. . (5gm.) 1898 34°1' N. 85°3' W. 



Summit, Ala 1 1890 34°15'N. 86°25' W. 



Holland's Store, Ga 12.5 1887 34°21' N. 85°23' W. 



Chesterville, S. C 16.3 1849 34°43' N. 81°13'W. 



Lick Creek, N. C 7.7 1899 35°5' N. 84°2' W. 



Murphy, N. C 1.2 1879 35°40' N. 80°16' W. 



Forsyth County, N. C 22.5 1891 36°1' N. 80°2' W. 



Mayodan, N. C 15.4 1920 36°23' N. 79°52'W. 



Scottsville, Ky 10.0 1867 36°46' N. 86°10'W. 



Indian Valley, Va 14.2 1887 36°55' N. 80°30' W. 



Keen Mountain, Va 6.6 1950 37°13' N. 82°0' W. 



Cincinnati, Ohio (250 gm.) 1870 39°7' N. 84°30' W. 



Mt. Joy, Pa 385 1887 39°47' N. 77°13'W. 



^ Synonym. 



Little is known about the Scottsville iron except that it was found 

 in 1878, identified and described by Whitfield in 1887. There is 

 no reason to suspect that it had been transported and abandoned 

 by man. 



The Cincinnati iron, which was found near a dwelling house in 

 Cincinnati in 1870, was probably carried there by man from where 

 it fell. The few specimens of this meteorite that are preserved 

 suggest that it was small and easily transportable. Henderson and 

 Perry (1958) found it to be a reheated specimen with a composition 

 in the range of other hexahedrites. Because of its size and the fact 

 that it is unlikely to have fallen in Cincinnati, this specimen is 

 unimportant in this study. 



