Meteorites Found in New Mexico: 229 Documented
New Mexico has 229 officially recognized meteorites — 4 witnessed falls and 225 finds. The largest, Grant, weighed 525 kg.
| Name | Classification | Mass | Fell / Found | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant | Iron, IIIAB | 525 kg | Found | 1929 |
| Clovis (no. 1) | H3.6 | 283 kg | Found | 1961 |
| Sacramento Mountains | Iron, IIIAB | 237.2 kg | Found | 1890 |
| Glorieta Mountain | Pallasite, PMG-an | 148 kg | Found | 1884 |
| Chico | L6 | 104.8 kg | Found | 1954 |
| Mills | H6 | 88 kg | Found | 1970 |
| Wagon Mound | L6 | 87.5 kg | Found | 1932 |
| Acme | H5 | 75 kg | Found | 1947 |
| Portales Valley | H6 | 71.4 kg | Fell | 1998 |
| Gladstone (stone) | H4 | 57.3 kg | Found | 1936 |
| Roy (1933) | L5 | 47.2 kg | Found | 1933 |
| Lakewood | L6 | 46.5 kg | Found | 1955 |
| Sandia Mountains | Iron, IIAB | 45 kg | Found | 1925 |
| Beenham | L5 | 44.4 kg | Found | 1937 |
| Macy | L6 | 42 kg | Found | 1984 |
| Clovis (no. 2) | L6 | 41.3 kg | Found | 1963 |
| Melrose (a) | L5 | 36.4 kg | Found | 1933 |
| Costilla Peak | Iron, IIIAB | 35.5 kg | Found | 1881 |
| La Lande | L5 | 30 kg | Found | 1933 |
| El Capitan | Iron, IIIAB | 27.5 kg | Found | 1893 |
| Four Corners | Iron, IAB-ung | 25 kg | Found | 1924 |
| Taiban | L5 | 25 kg | Found | 1934 |
| Picacho | Iron, IIIAB | 22 kg | Found | 1952 |
| Abbott | H3-6 | 21.1 kg | Found | 1951 |
| Farley | H5 | 19.4 kg | Found | 1936 |
| Point of Rocks (iron) | Iron, IIIAB | 18 kg | Found | 1956 |
| Piñon | Iron, ungrouped | 17.9 kg | Found | 1928 |
| Tinnie | Iron, IVB | 15.3 kg | Found | 1978 |
| Alamogordo | H5 | 13.6 kg | Found | 1938 |
| Floyd | L4 | 13 kg | Found | 1966 |
| Kingston | Iron, ungrouped | 12.9 kg | Found | 1891 |
| Hasparos | Iron, IAB-MG | 12.9 kg | Found | 1935 |
| Willard (b) | H3.6 | 12.7 kg | Found | — |
| Ragland | LL3.4 | 12.1 kg | Found | — |
| Ragland Hill | H5 | 11.8 kg | Found | 1980 |
| Kenna | Ureilite | 10.9 kg | Found | 1972 |
| Bluewater | Iron, IIIAB | 9.5 kg | Found | 1946 |
| Grady (1937) | H3.7 | 9.3 kg | Found | 1937 |
| Roosevelt County 102 | L5 | 8.4 kg | Found | 1988 |
| Chico Hills | H4 | 8 kg | Found | 1951 |
| Dora (pallasite) | Pallasite, PMG | 7.6 kg | Found | 1955 |
| Luis Lopez | Iron, IIIAB | 7 kg | Found | 1896 |
| Ocate | Iron, IAB-MG | 6.4 kg | Found | 1986 |
| Portales (c) | H4 | 6 kg | Found | 1967 |
| Grady (c) | H4 | 5.7 kg | Found | 1970 |
| Roy (1934) | L6 | 5.6 kg | Found | 1934 |
| Garrison | H5 | 5.1 kg | Found | 1969 |
| Pasamonte | Eucrite-pmict | 5.1 kg | Fell | 1933 |
| La Luz | H4 | 4.8 kg | Found | 2005 |
| Lewiston | H4 | 4.4 kg | Found | 1983 |
| Grady (1933) | L3-6 | 4.2 kg | Found | 1933 |
| Falsey Draw | L6 | 4.2 kg | Found | 1995 |
| Acomita | Pallasite, PMG | 4 kg | Found | 1962 |
| Oscuro Mountains | Iron, IAB-MG | 3.6 kg | Found | 1895 |
| Portales (a) | H4 | 3.2 kg | Found | 1967 |
| Aztec | L6 | 2.8 kg | Fell | 1938 |
| Krider | H6 | 2.4 kg | Found | 1978 |
| Hobbs | H4 | 2.3 kg | Found | 1933 |
| Villanueva | H6 | 2.3 kg | Found | 1974 |
| Estancia Valley | L6 | 2 kg | Found | 2014 |
| Boaz (stone) | H5 | 1.8 kg | Found | 1968 |
| Mosquero | H4 | 1.8 kg | Found | 1963 |
| Tatum | H4 | 1.8 kg | Found | 1938 |
| Roosevelt County 089 | H5 | 1.6 kg | Found | 1980 |
| Hobbs (b) | H5 | 1.6 kg | Found | 1933 |
| Dora (stone) | OC | 1.6 kg | Found | 1970 |
| Blackwater Draw | H4 | 1.5 kg | Found | 1979 |
| Zuni | H4 | 1.5 kg | Found | 2022 |
| Palo Blanco Creek | Eucrite-mmict | 1.5 kg | Found | 1954 |
| Correo | H4 | 1.4 kg | Found | 1979 |
| Delphos (a) | L4 | 1.2 kg | Found | 1968 |
| Suwanee Spring | L5 | 1.2 kg | Found | 1979 |
| Rio Rancho | L6 | 1 kg | Found | 2011 |
| Arabella | Iron | 1 kg | Found | 1955 |
| Aurora | H4 | 1 kg | Found | 1938 |
| Sierra County | H5 | 1 kg | Found | 1962 |
| Ute Creek | H4 | 1 kg | Found | 1936 |
| Arch | CV3 | 986 g | Found | 1972 |
| Rogers | L | 982 g | Found | 1974 |
| Elida (a) | L6 | 937 g | Found | 1968 |
| Grier (b) | L5-7 | 929 g | Found | 1969 |
| Delphos (c) | L5 | 885 g | Found | 1977 |
| Roosevelt County 004 | L6 | 882 g | Found | 1977 |
| Techado | Iron, IIE | 810 g | Found | 1983 |
| Point of Rocks (stone) | L6 | 800 g | Found | 1954 |
| Willard (a) | L6 | 800 g | Found | 1978 |
| Deming | H5 | 784 g | Found | 2009 |
| Roosevelt County 080 | H6 | 728 g | Found | 1968 |
| Taiban (b) | LL6 | 641 g | Found | 1984 |
| Pelona Mountain | H5 | 618 g | Found | 1999 |
| Oasis State Park | OC | 606 g | Found | 1968 |
| Portales (b) | L6 | 596 g | Found | 1967 |
| Delphos (b) | OC | 548 g | Found | 1968 |
| Elida (b) | OC | 538 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 020 | L5 | 528 g | Found | 1983 |
| Roosevelt County 081 | H5 | 522 g | Found | 1969 |
| Oro Grande | H5 | 513 g | Found | 1971 |
| Thoreau | Iron, IAB complex | 500 g | Found | 1954 |
| Lea County 001 | H5 | 498 g | Found | 1988 |
| Tafoya (b) | H5 | 490 g | Found | 1951 |
| Roosevelt County 001 | H3.8 | 462 g | Found | 1968 |
| Kenna (b) | L5 | 453 g | Found | 1972 |
| Roosevelt County 019 | L5 | 450 g | Found | 1982 |
| Roosevelt County 044 | L6 | 439 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 065 | H5 | 406 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 031 | H3.9 | 397 g | Found | — |
| Elida (c) | H5 | 386 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 054 | H5 | 362 g | Found | 1971 |
| Anthony Gap | L6 | 347 g | Found | 2011 |
| Moriarty | L | 330 g | Found | 1975 |
| Roosevelt County 073 | H5 | 288 g | Found | 1989 |
| Delphos (d) | H5 | 276 g | Found | 1969 |
| Tafoya (a) | H4 | 270 g | Found | 1951 |
| Roosevelt County 075 | H3.10 | 258 g | Found | 1990 |
| Roosevelt County 096 | L5 | 212 g | Found | 1996 |
| Roosevelt County 017 | L6 | 177.8 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 012 | H5 | 173.1 g | Found | 1981 |
| Columbus | H5 | 165 g | Found | 1997 |
| Malaga | OC | 150 g | Fell | 1933 |
| Roosevelt County 032 | H5 | 141.1 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 085 | L4 | 140 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 016 | H5 | 138.2 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 082 | H4 | 137 g | Found | 1969 |
| New Mexico | Iron | 130 g | Found | 1935 |
| Roosevelt County 046 | H5 | 120.4 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 034 | H5 | 118.5 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 106 | L6 | 98.8 g | Found | 2001 |
| Roosevelt County 021 | H5 | 96 g | Found | 1983 |
| Los Lunas | H4 | 94.5 g | Found | 1978 |
| Roosevelt County 037 | H4/5 | 94.3 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 035 | L6 | 81.6 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 107 | L6 | 81.2 g | Found | 2000 |
| Roosevelt County 014 | L5 | 74.7 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 110 | L4 | 73.7 g | Found | 1987 |
| Roosevelt County 040 | H5 | 71.1 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 084 | L4 | 69.6 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 028 | L5 | 67.3 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 036 | H5 | 65.2 g | Found | 1968 |
| Steins | LL4 | 65 g | Found | 2005 |
| Roosevelt County 023 | H5 | 59.2 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 048 | L6 | 57.3 g | Found | — |
| Bethel (b) | H4 | 56.8 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 097 | H4 | 56 g | Found | 1996 |
| Roosevelt County 045 | L6 | 55.5 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 043 | H4/5 | 52.1 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 104 | L5 | 51.7 g | Found | 1998 |
| Melrose (b) | Howardite | 50.5 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 061 | H5 | 49.5 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 038 | H5 | 49.4 g | Found | 1968 |
| St. Vrain | OC | 45.5 g | Found | 1971 |
| El Rancho Grande | Pallasite | 40.7 g | Found | 1954 |
| Roosevelt County 039 | H5 | 38 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 013 | H5 | 35.2 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 063 | L4 | 34.7 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 092 | L5 | 34.3 g | Found | 1994 |
| Roosevelt County 060 | H5 | 34.2 g | Found | 1968 |
| Milnesand (stone) | L6 | 34 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 042 | H5 | 32.6 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 041 | L5 | 32.4 g | Found | 1969 |
| Hillsboro | H5 | 31 g | Found | 2019 |
| Roosevelt County 003 | H5 | 30.3 g | Found | 1976 |
| Roosevelt County 047 | L6 | 30.3 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 079 | H4 | 30.2 g | Found | 1993 |
| Roosevelt County 105 | H5 | 30 g | Found | 1998 |
| Roosevelt County 051 | L5 | 29.4 g | Found | 1971 |
| Alkali Flat | L5 | 28 g | Found | 2011 |
| Otto | H5 | 28 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 059 | L6 | 26.2 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 008 | H5 | 25.3 g | Found | 1979 |
| Roosevelt County 064 | H5 | 24.8 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 010 | L4 | 23.6 g | Found | 1979 |
| Roosevelt County 049 | LL4 | 22.8 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 027 | Ureilite | 22.3 g | Found | 1984 |
| Roosevelt County 074 | L5 | 22.2 g | Found | 1990 |
| Roosevelt County 033 | L4 | 21.8 g | Found | 1968 |
| Bethel (a) | OC | 18.3 g | Found | 1968 |
| Roosevelt County 002 | L6 | 18.2 g | Found | 1973 |
| Roosevelt County 052 | H5 | 17.7 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 109 | L6 | 17.3 g | Found | 2005 |
| Roosevelt County 015 | H5 | 16.3 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 062 | H5 | 16.2 g | Found | 1969 |
| Three Little Hills | H5 | 16 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 098 | L6 | 15 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 083 | H5 | 14.8 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 068 | L5 | 13.9 g | Found | 1988 |
| Roosevelt County 050 | L4 | 13.1 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 101 | H5 | 12.6 g | Found | 1979 |
| Grier (a) | OC | 12.4 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 026 | L6 | 12.4 g | Found | 1984 |
| Roosevelt County 095 | L/LL5 | 12.1 g | Found | 1995 |
| Roosevelt County 005 | L6 | 12 g | Found | 1978 |
| Roosevelt County 058 | L4 | 12 g | Found | 1968 |
| Lea County 002 | K3 | 11 g | Found | 1988 |
| Roosevelt County 077 | L4 | 10.9 g | Found | 1992 |
| Roosevelt County 018 | H5 | 10.8 g | Found | 1981 |
| Roosevelt County 053 | H5 | 10.8 g | Found | 1971 |
| Roosevelt County 056 | H5 | 10.3 g | Found | 1972 |
| Roosevelt County 103 | L6 | 10 g | Found | 1998 |
| Roosevelt County 072 | L5 | 9.8 g | Found | 1989 |
| Roosevelt County 099 | H(5?) | 9.8 g | Found | 1969 |
| Roosevelt County 006 | L6 | 9.7 g | Found | 1979 |
| Roosevelt County 086 | L6 | 9 g | Found | 1974 |
| Roosevelt County 022 | L6 | 8.7 g | Found | 1983 |
| Roosevelt County 087 | H5 | 8.2 g | Found | 1977 |
| Roosevelt County 055 | H5 | 7.9 g | Found | 1971 |
| Puente-Ladron | L6 | 7.7 g | Found | 1944 |
| Roosevelt County 057 | L5 | 7.7 g | Found | 1973 |
| Roosevelt County 088 | H4 | 7.5 g | Found | 1978 |
| Roosevelt County 078 | L4 | 6.9 g | Found | 1992 |
| Roosevelt County 100 | L5 | 6.8 g | Found | 1970 |
| Roosevelt County 090 | H4 | 6.4 g | Found | 1993 |
| Roosevelt County 024 | H5 | 5.6 g | Found | 1984 |
| Roosevelt County 071 | L4 | 5.3 g | Found | 1989 |
| Roosevelt County 007 | H5 | 5.2 g | Found | 1979 |
| Lea County 003 | H4 | 4.9 g | Found | 1999 |
| Roosevelt County 029 | H4 | 4.9 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 066 | L5 | 4.9 g | Found | 1988 |
| Roosevelt County 069 | L5 | 4.8 g | Found | 1989 |
| Roosevelt County 108 | H5 | 4.8 g | Found | 2004 |
| Roosevelt County 025 | L5 | 4.3 g | Found | 1984 |
| Roosevelt County 094 | L5 | 3.6 g | Found | 1994 |
| Roosevelt County 076 | L4 | 3.3 g | Found | 1992 |
| Roosevelt County 091 | H4 | 3.2 g | Found | 1994 |
| Roosevelt County 030 | H4 | 3.1 g | Found | — |
| Roosevelt County 011 | H5 | 2.9 g | Found | 1980 |
| Roosevelt County 093 | L5 | 2.8 g | Found | 1994 |
| Roosevelt County 070 | L5 | 2.3 g | Found | 1989 |
| Roosevelt County 009 | H5 | 2.1 g | Found | 1979 |
| Roosevelt County 067 | L5 | 2.1 g | Found | 1988 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How many meteorites have been found in New Mexico?
229 meteorites from New Mexico are officially recognized in the scientific record — 4 witnessed falls and 225 finds. The largest is Grant at 525 kg.
Can I hunt for meteorites in New Mexico?
On BLM-managed public land, casual collecting is legal without a permit: surface finds, up to 10 lb per person per year, personal use only. National parks prohibit all collecting, and on private land the meteorite belongs to the landowner. Always verify land status before hunting.
How do I know if a rock is a meteorite?
Quick field checks: meteorites are unusually dense, most attract a magnet (iron-nickel content), fresh ones have a thin black fusion crust, and many show regmaglypts (thumbprint-like depressions). Slag and magnetite are the common false alarms.
⚠️ Always verify current regulations, weather conditions, and access requirements before visiting any location. Information provided is based on community submissions and may not be current or accurate.
Coordinates are historical find locations from the scientific record, often approximate — not guaranteed collecting spots; verify land status and permissions before hunting. Source of record: Meteoritical Bulletin Database (Meteoritical Society).