Here we can see old silica pits where, for a few years in the 1940’s, silica was mined for glass making. All of the bright white material is silica that was finely pulverized during the impact event. The presence of this silica was one of the main lines of evidence used by Daniel Barringer to support his claim that this crater was a meteorite impact crater and not a volcanic crater.
| Old Silica Pits Below the Crater Rim Photo: G. Osinski, Canadian Space Agency Location: Below the southwest corner outside the impact crater Scale: Pipe length is approximately 10 meters |  |
| Closer View of the Pulverized Silica Photo: G. Osinski, Canadian Space Agency Location: Below the southwest corner outside the impact crater Scale: Height of white silica layer is approximately 1-2 meters |  |
| Media: Panorama view of the old silica pits. | View or download media file (.mp4) |
