Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Meteorite Craters, Further Evidence of Extinction Level Event Options

[ASTROBLEME]

Greetings Everyone,

I am announcing this discovery as a long time contributor to the Colorado Prospector Forum and want to make sure that other members have access to this information. After initiating a research effort in 2005, I have been able to collect substantial evidence to support a double meteorite impact located in Custer County, Colorado. The Westcliffe Crater is the larger structure while the Silver Cliff Crater is smaller and both are named for the towns nearby. All my work has been done independently and at my own cost.

This previously unrecognized double crater structure is paired with my discovery of the Gunnison Crater. All 3 impacts occurred 360 to 375 million years ago. These impact craters are further evidence supporting the Tonko Lineament that recognizes the serial impacts across the United States aligning on the 38th Parallel. The crater chain and associated fish fossil records I have researched indicate a Devonian mass extinction event where 70% of life on our planet was eliminated. Along with hyper-velocity geologic evidence in the target zone, I have also recovered two meteorite types that are in the early process of classification.

Peak Ring Image of Westcliffe and Silver Cliff Craters


Westcliffe Meteorite (photo with light sourced to highlight metal inclusions but chondrules are still visible)



Silver Cliff Meteorite



Sincerely,

Johnny Tonko

[ASTROBLEME]

Understanding the natural forces involved in hyper-velocity impact cratering can be overwhelming. I've spent a large part of my life working on this issue and hope to bring some clarity to those that are interested in such events. Please understand that I also have much more to learn about this phenomenon. Here's my opinion formulated from results of my research into this matter...

Mars has numerous large craters, some big enough to make the planet bulge out from a spherical shape. A good suspect for ejecting the meteorite fragments I'm collecting is the largest visible impact crater in the Solar System named the Hellas Impact Basin. There is information free from subscriptions that can be viewed in this secured link;

Hellas Planitia

The debris ejected from such large impact events is certain to accumulate into loosely bonded ruble fields while they float through space for eons. Those accumulations of impact generated ruble eventually get drawn into gravity traps formed by the major planets and some larger moons of our Solar System. These objects locked within the ruble fields can sometimes cross Earth's orbital path where they get pulled apart and their resulting trajectories hit the Earth along a straight line.

Here's a link that provides detail of how the comet that was pulled apart by Jupiter's gravitational influence eventually created impacts along a straight line as shown in this video;

Shoemaker-Levy Impact

Hope this helps with understanding what created the impact craters along the 38th Parallel.

Sincerely,

ASTROBLEME