Sudbury Basin

Canada · Underground

Opened: 1883
Region: Ontario
Status: Active
Country: Canada
Type: Underground
Latitude: 46.47
Longitude: -81.2

Notes

Nickel-copper sulfides around the rim of a 1.85-billion-year-old meteorite impact crater; the Creighton mine reaches 2.4 km and hosts a neutrino observatory in a disused level.

Commodities

Cobalt Copper Nickel Platinum Palladium

Referenced by

element

Cobalt Copper Nickel Palladium Platinum

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