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Sudbury Basin

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A big rock hit the Earth.

Shattercone, Sudbury Impact Structure (1.85 Ga) Ontario.jpg
Shattercone, Sudbury Impact Structure (1.85 Ga) Ontario.jpg
It made a giant hole. This hole has many metals in it. We use these metals for things. It is a very old place. Do you like rocks?

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File:Sudbury Basin Non-Ferrous Metals - Eastern Canada map.png
Sudbury Basin Non-Ferrous Metals -...
File:Shattercone, Sudbury Impact Structure (1.85 Ga) Ontario.jpg
Shattercone, Sudbury Impact Structure...
File:Melted Chaos from Sudbury Impact Crater .jpg
Melted Chaos from Sudbury Impact Crater .jpg
Geological map of the vicinity of Copper...
File:Pentlandite-Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite-199634.jpg
Pentlandite-Chalcopyrite-Pyrrhotite-199634.jpg
File:Sudbury-basin-1917.png
Sudbury-basin-1917.png
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