Sudbury in Greater Sudbury, Ontario — Central Canada (North America)

The Sudbury Basin

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

1. The Sudbury Basin Marker

The leftmost of 2 marker panels at this location. There is nothing inscribed on the back side of this panel.

Inscription.
A ring of low hills, with Sudbury on the south rim, follows the outline of the “Sudbury Nickel Irruptive”, a unique and remarkably complex geological structure. The mines situated around the outer rim of this boat-shaped basin produce most of the world's nickel, platinum, palladium and related metals, and large amounts of copper, gold, tellurium, selenium and sulphur. Made up of many kinds of igneous rock forced while still molten into a roughly concentric arrangement, some seventeen hundred million years ago, the basin is about 37 miles long and 17 miles wide. These rocks and the minerals of the ore deposits probably had a common source deep within the Earth's crust.

Erected by Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario.

Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Resources. In addition, it is included in the Canada, Ontario Heritage Trust series list.

Location. 46° 28.822′ N, 80° 59.193′ W. Marker is in Greater Sudbury, Ontario. It is in Sudbury. It can be reached from Elizabeth Street just south of McNaughton Terrace, on the right when traveling south. The marker is located along the walkway on the north side of Bell Park. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 530 Facer Street, Greater Sudbury ON P3E 1V6, Canada. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Northeastern Ontario

and specifically in Northern Ontario.

It is also in Central Canada.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Great North Woods,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once a British colony,

the Viceroyalty of New France,

the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) Confederacy,

and Rupert’s Land.

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At least 8 other markers are within 3 kilometers of this marker, measured as the crow flies: W. J. Bell (a few steps from this marker); The Irish Regiment of Canada (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); The Founding of Sudbury / La fondation de Sudbury (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Austin Airways 1934-1987 (approx. 1.2 kilometers away); Sainte-Anne-des-Pins (approx. 1.7 kilometers away); Laurentian University of Sudbury / Université Laurentienne de Sudbury (approx. 1.8 kilometers away); The Franco-Ontarian Flag / Le drapeau franco-ontarien (approx. 2.2 kilometers away); Sacred Heart College / Collège du Sacré-Coeur (approx. 2.4 kilometers away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Greater Sudbury.

More about this marker. This marker comprises 2 one-sided panels with a 10-ton Nickel-copper ore specimen between them.

Also see . . . Sudbury Basin (Wikipedia).

Excerpt: The Sudbury Basin, also known as Sudbury Structure or the Sudbury Nickel Irruptive, is a major geological structure in Ontario, Canada. It is the third-largest known impact structure on Earth, as well as one of the oldest. The structure, the eroded remnant of an impact crater, was formed by the impact of an asteroid 1.849 billion years ago in the Paleoproterozoic era. The large impact crater filled
Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

2. The Sudbury Basin Marker Diagram
The rightmost of 2 marker panels at this location. There is nothing inscribed on the back side of this panel.
with magma containing nickel, copper, palladium, gold, the platinum group and other metals. This magma formed into pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite rocks, as well as cubanite and magnetite.
As a result of these metal deposits, the Sudbury area is one of the world's major mining communities. The Basin is one of the world's largest suppliers of nickel and copper ores. The development of a mining settlement began in 1883 after blasting at a railway construction site revealed a large concentration of nickel and copper ore at what is now the Murray Mine site.

(Submitted on November 29, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.)

The Sudbury Basin Marker (<i>left panel</i>) image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

3. The Sudbury Basin Marker (left panel)

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

4. The Sudbury Basin Marker

This marker comprises 2 one-sided marker panels with nothing inscribed on the back sides. The left side has the text, and the right side is a diagram. There is a 10-ton Nickel-copper ore specimen between them.

10-ton Nickel-copper Ore Specimen image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

5. 10-ton Nickel-copper Ore Specimen

It is on exhibit between the two sides of the Sudbury Basin Marker.

10-ton Nickel-copper Ore Specimen Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Cosmos Mariner, June 8, 2024

6. 10-ton Nickel-copper Ore Specimen Marker

This nickel-copper ore specimen, weighing about 10 tons, came from Strathcona Mine. Donated by Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited, it is dedicated to the honored memory of the Pioneer Prospectors and Geologists of the Sudbury Basin. October 8, 1966

Credits. This page was last revised on November 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on November 26, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. This page has been viewed 1,614 times since then and 286 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on November 28, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 3. submitted on November 29, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida. 4, 5, 6. submitted on November 28, 2024, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.