The Sudbury Basin Is One of the Richest Mining Areas

question 35

Multiple Choice

The Sudbury Basin is one of the richest mining areas in the world because it

• A) is a banded-iron formation.
• B) is a meteorite impact site.
• C) is a layered intrusion.
• D) is a stromatolite.
• E) all of these

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