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Miron Quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada

A huge limestone quarry (~2 x 1 km), formerly owned by Miron Co., Ltd. and close to the old Francon quarry. Miron Quarry closed in the late seventies and has been used by the city of Montreal for land fill. Now the quarry is full and it will be landscaped into a park. The limestone is intersected by numerous igneous dykes and sills. The mineralogy of these igneous bodies is not well studied because no collecting was allowed during the operation of the quarry.
Re:
Sabina (1983)Rocks & minerals for the collector Kingston, Ontario to Lac St-Jean, Quebec. GSC Misc. Report 32, 57.





Map Reference: 45°33'45"N , 73°37'41"W

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Mineral List:
Aegirine
'Amphibole Group'
Analcime
Anatase
Ancylite-(Ce)
Annite
Apatite-(CaF)
Apophyllite-(KF)
Burbankite
Calcite
Catapleiite
'Chlorite Group'
Dawsonite
Dolomite
Fluorite
Goethite
Graphite
Gypsum
Harmotome
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Microcline
Montmorillonite
Mordenite
Natrolite
'Phillipsite'
Phlogopite
Pyrite
'Pyroxene Group'
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
Rutile
Siderite
Strontianite
Titanite
Vesuvianite


38 entries listed. 34 valid minerals.

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