Latitude: 45°39'31"N
Longitude: 74°38'26"W
Formerly: Autoroute 50 roadcut #2, Grenville township, Argenteuil Co., Québec, Canada
Construction of a new section of Autoroute 50 (2007-2008) exposed orange calcite veins cutting Precambrian marble and calc-silicate rocks in a huge (~2 km long) roadcut near the village of Grenville sur la Rouge. Some of the veins are in the road bed and are being destroyed by ongoing construction.
References
HORVÁTH, L. (2009) The minerals of Autoroute 50 (A50) road cut, Grenville, Argenteuil Co. Québec. MICRONEWS, 43(3), 5-7.
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