The Canadian National Railroad owns this 4.97 km tunnel straight through Mont Royal.
Specimens recovered from the dig were intensely studied at McGill in the 1922-30 period and are on display at the Redpath Museum, McGill University campus.
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55 entries listed. 51 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).
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References
- Evans (1903) American Journal of Science, Series 4, Vol. 15, 92-93.
- Graham (1918) Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Series 3, Vol. 12, 197-201.
- Bancroft,J.A. & Howard, W.V. (1923) The essexite of Mount Royal, Montreal, P.Q., Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. 3, Vol. 17, 13-43.
- Carlyle, A.W. (1923) A study of dyke rocks of Mount Royal tunnel between stations 200 and 383. Unpublished McGill thesis.
- Dolan (1923) Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Ser. 3, Vol. 17, 127-151.
- Aylward, G.M. (1924) Dykes encountered in Mount Royal tunnel between stations 183 + 35 and 195 + 61. Unpublished McGill thesis.
- Finley, F.L. (1930) The nepheline syenites and pegmatites of Mount Royal, Montreal, Quebec. Can. Journal of Research 2(4), 231-248.
- Clark, T.H. (1972) Montreal area. Geological Report 152, Ministère des Richesses Naturelle du Québec. 244p.
- Chartrand, I. (1999) Modern investigation techniques shed a new light on the rocks of the Mount Royal tunnel. Unpublished McGill thesis.
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