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McTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir), Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canadai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| McTavish Reservoir (Rutherford Park; Lower Reservoir; Montreal Reservoir) | Reservoir |
| Mont Royal | Town |
| Montréal | City |
| Québec | Province |
| Canada | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
45° 30' 21'' North , 73° 34' 47'' West
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The McTavish Reservoir was built in stages, beginning in 1853, to store drinking water for the city of Montreal. It is situated on the lower slope of Mont Royal just above the main campus of McGill University. The reservoir site was blasted out of Ordovician-age Trenton limestone intruded by Cretaceous-age dikes belonging to the Monteregian Hills Petrographic Province (which includes Mont Saint-Hilaire). One of these dikes provided the specimens that enabled Graham (1908) to definitively determine the crystallographic and optical properties of dawsonite.
In some literature the reservoir is referred to as the Lower Reservoir because of the existence of another reservoir higher up on Mont Royal, and also as the Montreal Reservoir. In 1954 the site of the then roofed-over reservoir was designated a municipal park and named Rutherford Park in honour of Nobel laureate Ernest Rutherford (1871-1937) whose pioneering work on radioactivity had been conducted nearby on the McGill University campus.
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Analcime Formula: Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O References: |
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 References: |
| ⓘ Dawsonite Formula: NaAlCO3(OH)2 References: |
| ⓘ Dolomite Formula: CaMg(CO3)2 References: |
| ⓘ Galena Formula: PbS References: |
| ⓘ Natrolite Formula: Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O References: |
| ⓘ Pyrite Formula: FeS2 References: |
| ⓘ Sodalite Formula: Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl References: |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| ⓘ | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| ⓘ | Dolomite | 5.AB.10 | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| ⓘ | Dawsonite | 5.BB.10 | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| ⓘ | Sodalite | 9.FB.10 | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| ⓘ | Natrolite | 9.GA.05 | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| ⓘ | Analcime | 9.GB.05 | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| H | ⓘ Dawsonite | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| H | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| C | ⓘ Dawsonite | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| C | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Dawsonite | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| O | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| O | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| O | ⓘ Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| Na | Sodium | |
| Na | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Na | ⓘ Dawsonite | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| Na | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Na | ⓘ Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| Mg | Magnesium | |
| Mg | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Al | Aluminium | |
| Al | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Dawsonite | NaAlCO3(OH)2 |
| Al | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Al | ⓘ Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| Si | Silicon | |
| Si | ⓘ Analcime | Na(AlSi2O6) · H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Natrolite | Na2Al2Si3O10 · 2H2O |
| Si | ⓘ Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
| S | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Sodalite | Na4(Si3Al3)O12Cl |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Dolomite | CaMg(CO3)2 |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Pyrite | FeS2 |
| Pb | Lead | |
| Pb | ⓘ Galena | PbS |
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McTavish Reservoir, Mont Royal, Montréal, Québec, Canada