Big Bess mine. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1943.
Dates
Acquisition
1943
Summary
Large scale power shovel operations, Big Bess mine, the pegmatite lies nearly flat at the level of the shovel and all the material at higher levels is partly decomposed schist with thin pegmatite stringers. Gaston County, North Carolina. Circa 1943. Figure 51, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 248. 1953.
Summary
Large scale power shovel operations, Big Bess mine, the pegmatite lies nearly flat at the level of the shovel and all the material at higher levels is partly decomposed schist with thin pegmatite stringers. Gaston County, North Carolina. Circa 1943. Figure 51, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional paper 248. 1953.
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