Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA
Latitude: 35°20'14"N
Longitude: 81°20'47"W
REF:Deposit:: GRIFFITTS, WALLACE R. & OLSON, JERRY C., 1953, USGS PROF PAP
Deposit:: 248-D, PP. 249-251.
Deposit:: PEGMATITE MINERALS-FELDSPAR & ACCESSORY GARNET, MARCASITE,
Deposit:: ILMENITE, SILLIMANITE, ZIRCON, PYRITE, BERYL, APATITE,
Deposit:: TOURM
Commodities (Major) - Mica; (Trace) - Feldspar
Development Status: Past Producer
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