Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA - Site Photo Gallery

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Big Bess Mine (ca. 1943)
	Big Bess Mine (M. S. Bess Mine; M. M. Carpenter Mine), Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA The Big Bess mine pegmatite lies nearly flat at the level of the shovel. Material at higher levels is partly decomposed schist with thin pegmatite stringers. Circa 1943. Figure 51, in U.S.Geological Survey Professional Paper 248, 1953. Photo courtesy of USGS.
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E. R. Self Mine -- ca. 1943
	E. R. Self Mine (Old Neale Mine), Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Photo courtesy of USGS.
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Quarry
	Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Taken from the top of the dump pile of the quarry,no longer a working operation.
© Mike Dennis	Photo ID: 353690    View Count: 103
rock dump
	Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Eastern side of the dump pile,large boulders from years of quarrying.
© Mike Dennis	Photo ID: 353689    View Count: 98
Site recorded as the Will Knox Sillimanite Property
	Will Knox Sillimanite Property, Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Intersection of Lewis Rd. and Ferguson Mill Rd. is the specific site listed in mindat for the Will Knox Sillimanite Property. However, the hilly, dissected terrain to the SW along Lewis Rd. is more likely where the exposures were found. Mostly, only vein quartz is visible in natural and road cut exposures through the heavily weathered rock. Photo ...
© Norman King	Photo ID: 497186    View Count: 23
Top of the quarry dump
	Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Large boulders at the quarry dump.
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Vein quartz in residual soil near Will Knox Sillimanite Property
	Will Knox Sillimanite Property, Kings Mountain District, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA Road cut exposures of vein quartz along Lewis Rd. near the Will Knox Sillimanite Property. The schistose matrix is highly weathered. This locality is not far from the well-known lithium mines at Kings Mountain. Photo November, 2012.
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view from the top
	Bessemer City Quarry, Bessemer City, Gaston Co., North Carolina, USA From the top of the dump pile you can see the abandoned equipment all rusted and in disrepair.
© Mike Dennis	Photo ID: 353691    View Count: 104