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1. sdb00062.gif Characteristic outcrop of tin bearing pegmatite: about two-thirds of a mile south of Kings Mountain. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 1 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  62
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2. sdb00074.gif Washing gravel for monazite, 4 miles northwest of Gaffney. Cherokee County, South Carolina. 1929. Plate 8 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  74
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3. sdb00082.gif Northward toward New York mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 25-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  82
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4. sdb00083.gif Northward along pegmatitic outcrop at New York mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 26-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  83
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5. sdb00087.gif Crystals of mica in pegmatite and blasted loose on 200-foot level of New York mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 26-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  87
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6. sdb00089.gif Northward toward engine and shaft house of White Spar Mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 27-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  89
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7. sdb00092.gif End of intrusion of small dike of pegmatite at Crown Mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 27-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  92
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8. sdb00093.gif Contact of pegmatite and gneiss in northeast face of open cut at Firestone Mica mine, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 28-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  93
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9. sdb00095.gif Large crystals of black tourmaline exposed in small cut along wall of pegmatite at Philip Geering's Mica prospect, near Custer. Custer County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 28-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B.  95
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10. sdb00102.gif Southward from Harney Peak, Black Hills, showing outcrops of pegmatitic granite. Pennington County, South Dakota. Before 1923. Plate 25-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 102
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11. sdb00104.gif Mica Hill mica mine - 4 miles northwest of Canyon City. Mica is in irregularly vertical streak in back of cut and over two figures. Mica in mass of bunches wedge and "A" shaped blocks.J.D. Endicott seated in foreground. Fremont County, Colorado. 1910. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 104
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12. sdb00127.gif Looking north towards Colorado Turquoise Mining Company mines, 13 miles south 60 degrees east of La Jara. Shafts near office and to right on hill. Incline to right of framework, about center of picture. Conejos County, Colorado. 1910. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 127
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13. sdb00128.gif Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona. Sections of a large tree, 5.5 feet or more in diameter, lying in volcanic ash about 6 miles south of Adamana. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 128
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14. sdb00137.gif Pinnacle of Kings Mountain, from 1 mile distant, looking southwest along the strike: surface of Piedmont Plateau in foreground. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 2 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 137
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15. sdb00139.gif Crowders Mountain looking N 63 degrees E. from the Pinnacle. Piedmont Plateau to the right and in the background. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 5 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 139
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16. sdb00143.gif Piedmont Plateau, looking northwest from the Pinnacle: Quartzite ledges in foreground. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 3 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 143
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17. sdb00144.gif Piedmont Plateau viewed from water tower 1 mile north of Kings Mountain. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 4 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 144
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18. sdb00150.gif Coarse Kyanite quartzite on southeast side of Crowders Mountain. Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 7 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931 ID. Sterrett, D.B. 150
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19. sdb00247.gif Piedmont Plateau with Kings Mountain range in the distance, viewed from water tower 1 mile north of Kings Mountain Gaston County, North Carolina. 1929. Plate 6in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 247
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20. sdb00253.gif Pedestal rock of Yorkville granite, due to weathering; two-thirds of a mile northwest of Filbert, about 12 feet high. York County, South Carolina. 1929. Plate 9 in U.S. Geological Survey. Folio 222. 1931. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 253
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21. sdb00327.gif Mrs. Clara Dunwoody on the "Clara" variscite claim; 10 miles SW of Sodaville. Mrs. Dunwoody is a prospector and socialist leader. Mineral County, Nevada. May 1910. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 327
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22. sdb00438.gif Mass of solid mica exposed in open cut at Grady Mica mine, Mesa County, Colorado. Before 1923. Plate 9-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 438
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23. sdb00531.gif Southwestward across the open cut of the Belden or Standard Mica mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Before 1923. Plate 18-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 531
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24. sdb00534.gif Contact between pegmatite and overlying gneiss at Sanborn Mica mine, Grafton County, New Hampshire. Before 1923. Plate 18-A in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 534
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25. sdb00535.gif Southwestward over the open cut of the Granite State Mica Co.'s mine. Cheshire County, New Hampshire. Before 1923. Plate 13-B in U.S. Geological Survey. Bulletin 740. 1923. ID. Sterrett, D.B. 535
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