Geology Resources – Georgia

Go to Page Georgia Maps Georgia Department of Natural Resources through Dewitt Ferry Flint River through The Murphy Marble Belt North Georgia Mountains Longstreet Highroad Guide through William Weinman Mineral Museum

• North Georgia Mountains Longstreet Highroad Guide to the North Georgia Mountains, by the Georgia Conservancy. This site is presented by Sherpa Guides.

• Perry (south of), Houston County, Georgia – Limestone Boulders along Perry-Elko Road (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 80)

  Plate V. B. Limestone boulders along Perry-Elko Road, 3 ½ miles south of Perry, Houston County.

• Perry (south of), Houston County, Georgia – Limestone Exposure on Mossy Ridge (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 64)

  Plate IV. B. Limestone exposure on Mossy Ridge, 5 miles south of Perry, Houston County.

• Pine Mountain, Lithonia, Georgia – Pine Mountain, from A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Granites and Gneisses of Georgia, Bullet No. 9-A, by Thomas L. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1902, pp. 152.

  Plate XIII. A view of Pine Mountain, Lithonia, Georgia, an unreduced residual of granite-gneiss, from a point of view, a quarter of a mile away.

• Porter’s Landing, Effingham County, Georgia – Exposure of Miocene Marls and Clays (from A Preliminary Report on the Mineral Resources of Georgia, Bulletin No. 23, by S. W. McCallie, State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta: 1910, pp. 144)

  Plate XV. Exposure of Miocene marls and clays, Porter’s Landing, Effingham County, Georgia.

• Rich Hill, Crawford County, Georgia – Limestone Exposure (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 32)

  Plate II. B. Exposure of limestone of the Jackson Formation in a gully at Rich Hill, five miles southeast of Roberta, Crawford County.

• Roberts Lake, Georgia – Roberts Lake on Long Swamp Creek, East of Ball Ground (Carolina Gneiss), from Geology of the Tate Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley, University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, 1928, pp. 14.

  Plate III. A. Roberts Lake on Long Swamp Creek East of Ball round, showing characteristic topography near water courses in the Carolina Gneiss.

• Rock City:  Lookout City, Georgia

• Rudicil Mill (near), Georgia – Contorted Pegmatite & Quartz Veins in Carolina Graywacke & Schists (Graywacke & Schists), from Geology of the Tate Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley, University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, 1928, pp. 60.

  Plate VII. B. Contorted pegmatite and quartz veins in Carolina graywacke and schists, near Rudicil Mill, 4 miles south of Orange, in the neighboring quadrangle.

• Sharp Mountain, Pickens County, Georgia – Near View of Sharp Top Mountain, from Geology of the Tate Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley, University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, 1928, pp. 14.

  Plate III. B. Near view of Sharp Top Mountain situated a short distance beyond the northern boundary of the Tate Quadrangle.

• Shell Bluff, Burke County, Georgia – Ostrea Georgiana Bed (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 32)

  Plate II. A. Ostrea Georgiana Bed at Shell Bluff, Savannah River, Burke, County.

• Staurolite-Kyanite Schist & Canton Schist, from Geology of the Tate Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley, University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, 1928, pp. 44.

  Plate V. A. Staurolite-Kyanite Schist.

  Plate V.A. Canton Schist.

• Stone Mountain, Georgia - Virtual Field Trip, presented by Pamela J. W. Gore, Georgia Perimeter College.

• Tivola (south of), Houston County, Georgia – Limestone Exposure (from A Report on the Limestones and Marls of the Coastal Plain of Georgia, Bulletin 21, 1910, by J. E. Brantly, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, GA: The Blosser Co., 1916, pp. 48)

  Plate III. A. Limestone exposure on G.S. & F. R.R. south of Tivola, Houston County.

• William Weinman Mineral Museum, Cartersville, Bartow County, Georgia.

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