List of Quarries in Georgia & Quarry Links,
Photographs and Articles

• Hawkinsville, Pulaski County, Georgia – Hardin Property - Limestone Quarry & Kiln (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. 112)

  Plate VI. B. Limestone quarry and kiln on Hardin property, 3 ½ miles north of Hawkinsville, Pulaski County.

• Hawkinsville, Pulaski 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. 176)

  Plate VIII. A. Limestone exposure, west bank of Ocmulgee River, 1 ¾ miles below Hawkinsville, Pulaski County.

• Hog Mountain, Rockdale County, Georgia – the Hog Mountain Property (Panola Granite)  (Excerpt from Geology of The Stone Mountain-Lithonia District, Georgia, by Leo Anthony Herrmann, Georgia State Division of Conservation, Department of Mines, Mining and Geology, Atlanta: 1954, pp. 96-97.  Used with permission.  You can read the entire entry for this quarry in the PDF document/chapter on “The Stone Industry (of Georgia).)”

“Hog Mountain Property – Hog Mountain is a large dome-shaped prominence of Panola granite similar to that at the Bowers quarry.  The property, owned by Mr. John Yarborough of Atlanta, consists of about 600 acres.  A small summer resort has been developed around a dammed lake on the southwest side of the mountain.”

• Holly Springs, Georgia – The Verde-Antique Marble Co. (Marble Dealer) (The following information is from an advertisement in Stone: An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. XI, No. 6, November, 1895, Stone Publishing Co., New York.)

Green Marble

The Verde-Antique Marble Co.

Office, 1112-1114 Title and Trust Bldg., Chicago.

Producers of a fine grade of Green Marble, in blocks, sawed or polished stock.

Send For Sample

Quarry, Holly Springs, Ga.

 

• Jasper (near), Pickens County, Georgia – Lincoln Quarry (Marble), from Geology of the Tate Quadrangle, Georgia, Bulletin No. 43, by W. S. Bayley, University of Illinois, Geological Survey of Georgia, Atlanta, 1928, pp. 84.

  Plate IX. A. Wall of Lincoln Quarry near Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia, showing nearly horizontal overturned folds.

• Jasper (east of), Georgia – the Perseverence Quarry - Outcrop of White Marble (Marble), from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia, Bulletin No. 1, by S. W. McCallie, Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 2nd ed., 1907, pp. 36. (This book is available on Google Books – Full View Books.) (Please note that the photo in this entry is the same photo as that in the Perserverence marble quarry photo below from A Report on the Limestones and Cement Materials of North Georgia.)

  Plate VI. An outcrop of white marble at the Perseverance Quarry, 2 miles east of Jasper.

• Jasper (east of), Pickens County, Georgia – the Perseverence Quarry – Outcrop of White Murphy Marble (Limestone), from A Report on the Limestones and Cement Materials of North Georgia, Bulletin No. 27, by T. Poole Maynard, Ph.D., Assistant State Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1912, pp. 48. (Please note that the photo in this entry is the same photo as that in the Perserverence marble quarry photo above from A Preliminary Report on the Marbles of Georgia.)

  Plate II. An outcrop of white Murphy marble at the Perseverence (sic) Quarry, 2 miles east of Jasper, Pickens County, Georgia.

• Kathleen (east of), Houston County, Georgia – Lime Kiln (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. 144)

  Plate VII. A. Primitive lime kiln on small property, 4 ½ miles east of Kathleen, Houston County.

• Kathleen (east of), Houston County, Georgia – Limestone & Fullers Earth Outcrop (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. A. Limestone and fullers earth outcrop on small property, 4 ½ miles east of Kathleen, Houston County.

• Kathleen, Houston County, Georgia – Limestone 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. 112)

  Plate VI. A. Limestone ridge on small property, 4 ½ miles east of Kathleen, Houston County.

• Kinchafoonee (east side of), Lee County, Georgia – Limestone Bluff (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. 208)

  Plate IX. A. Limestone bluff, east side Kinchafoonee Creek, Lee County.

  Plate IX. B. Limestone Bluff, east side Kinchafoonee Creek, Lee County.

   

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