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

Go to Page Georgia Map Section Apling through Atlanta Ball Circle through Carlton Cartersville through Crystal Springs Dalton through Echols’ Mill Elbert-Oglethorpe-Madison Area through Elberton Estelle through Gordon County Graysville through Gwinnett-DeKalb-Rockdale Area Hawkinsville through Kinchafoonee Lawrenceville through Little Stone Mountain Macon through Marble (Georgia) Marble Hill Marietta through Mineral Bluff Nelson through Newnan Odessadale through Oglethorpe County Palmetto through Pickens County Pine Mountain, Lithonia through Rockdale-DeKalb-Gwinnett Area Rockmart Area (Page 1) Rockmart Area (Page 2) Rome through Sparta Stone Mountain Stone Mountain through Summerville Tate, Pickens County (Page 1) Tate, Pickens County (Page 2) Tate, Pickens County (Page 3) Tate, Pickens County (Page 4) Taylor Ridge through Whitestone

• Elbert-Oglethorpe-Madison Area, Georgia – Map of the Oglethorpe-Madison-Elbert Granite Area (Granite), from A Preliminary Report on a Part of the Granites and Gneisses of Georgia, Bulletin No. 9-A, by Thomas L. Watson, Ph.D., Assistant Geologist, Geological Survey of Georgia, 1902, pp. 200.

  Map of the Oglethorpe-Madison-Elbert Granite Area, Georgia.

• Elberton Area, Georgia - Granite Quarries Open to the Public (Granite) (From Mining and Mineral Operations in the United States: A Visitor’s Guide, by Staff, Bureau of Mines, Area Mineral Resource Offices, U. S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, 1967, pp. 20.)

  “The average American today has probably never heard of the gold mines of Georgia, but they contributed significantly to America ’s wealth until overshadowed by the California discoveries. In fact, experienced gold miners from Georgia played a role in discovery and development of western goldfields. Today (circa 1967), clay is the most important mineral product of the state.”

  “Ga. 17 and 77. - Granite quarries in the Elberton district are open to the public (circa 1967). Tours are arranged by the Elberton Granite Association, Inc. Elberton is about 35 miles east of Athens, Georgia, at the intersection of Ga. 77 and 17.”

• Elbert County, Georgia – Boyd Granite Co. Granite Quarry (Granite). In 1995 this company was operating a granite quarry in Elbert County. At that time the company headquarters was in Elberton, Georgia. (From United States Geological Survey, "Mineral Industries Surveys - Directory of Principal Dimension Stone Producers in the United States in 1995," prepared in January 1997.)
• Elbert County, Georgia – Gold Eagle Quarries Inc. Granite Quarry (Granite). In 1995 this company was operating a granite quarry in Elbert County. At that time the company headquarters was in Elberton, Georgia. (From United States Geological Survey, "Mineral Industries Surveys - Directory of Principal Dimension Stone Producers in the United States in 1995," prepared in January 1997.)
• Elbert County, Georgia – McCannon Granite Co. Granite Quarry (Granite). In 1995 this company was operating a granite quarry in Elbert County. At that time the company headquarters was in Elberton, Georgia. In 1995 this company was one of the ten leading dimension stone operations in the United States with sales greater than $500,000. (From United States Geological Survey, “Mineral Industries Surveys - Directory of Principal Dimension Stone Producers in the United States in 1995,” prepared in January 1997.)
• Elberton, Georgia - the Elberton Granite Association Membership Directory (This link is no longer available, although you can view the page on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
  <http://www.egaonline.com/egamembers/>

• Elberton, Georgia – Elberton Georgia Granite:  Geology and Industry Insights, Paul A. Schroeder and Gillis O. Allard, Department of Geology, University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, AAPG Foundation Trustee Associates Field Trip – October 26, 2010, 36 pp. (This link is no longer available, although you can read the document on the Internet Archive Wayback Machine.)
  <http://www.gly.uga.edu/Schroeder/AAPG_2010_FieldGuide_small.pdf>

• Elberton-Echos Mill, Georgia - Map of Oglesby-Lexington and Elberton-Echols Mill granite areas, Georgia (From Granites of the Southeastern Atlantic States, Bulletin 426, 1910)

  fig. 18 Map of Oglesby-Lexington and Elberton-Echols Mill granite areas, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia - the American Granite Company Quarry, Elberton, Georgia (postcard photograph, #2E-3-9250; early 1900s; unmailed)

  American Granite Company Quarry, Elberton, Georgia (postcard photograph)

• Elberton (outside of), Georgia - the Berkeley Granite Quarry (color postcard photograph, #34780-B; Made by Dexter Press Inc., New York; mid-1900s; unmailed)

  Berkeley Granite Quarry, outside of Elberton, Georgia – “The Famous Berkeley quarry located just outside of Elberton, Georgia, the granite center of the world, is renowned for its fine grained, dark blue granite which is used in the manufacturing of nationally advertised Stone Eternal Memorials.”

  • Elberton, Georgia – the Berkeley Granite Company – Wholesale Price List, Berkeley Blue Memorials, 1952 Design Series, The Berkeley Granite Company, Elberton, Georgia.

Front cover of Wholesale Price List, Berkeley Blue Memorials, 1952, Berkeley Granite Co., Elberton, Georgia	Title page of Wholesale Price List, Berkeley Blue Memorials, 1952, Berkeley Granite Co., Elberton, Georgia	One of the pages of Wholesale Price List, Berkeley Blue Memorials, 1952, Berkeley Granite Co., Elberton, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia – the Comolli Granite Company – Personality In Memorials, Marker Catalog No. 106, Comolli Granite Co., Elberton, Georgia (no date of publication)

• Elberton, Georgia – Dixie Blue Granite – A selected material for monuments, Dixie Granite Co., Elberton, Georgia (colorized postcard; ca 1930s; unmailed)

  A selected material for monuments, Dixie Granite Co. Quarry, Elberton, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia – Georgia Granite Corporation  (Advertisement from The Monumental News, Vol. 34, No. 3, March 1922, pp. 156)

  Elberton Blue Georgia Granite – “The Stone Eternal”
  The Georgia Granite Corporation, Elberton Ga., Quarry Operators
  Leading Wholesale Granite Manufacturers South

The Georgia Granite Corporation, Elberton Ga., Quarry Operators. Leading Wholesale Granite Manufacturers South, Elberton Blue Georgia Granite – “The Stone Eternal,” advertisment in the March 1922 issue of The Monumental News, pp. 156.

• Elberton, Georgia – the Georgia Granite Corporation- Elberton Blue Granite – Partial View of Quarry (colorized postcard photograph, #83714; published by Starke and Cleveland, Matthew Ward, Inc. Drug Stores, Elberton, Ga.; early 1900s; postmark 1933)

Elberton Blue Granite, Georgia Granite Corporation, Elberton, Georgia - Partial View of Quarry (circa 1933)

• Elberton, Georgia – Elberton Blue Granite – Special Granite Designs in the Famous Pride of Elberton Blue Granite, Design Book No. 16 & Price List for Special Granite Designs, No. 16-H (pdf), 1920’s.  (Monument catalog and price list for Elberton Blue Granite monuments from Georgia)

• Elberton, Georgia - A partial view of the Harmony “Superior” Blue Granite Quarries, Harmony Blue Granite Co., Inc.

  (color postcard photograph, #36763; Saggus Studio, Elberton, Ga.; Dextone Genuine Natural ColorMade only by Dexter Press, Pearl River, N.Y.; postmark Aug. 9, 1948)

• Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia - J & B Granite Company (present-day company), 1161 Jenkins Road, Elberton, GA 30635; (706) 283-6133.

• Elberton, Georgia - Granite Quarry (postcard photograph; unmailed)

  Granite Quarry & corner of business section in Elberton, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia – Oglesby Granite Quarries – Oglesby Blue Granite Mausoleum Catalog, 1937 (PDF) (Includes photographs of many of their Blue “Oglesby” granite mausoleums.)

• Elberton, Georgia, Oglesby Granite Quarries - Mammoth Deposits of Blue Oglesby Granite

  (color postcard photograph, #120837; genuine Curteich-Chicago "C. T. Blue Sky" Post Card; Rose's 5-10-25c Store, Elberton, GA.)

• Elberton, Georgia – Ooglesby Quarry (postcard photograph, #120835; published by C. F. Davis, Elberton, GA; ca 1930s; unmailed)

  Ooglesby Quarry, Elberton, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia – Oglesby Quarry – Granite Blocks Ready for Shipment, Oglesby Quarry, Elberton, GA. (colorized postcard photograph, 120836; early 1900s; unmailed)

  Oglesby Quarry – Granite Blocks Ready for Shipment, Oglesby Quarry, Elberton, Georgia

• Elberton, Georgia – the Sterling Granite Company Sterling-Blue & Sunset-Pink Granite Quarry  (Granite)  Sterling Granite Company Monumental Catalog Book 12, Elberton, Georgia, No date of publication printed in booklet, possibly late 1930s.

Front cover of the Sterling Granite Company Monumental Catalog Book 12 (late 1930s?)	“In Sterling-Blue and Genuine Sunset-Pink Granite Monuments you are assured of workmanship produced by highly skilled craftsmen of long experience.”	“Have your monumental work come from granite that is quarried out of the heart of this fine (Sterling Granite Co.) quarry.”

“You are sure of good quality granite in your monument when you specify Sterling-Blue or genuine Sunset-Pink Granites.”	“Have your monument polished and be sure of this fine lasting finish so well adapted to Sterling-Blue and Genuine Sunset-Pink Granites”	“‘Brockel’ Design No. 503,” with an “…artistic treatment of the Cross and Rose Vine carving, with a religious Significance symbolic of Faith, Atonement, Our Lord and the Church”

• Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia – Republic Granite Co., Inc. – the Sterling Blue Quarry

(color postcard photograph, C-16431; A partial pictorial view of our Sterling Blue Quarry. Republic Granite Co., Inc., operating; Highpoint & Sterling Granite Companies, Elberton, Georgia; by Colorama; no postmark)

• Elberton, Elbert County, Georgia – Republic Granite Co., Inc. – Finishing Plant Interior (color postcard photo, No. C-16430; By Colorama, Drawer 908, Columbus, Ga.; unmailed)

  “A partial view (West Bay) of one of our two large finishing plants, depicting the cutting department. Republic Granite Co., Inc., Operating Highpoint the Sterling Granite Companies, Elberton, Georgia.”

• Elberton, Georgia – “Greetings from Elberton, Ga.”  (postcard photograph; “Made by the  Tecraft Company, Tenafly, N.J.,” mid-1900s; unmailed)

   

  “Greetings from Elberton, Ga.” (postcard photograph: “Center of Business Section” & 2 quarry photos)

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