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List of Quarries in Georgia & Quarry Links,
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  • Graysville (west of), Catoosa County, Georgia – the Graysville Mining and Manufacturing Company Quarries (Limestone & Dolomite), 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. 248.
    Plate XIX. A. Connasauga limestone. Portions of quarry of the Graysville Mining and Manufacturing Company immediately west of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia. Connasauga limestone. Portions of quarry of the Graysville Mining and Manufacturing Company immediately west of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia (circa 248)
    Plate XIX. B. Knox dolomite. Eastern end of quarries of Graysville Mining and Manufacturing Company, east of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia. Knox dolomite. Eastern end of quarries of Graysville Mining and Manufacturing Company, east of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia (circa 1912)
  • Graysville (southeast of), Catoosa County, Georgia – the Hale Property - Quarry (Dolomite), 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. 256.
    Plate XXI. A. Quarry of Knox dolomite, kilns and stone house, Hale Property, about 1 ½ miles southeast of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia. Quarry of Knox dolomite, kilns and stone house, Hale Property, about 1 ½ miles southeast of Graysville, Catoosa County, Georgia (circa 1912)
  • Greensboro (south of), Green County, Georgia – Porphyritic Granite, Green County, Georgia (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.
    Plate XVII. Fig. 1. View of a part of the doming mass, ten miles south of Greensboro, Georgia (pp. 184) View of a part of the doming mass, ten miles south of Greensboro, Georgia (circa 1902)
    Plate XVII. Fig. 2. Boulder outcrops of the porphyritic granite, near the northwestern border of the mass shown in Fig. 1. (pp. 184) Boulder outcrops of the porphyritic granite, near the northwestern border of the mass shown in Fig. 1 (a part of the doming mass, 10 miles south of Greensboro, Georgia (circa 1902)
    Pl. XVIII. Fig. 1. Photo-micrograph of porphyritic granite, from ten miles south of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia (pp. 188) Photo-micrograph of porphyritic granite, from ten miles south of Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia (circa 1902)
  • Greensboro, Greene County, Georgia – Photo-Micrograph of a Phenocryst of Microperthitic Orthoclase (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. 188.
    Plate XVIII. Fig. 2. Photo-micrograph of a phenocryst of microperthitic orthoclase, showing inclusions of quartz, plagioclase, biotite, and very small prisms of apatite, from the granite of Plate XVIII, Fig. 1 (in entry above). Crossed Nicols x 74. Photo-micrograph of a phenocryst of microperthitic orthoclase, showing inclusions of quartz, plagioclase, biotite, and very small prisms of apatite, from the granite of Fig. 1 (porphyritic granite from 10 miles south of Greensboro, Georgia (circa 1902)
  • Greenville (near), Meriwether County, Georgia – the Greenville Granite Company’s Quarry (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. 32.
    Plate II. Fig. 1. Shows the Graduation from the Residual Clay to the Fresh Granite. Shows the Graduation from the Residual Clay to the Fresh Granite, Georgia (circa 1902)
    Plate II. Fig. 2. A Gullied Slope in the Deep Red Plastic Clay Derived from Biotite Granite. A Gullied Slope in the Deep Red Plastic Clay Derived from Biotite Granite, Georgia (circa 1902)
  • Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia – the Greenville Granite Company’s Quarry Photo-Micrograph of the Medium Blue-Gray Granite (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. 40.
    Plate III. Fig. 2. Photo-micrograph of the medium blue-gray granite, from the Greenville Granite Company’s Quarry, Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia. Crossed Nicols x 74. Photo-micrograph of the medium blue-gray granite, from the Greenville Granite Company’s Quarry, Greenville, Meriwether County, Georgia (circa 1902)
  • Gwinnett-DeKalb-Rockdale Area, Georgia – Map of the DeKalb-Rockdale-Gwinnett Granite and Granite-Gneiss Area (Granite & Gneiss), 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. 112.
    Map of the DeKalb-Rockdale granite and granite-gneiss area, Georgia Map of the DeKalb-Rockdale granite and granite-gneiss area, Georgia (circa 1902)

 

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