Geology of the southern Blue Ridge belt

Stacked crystalline thrust sheets and episodes of regional metamorphism in northeastern Georgia and northwestern South Carolina — A reinterpretation

“…Rock units of the Tallulah Falls thrust sheet were previous] y thought to correlate with rocks to the northeast that were regionally metamorphosed between 430 and 470 Ma (Butler, 1972); however, these rocks to the northeast are now believed to be from the Great Smoky and the Richard Russell thrust sheets. To the southeast, some rocks in the Tallulah Falls thrust sheet probably correlate with units of the Ashland-Wedowee belt (Hurst, 1973). Odom and others (1976) presented Rb-Sr data that suggest some metasedimentary units of the Ashland-Wedowee belt were regionally metamorphosed about 370 Ma.…”

“…Hopkins (1914) described soapstone, and Furcron and Teaque (1943) reported on mica-bearing pegmatites within the Greenville quadrangle. Crickmay (1952) and Hurst (1973) described rocks in this area as part of their general descriptions of Blue Ridge crystalline rocks. Hartley (1973) reported on the ultramafic rocks present in the northern part of the area, and Hatcher (1971) described the geology of Rabun and Habersham Counties, Ga. Hatcher also reported on various aspects of the tectonic history of northern Georgia (1974Georgia ( , 1976Georgia ( , 1978a.…”

Mineral resource potential map of the Tray Mountain Roadless Area, northern Georgia

“…Several reports contain economic assessments of northern Georgia's gold resources: Becker (1895), Crickmay (1933), Anderson (1934), Wilson (1934), Furcron (1960), andBryan (1961). Crick may (1952) and Hurst (1973) described the rocks of the area as part of their general descriptions of the geology of the Blue Ridge crystalline rocks. Hartley (1973) reported on the ultramafic rocks northwest and north of the Tray Mountain Roadless Area.…”

Mineral resource potential map of the Overflow Roadless Area, Rabun County, Georgia, and Macon County, North Carolina

“…Ferguson (1978) and the U.S. Department of Energy (1979) presented regional studies and evaluations of uranium potential for the southern United States under the National Uranium Resource Evaluation Program (NURE). Keith (1907) mapped the nearby Pisgah quadrangle, N.C., and Crick may (1952) and Hurst (1973) described the rocks in North Carolina as part of the general descriptions of the geology of the Blue Ridge crystalline rocks. Teague and Furcron (1948) mapped the geology of Rabun and Habersham Counties, Ga. McKniff (1967) made a geologic study of the Highlands-Cashiers area, North Carolina, and Hadley and Nelson (1971) mapped the geology of the Knoxville 2-degree quadrangle, in which part of the Overflow Roadless Area lies.…”