Atlanta Quarries and Road Cuts Map
Rock outcrops, numbered in the order mentioned in the "Around Atlanta - Quarries and Roadcuts" section of Roadside Geology of Georgia - from Google Earth
1 Vulcan Materials Norcross Quarry
A quarry truck more than 15 feet high carries a load of gneiss out of Vulcan Materials Norcross Quarry, one of the largest quarry operations in the country.
3 Biotite gneiss at Clairmont Road
A block of amphibolite surrounded by gneiss in the Clairmont Formation at Clairmont Road and I-85.
5 Biotite gneiss at roadcut by sidewalk
Rhodes Hall
Rhodes Hall in midtown Atlanta, built of both Stone Mountain Granite and Lithonia Gneiss
6 Gneiss with boudins on I-85 off-ramp to Buford Hwy.
Gneiss and metagraywacke along the Buford Hwy - I-85 connector, showing the pinch and swell of metamorphic layers known as boudinage.
East Palisades Overlook in Quartzite
Quartzite with strong foliation (mylonitic?) at East Palisades Overlook in the Chattahoochee Nat'l Recreation Area.
7 Quartzite in roadcut on Woodrow Road
Quartzite along Woodrow Road, part of the southeasterly band of quartzite which here underlies the ridge west of Arabia Mountain.
8 Amphibolite in cut at shopping center
Part of a folded quartzite layer within amphibolite near GA 316 in Lawrenceville.
Soapstone at Fernbank Science Center
Soapstone boulder, partially carved by Indians about 3000 years ago, in the outdoor rock display behind Fernbank Science Center.
9 Soapstone along Panthersville Road
Soapstone boulders along Panthersville Road.
10 Mylonitic rocks in roadcut along I-285
Mylonitic Long Island Gneiss exposed along I-285 east of GA 400.
12 Button schist at Pleasant Hill Road cut
Mylonitic rocks along Pleasant Hill Road at Buford Highway.