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Geochemical survey and mineral resource assessment of the Worley Ridge Roadless Area, Rabun County, Georgia

Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1985-B
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Abstract

The Worley Ridge Roadless Area includes about 3,000 acres of Chattahoochee National Forest land in Rabun County, Ga.  The area is underlain mostly by meta-arkose of the Tallulah Falls Formation that grades upward into a mixed-rock unit of interlayered mica schist, amphibolite, and metasandstone in the northwest corner.  Abundant rock suitable for rough building stone and crushed rock, and an estimated 3,400 short tons (3,000 metric tons) of coarse-grained kyanite in soil and alluvial deposits are the only identified mineral resources.  Oil and gas have an unknown potential.  All surface and mineral rights are under Federal ownership.

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Publication type Report
Publication Subtype USGS Numbered Series
Title Geochemical survey and mineral resource assessment of the Worley Ridge Roadless Area, Rabun County, Georgia
Series title Miscellaneous Field Studies Map
Series number 1985
Chapter B
DOI 10.3133/mf1985B
Year Published 1987
Language English
Publisher U.S. Geological Survey
Description 45.89 x 40.72 inches
Country United States
State Georgia
County Rabun County
Scale 0
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