2009 Portland GSA Annual Meeting (18-21 October 2009)

Paper No. 71
Presentation Time: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

GEOLOGIC MAP OF THE BLUE RIDGE IN GEORGIA, SOUTHERNMOST APPALACHIANS: PART II: MIDDLE NORTH GEORGIA TO THE NORTH CAROLINA AND TENNESSEE STATE LINES


CRAWFORD, Ralph F., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1297 Briardale Lane, Atlanta, GA 30306, HIGGINS, Michael W., The Geologic Mapping Institute, 1752 Timber Bluff Drive, Clayton, GA 30525-6011 and COOK, Robert B., Geology and Geography, Auburn University, 210 Petrie Hall, Auburn, AL 36849, crawford@sprintmail.com

Our compilation of geologic mapping over the past 50 years by ourselves and others has resulted in a new look at the Blue Ridge in Georgia. This map at a scale of 1:100,000, on a base compiled from 1:24,000-scale 7.5-min quadrangles, covers the area from the frontal Blue Ridge thrust faults (Talladega-Cartersville, Lost Town Creek-Salacoa, Miller Cove) to the Brevard fault zone. The geologic mapping, including available structure measurements, has been compiled into ESRI’s ArcView. Major features in the map are: the Corbin massif of 1.1Ga basement and its cover; the Murphy marble belt; the Dahlonega fault zone, with its Chattahoochee and Etowah faults; the Dahlonega mining district; the Hayesville fault and thrust sheet; the Allatoona allochthon and fault; and the Tallulah Falls dome, allochthon, and window. Interpretations are ours and may not coincide with those of the original authors/mappers. Part II of the map is from 34o 37' 30" to the North Carolina and Tennessee State Lines.