Soapstone Ridge
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Soapstone Ridge | |
| Nearest city | Atlanta, Georgia |
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| NRHP reference No. | 73002138 [1] |
| Added to NRHP | May 7, 1973 |
Soapstone Ridge is a mafic-ultramafic geological complex located in the Piedmont region, south-east of Atlanta, Georgia on a 25-square-mile (65 km2) area in DeKalb County and neighboring Fulton and Clayton Counties.
The ridge was named from its deposits of metapyroxenite, which early settlers wrongly believed was soapstone.[2] Many archaeological sites, including Late Archaic quarry sites dated between 600 BCE and 1500 BCE, occur on Soapstone Ridge.[3][4] At least 17 quarry sites and 23 workshops sites have been located on Soapstone Ridge.[5]
