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

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.