What natural resources are found in the Piedmont region of GA?

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Answer 1

The Piedmont region contains some of the most distinctive landmarks in Georgia and is the source for many of the state's most important raw materials.

1. Water power. Textiles and other manufacturers located along The Fall Line of the Piedmont in order to take advantage of swift rivers and streams that generated power for them. In the future, water power will be a valuable asset.

2. Dimension Graves Mountain stone (used for construction blocks and monuments) is quarried from large granitic batholiths, such as the Elberton batholith, in east Georgia, while significant amounts of crushed stone, the main component of roads and other construction projects, are quarried from bodies of gneiss and granite in the Piedmont.

3.Graves Mountain is known for kyanite, pyrophyllite, lazulite, pyrite, and rutile as well as many other minerals. The aluminum-rich mineral kyanite was mined at Graves Mountain from about 1963 to 1984 for use in ceramics and insulators. Some of the last kyanite mined was used in insulating tiles for space shuttles.