The ridge was named from its deposits of metapyroxenite, which early settlers wrongly believed was
soapstone.[2] Many
archaeological sites, including
Late Archaicquarry 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]
^Freeman, David B.(1997). Carved in Stone: the History of Stone Mountain. Mercer University Press,
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^Elliott, Daniel T. 1986. The Live Oak Soapstone Quarry, Dekalb County, Georgia. Garrow & Associates, Inc., Atlanta. Submitted to Waste Management of Georgia, Inc., Marietta, Georgia, 124 pages.
^Elliott, Daniel Thornton. 1980. Soapstone Use in the Wallace Reservoir: A Tool for Interpreting Prehistory., Unpublished Master's thesis. University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia.