428 GLANCE AT THE GEOLOGY OF 



cutting near the Dalton Junction, and on the 

 line north-west of Dalton. 



In the quarry at Furness Abbey the stone is of 

 a deep red, variegated by bands and patches of a 

 light drab colour, and containing traces of black 

 oxide of manganese in the horizontal joints. The 

 total thickness of the rock is unproved, twelve or 

 fifteen yards of it only being exposed, but the 

 characters of the stone seem to indicate that the 

 part of the rock seen is the higher portion, simi- 

 lar to the sandstones of Liverpool and Runcorn. 

 Very distinct ripple marks are shown on the upper 

 surfaces of the stone. 



The range of the strata is from south-west to 

 north-east, and the dip to the south-east at an 

 angle of 8°. 



In the vicinity of Dalton, the rock comes in 

 contact with the carboniferous limestone. It thus 

 appears to occupy the lower sides of two great 

 faults, one of which running north-east to south- 

 west has thrown down* the limestone south of 



* The general opinion is, that when new red sandstone and 

 carboniferous limestone are found in contact, the former de- 



