ON CUPRIFEROUS TUFFS. 281 



II. Heathcote. 



Commencins; at about 1047' 2" from the surface. 



Feet. Inches. 



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9 Clay shale crumbling, with pale purple bands, wafers 

 and films of lime. 

 6 Greenish-brown hard clay shales. 

 4 Greenisli-brown clayey sandstone 



9 Dark greenish-grey hard clay shales. 



1 9 Greenisli-grey clayey sandstone. 



4 10 Greenish-grey and purplish-grey hard clay shale. 



9 Clay shale. 



1 8 Hard greenish-grey clay shale with wafers and films 



of lime 



2 2 Dark grey, dark purple, and greenish-grey crumbling 



clay shales. 

 2 1 Dark greenish-black and purplish-black sandy clay 

 shales and mudstones. 



6 Purple clay shale with small conchoidal fracture, with 



Hakes of oiative copper. 

 18 10 (about) Purplish-black, dai'k grey and dark greenish- 

 grey clay shales sandy in places with small con- 

 choidal fracture and crumbling in places, with one 

 inch of cuprijerous shale at a depth of 1072 feet. 

 2 6 Greenish-grey clayey sandstone, fine and compact. 



1 4 Laminated dark-grey shales and mudstones. 



4 5 Gritty greenish-grey sandstone. 



2 Coarse grit fragments of lydian stone, and quartz up 



to half an inch in diameter. 

 3 Dark greenish-grey sandy shale. 



2 9 Dark greenish-grey and dark purplish-grey shales. 

 8 Grit and fine compact sandstone. 



3 8 Greenish-grey clay shale. 



5 5 Dark purplish-grey, and greenish-grey slightly mottkxl 



clay shale, with films of brown calcite (?). 

 3 (about) Reddish-purple shale. 



Dark greenish-grey clay shale chiefly crumbling. 



Compact dark greenish-grey sandy shale and mud- 

 stone. 



Crumbling dark purplish -grey and greenish - grey 

 shales. 







Total 75 6 



