SANDSTONE SEEIES. 



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The little hill south-east of Sailori is of sandstone; just south- 

 west of the hill in the Chandarbhaga stream, a small fault is seen ap- 

 parently running north-west — south-east. North-east of this fault the 

 beds dip to the north, while on the other side conglomerates contain- 

 ing quartzite pebbles and lilac shales, impregnated with carbonate of 

 lime, have a high south-west dip. 



The rocks of the rise near Tondakheri, about two miles farther south, 



„ ,,^ , are coarse felspathic grits, conglomeritic in places, 



Tondakheri. j. o ^ o r > 



with sandstones and fine red compact shale, which 

 is more conspicuous here than it usually is. The beds are quarried to 

 some extent, and are traversed by joints striking west-15°-north and 

 north-20°-west and nearly vertical. 



"West and south of Tondakheri, the junction of the Kamthi beds 

 and the trap is concealed by alluvium. To the south-east, the villa"-e 

 of Walni is on trap, a very thin cap of which covers the little rise 

 north-west of the village, and the sandstone crops out all round, except 

 to the south. The uppermost beds of the Kamthi group here seen are 

 purphsh felspathic grits. At Khandala, half a mile farther to the south- 

 east, coarse grit, somewhat hardened, is seen, only a little appearing 

 above the alluvial clay, and here, as at Tondakheri and Walni, the 



Khandaid sandstone rocks have no definite dip, but roll about, 



for the most part, at low angles. They can only 

 be traced here and there close to the trap. 



Beds similar to those of Walni and Toiidakherf are exposed at 



Bharatwada and Gotaikhapa, or Chakikhapa, as 

 BharatwacU. '■ ' 



the village is also called. No good sections are 

 seen, but a few small quarries exist here and there ; they are very small 

 excavations, from which a few cubic yards of stone are removed for 

 local purposes, and the excavations are then abandoned and allowed to 

 fill with rubbish. South of Gotaikhapa a few poor sections of felspathic 



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