194 WYNNE : GEOLOGY OF THE SALT EANGE IN THE PUNJAB, 



The tertiary coal and its accompanying shales are seen beneath the 



high cliff of nummulitic limestone, along the face 



of which the patrol road has been carried up the 



ascent which leads out of the northern part of the gorge on to the 



Kurpur plateau. The coal is in very small quantity, and occurs in the 



shales.* 



The sides of the Bhal branch of the Nilawan are much covered by 



debris below the nummulitic cliffs, but at the 

 Bhal carboniferous. . . ■, -n 



head of this part of the ravine, the carboniferous 



and locally next overlying beds form a ledge on which a confused mass 



of great limestone blocks rest, concealing the basal portion of the 



nummulitic series. The way to this exposure lies through a fissure 



parallel to, and at the very edge of, the cliff south of Bhal. Descending 



this, the talus at the foot is reached, and a further descent leads to the 



ledge. 



The following is the section here, measured, where practicable, along 

 the bed of the Chellintun stream.f 



^ r 13. Nummulitic limestone of cliffs and plateau ... 300 ft. (and upwards.) 

 g ^ J (Fallen blocks concealing tbe section, place for many 

 ^ ►^ (^ feet of rocks), 



r 12. Hard sbaly calcareous beds ... ... ... 7 „ 



111. Sandy dark limestone or highly calcareous beds ... 6„ 



10. Hard sandstone band ... ... ■•• 1 » 



I 9. Sandy and lumpy limestone with shark's teeth, Tereb- 



*^ j mtoZcE and Echinid spines ... ... ... 4 



8. Dark-gTcen ferruginous sandstone 



12 



< 7. Pisolitichfematite ... ... from 4 to 8 



6. Lenticular layer of lavender shale ... ... 1 



5. White micaceous fine sandstone with black markings ... 15 

 4. Hard blue sandstone with gypseous clay bands ... 6 



3. Soft-green sandstone ... ... ••■ 4 



2. Black shaly and ferruginous sandy beds ... ... 4 



* Dr. Oldham's Memo. " Mineral Resources, Salt Range, &c„" previously noticed, 

 t Visited by Dr. Waagen and myself together and separately. Tliis section is taken 

 chiefly from the notes of the former, as they are more detailed than my own. 

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