DAMUDA SERIES : BARAKARS. 25 



111 the reach due east of Buriya^ there are three good seams which 

 dip at moderate angles, 10° or 12°. The fourth seam marked in the map 

 does not contain much coal. 



The following is a carefully measured section :— 



1. 



Carbonaceous shale ... 



,,, ,,, 





2. 



Coal seam 



... 



Ft. In. 





Coal 



••« ••• 



1 





Carbonaceous shale, 



concretionary 



2 





Coal 



••• ••• 



2 





Carbonaceous shale 



>•• t •• 



6 





Coal (inferior) 



•*i **« 



10 6 





Carbonaceous shale 



*■ t •*« 



9 





Coal 



••• ••• 



5 





Concretionary shale 



..• ..« 



8 





Coal 



••• 



1 3 





Stony carbonaceous shale 



3 





Coal 



..• 



1 3 





■ Coal ... ... 



5 





Micaceo-sillceous carbonaceous shale 



5 





Coal 



2 





SUiceo-carbonaceous shale 



4 





Coal 



1 1 





Siliceo-carbonaceous shale 



10 





Coal 



1 





Siliceo-cai'bonaceous shale 



10 





Coal ,., 



4 





Total of Coal 



5. 



Siliceo-carbonaceous shale 



, 



6. 



Coal ... ... ,., 



, 



7. 



Carbonaceous and coaly shale 



, 



8. 



Coal seam (mixed) ... ... 



Dip 10°. 



" 



9. 



Grey micaceo-felspathic sandstone containing carbon 



10. 



Purple and dark carbo-sUiceous shales 



,, 



11. 



Coal sewn. 



Ft. In. 





Coal ... ... 



10 





Carbonaceous shale 



1 6 





Coal ,,, ... 



5 



3 



Ft. In. 

 25 



Total of CoaZ ... 21 6 



3. Fine siliceous sandstones, brownish-red in colour, with one bed of 



carbonaceous shale ... ... ... ... 63 



4. Coa^seam ... „t ... ... ... 6 5 



Ft. In. 



3 



4 







9 



2 



10 



19 







27 







29 







7 



4 



Total of CoaZ ... 5 10 

 Dip 20° E, S. E, 

 12. Fine siliceous shales and sandstones, and greenish grey argillaceous 



shales with ironstone ... ... ,,, ,., 34 



The section is then hid by sand. 



(63) 



