G8 BOK/vnO COAL-FIEI,n. 



Tliis opinion is Lascd upon no stratigraphical evidence, Ijut merely 

 on the distinctness in mineralogical composition between the sandstones 

 above the fall, and those in the plain below. 



The lower Panchdts have been proved to be unconformable to the 

 Damtidas. 



To the immediate west of Loogoo hill overlap is so complete that 

 they rest directly upon Bardkars. 



Near Pindra and Toolbool the unconformity between the series ia 

 very distinct; the underlying rocks having an angle of 25° to 80° 

 whilst the upper dip at an angle of 15°. 



I was disappointed in all my endeavours to discover reptilian fossil 

 remains. They would seem to be entirely confined to the Raneegunj 

 area. The description of the fossils which were procured there, and the 

 discussion of the conditions of deposition of the series, has already 

 appeared in the Paleeontologia Indica, so that no remarks of mine are 

 necessary on these subjects. 



There is a marked absence of igneous intrusions into the lower 

 Dykes rare. Panchets of this district as compared with the 



Raneegunj area : only one dyke penetrates the group near the village of 

 Koiladeeh. 



Section 2. — Uppee Panchet Group. — This group is quite distinct, as 

 I have previously said, from the lower Panchets, being composed almost 

 exclusively of conglomerates, grits, and coarse sandstones, strongly 

 impregnated by iron, and possessing usually a reddish colom-. Red 

 argillo ferruginous shales are intercalated ; and in these are found the very 

 few and invariably indistinct vegetable remains of the series. The sand- 

 stones are wholly devoid of any fossils ; and as the greater part of the 

 group is made up of them, the upjxjr Panchuts arc peculiarly characterised 

 by the absence of organisms. 



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