Sec. 5.] detailed descriptions. " 111 



At Cliiklee^ south-east of Koprabanee, there is no sandstone at the 



site of the present village^ and trap rests directly 



upon the metamorphies. Just south, however, at 



the old site, the sandstone recurs, and extends away to the south towards 



Alumpoor, east of which village it becomes much thicker, and covers 



a tract of country extending for about three miles along the Chicholee 



and Baitool road. Very little, however, is seen at the surface. A well 



at Alumpoor, sunk just south of the road, passed 



umpoor. through a few feet of trap, and was then dug 



for at least 25 feet through argillaceous sandstone, bright brick-red in 



colour, but in part mottled with white and lilac. The greater part of 



the sandstone is coarse and conglomeritic, but argillaceous bands, red 



or purple in colour, occur occasionally."^ Some of the sandstones are 



hard, massive, and white in colour, like those of Salbaldee in Berar. The 



whole thickness must be considerable. South of 



South of Alumpoor. x-i xl 1 l • l> ^^ ^^ ^ n 



Alumpoor the boundaries oi all the rocks are far 



more intricate in reality than they are represented on the map, which, as 



before remarked, is only a rough approximation. The areas of sandstone 



and metamorphies are, in reality, dotted over with outliers of the higher 



formations, and the lower beds are exposed frequently within the main 



boundary of the traps. 



There must be a great thickness of sandstone in the valley of 



Khattapani and Khamapoor. The beds are mas- 

 Khattapani. 



sive, but still distinctly bedded, and have a general 



dip to the south. On the hills south-west of Khattapani a comparatively 



thin band of horizontal conglomerate is alone met with. This is in favor 



of the Khattapani sandstones being something distinct. 



Similar beds to the last, and with the same close resemblance 



to the conglomerates of Chiklee, are traced between the traps and 



* It is possible that these rocks may be the same as those of Kamptee near Nagpoor. 



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