92 rooTE : south mahratta countey. 



valley of the Ghatprablia, past Konur, Ghorgiri, Mujti, Wantmuri (Wut- 

 mooree), Sutgutti, andDaddi, up to the extreme western extremity of the 

 Kaladgi basin at Watangi. Throughout this region there are innu- 

 merable sections showing the local development of beds very well^ but 

 none giving a good idea of the whole, or even a large part of the base- 

 ment series of the Lower Kaladgi rocks. The two gneiss inliers of 

 Uranhatti (Oorunhuttee) and Yellapur* would appear to be high points 

 of the old gneissic surface, round which the true basement beds of the 

 series are not exposed. It would doubtless be feasible to work out much 

 more closely the succession and change of beds occurring throughout this 

 extensive region by a series of careful traverses ; but it would, under 

 present circumstances, be labor ill bestowed to attempt to work out 

 closely the details of a country exceedingly rugged, and so monotonous in 

 its geological character. 



4. Outlying expomres and sections west of the Kalddgi basin. 

 To resume the review of the sections and exposures met with in 

 succession while proceeding westward, it will be seen by the map that 

 the Lower Kaladgi quartzites and sandstones at Watangi are covered 

 up on three sides by the flows of the Deccan trap series. If the ridge 

 of trap which covers the quartzites west and north of Watangi be 

 crossed, the quartzites will be found to re-appear in the valley of the 

 Harankashi river, and to occupy a very considerable area in that valley, 



forming an inlier which may be called the Mangaon 

 The Mangaon inlier. _ , 



inlier, from the most important village which 



stands upon it. 



No peculiar features are presented by the rocks forming this inlier ; 

 they consist of quartzites and grits, mostly dipping northward, or north- 

 by- west, at low angles. They are best exposed in the row of hills which 

 runs east-south-east from Sulgaon on the bank of the Harankashi river, 

 and joins the trap ridge just before mentioned. The quartzites and 

 grits are mostly pale colored and fine grained, and form a series of beds 



* The real name of the village marked Yellapoor in sheet 41 is Musalmari (Moosul- 

 maree). 



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