128 FOOTE : SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTRY. 



basiii between Jerramkuuta (Geedrankoontee), and also conspicuously 

 a little to the north of Auegwadi (Hungehdee) . They are in all proba- 

 bility very largely developed in the eastern corner 



Near Sirur. 



of the Kaladgi basin^ north-east of Sirur (Seeroor), 



for they are rich in iron, and in weathering give rise to a quasi-laterite, 



both gravelly and conglomeratic, both of which varieties occur in immense 



abundance near Sirur, and completely mask the boundary between the 



limestones and underlying quartzites. 



Shaley beds occupying an uncertain position with regard to the 



^ . , ■, , 1 limestones occur half-way between Hulg-iri (Hool- 



Variegated shales near •' a \ 



H"^^'"'^" geerree) and Kerkalmatti. They are in color bright 



red, reddish, purple, chocolate, grey or ochrey yellow, and are partly 

 calcareous, partly arenaceous in character. They roll about greatly within 

 a small area dipping from 15° to 60°. 



Another set of shaley beds whose position is uncertain occurs in the 



Kaladgi nullah ; they are of buff, yellow, and 

 Near Kaladgi. 



orange colors, and roll about much at low angles. 



It is doubtful whether it underlies the whole limestone series, or whether 



it occupies some intermediate position between the different limestone 



sets. 



Quartz reefs and veins. 

 But few reefs or veins of sufficient size to demand notice occur 

 in the Kaladgi limestone basin, and even small ones are by no 

 means common, and none offer any points of special interest. The 

 largest of them occurs at Kakkalgaon, ten miles east-south-east of 

 Kaladgi, and forms two low ridges (divided by a break), running east-by- 

 south in the axis of an anticlinal roll in the limestone. 



A considerable number of small quartz veins occur close together in 



Small veins north of ^ patch of doubtful schistosc rock which stands 



Naganoor hills. ^p ^moug the limestoncs a little north-east of 



Naganoor hill. The schists which have a strongly gneissic aspect 



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