132 FOOTE: SOUTH MAHRATTA COUNTRY. 



basin measures sixteen miles by two and a half, and is, except at its south- 

 western extremity, a simple synclinal ellipse, but at that corner the quartz- 

 ites, instead of forming a simple ridge as they do elsewhere around the 

 basin, one other spot excepted, roll over and form a small elliptical basin of 

 no great depth — a large dimple, as it were, on the edge of the larger 

 basin. The other spot is a yet smaller synclinal dimple, as it were, formed 

 by the curling up of the edges of a small lappet-like extension of the 

 quartzites on the south side of the basin immediately east of the new 

 Sholapoor road. In both eases the rolling of the strata gives rise to a 

 small knot of hills. The best sections of the upper quartzites in this 

 basin are those of Mutikundeh (Mooteekundee), on the south and of 

 Shiageri (Sheeagerree) and Truchigeri (Troocheegeree) on the north side 

 of the basin in the gorges cut by different nullahs draining the basin 

 and the country to the south of it. They offer nothing of special interest. 



The Lokapur basin offers an interesting section of 

 Lokapur basin. 



the quartzites m the gorge by which the Lokapur 



nullah enters the basin from the south. The connection of this section 



with the capital limestone section seen in the same nullah near 



Warratsgal (page 125) is unfortunately masked by a small local 



spread of alluvium and the thick talus formed by the decomposing 



quartzites. The section in descending order is — 



3. Breccia of quartzite. 

 2. Calcareous shales with limestones (? local). 

 1. Quartzites with some pebbly beds. 

 Talus hiding calcareous shales. 



The breccia is a remarkably beautiful rock consisting of small frag- 

 ments of drab quartzite enclosed in a dense ias- 

 Eedjaspideous breccia. 



pideous red matrix. The limestones are purplish- 

 grey and blue in color, and possibly only of local occurrence. The over- 

 lying beds of the upper shale and limestone series are not seen in con- 

 nection with the quartzites. The beds are upturned at an angle of from 

 75° to 80°. The basin is surrounded on all sides by a ridge of hills formed 

 ( 13^ ) 



