180 NERBUDDA DISTRICT. 



The whole outcrop here described is about 150 yards long : in ascend- 

 ing the stream, shale and even coal is again seen 

 Continuation of section. p 



just above the water level, but no identification of 



these isolated little outcrops can of course be attempted. 



Farther to the west, the Hurd River, about 3 miles south of the Vil- 

 lage of Hutnapur, (see map) exposes some beds in 

 which the characteristic fossils (Conifera and Pal- 

 seozamia ( ?) ) of the upper Damudas abound. 



The lithological features are here still more unlike those of this forma- 

 tion in its typical localities, than were those found in the Sher river 

 section. 



Instead of the soft clays, shales, and scarcely consolidated sandstones, 



■ . , ,, we here have massive, thick bedded, hard, ferru- 

 Compared with other 



sections. ginous grits, and sandstones, with hard, micaceous, 



and very carbonaceous, black, and blue, shales. 



The following section is in ascending order, and commences with the 

 lowest shale band exposed. 

 Hurd section. Massive sandstone, dip 20°, S 45° E. 



Blue earthy shale, carbonaceous markings. 

 5 feet fine grained hard sandstone. 



10 „ shale, grey-blue, micaceous near the top; a 3 or 4 inch band 

 of ferruginous grit. Vegetable impressions, and carbonaceous 

 layers abound throughout. Between the grit band and the top 

 of the shale 2 threads of coal, each 2 to 3 inches thick, they are 

 very irregular and both thin out into the shale. 



2 ,, Sandstone. 



3 „ blue carbonaceous shale, with a 4 inch band of rich haematite. 

 20 „ a single sandstone bed. 



7 „ grey and blue carbonaceous shale, with many plant impres- 

 sions. 

 10 „ Sandstone, one bed. 



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