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  MEDLICOTT 
  : 
  SATPURA 
  COAL-BASIN. 
  

  

  An 
  instance 
  of 
  this 
  difficulty 
  occurs 
  at 
  the 
  obscure 
  outcrops 
  at 
  the 
  edge 
  of 
  

   the 
  plains 
  in 
  the 
  troubled 
  ground 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  the 
  Sitariva 
  coal-field 
  ; 
  in 
  

   the 
  stream 
  above 
  Pawaria 
  there 
  are 
  some 
  small 
  crops 
  of 
  clay 
  and 
  lime- 
  

   stone 
  traversed 
  by 
  several 
  trap-dykes, 
  and 
  provisionally 
  mapped 
  as 
  

   Denwa 
  beds 
  ; 
  and 
  so 
  also 
  are 
  the 
  flaggy 
  ripple-marked 
  sandstones 
  quarried 
  

   near 
  Kaklaur. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  south 
  the 
  boundary 
  of 
  the 
  group 
  is 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  well 
  

   defined, 
  where 
  the 
  clays 
  lap 
  up 
  upon 
  the 
  unbroken 
  

  

  Boundary 
  sections 
  in 
  _ 
  

  

  the 
  DudM 
  and 
  Denwa 
  sandstone 
  of 
  the 
  Pachmaris, 
  as 
  at 
  Moar 
  on 
  the 
  

  

  valleys. 
  

  

  Denwa, 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  east 
  of 
  Singanama. 
  But 
  some 
  

   obscurity 
  on 
  this 
  score 
  also 
  will 
  be 
  noticed 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  older 
  

   group. 
  There 
  are 
  many 
  good 
  sections 
  of 
  the 
  junction 
  with 
  the 
  Bagra 
  

   group 
  : 
  in 
  the 
  under-clifF 
  of 
  the 
  western 
  scarp 
  of 
  the 
  Sitariva 
  hills, 
  north- 
  

   east 
  of 
  Budi, 
  a 
  massive 
  bed 
  of 
  conglomeritic 
  sandstone 
  rests 
  upon 
  some 
  

   80 
  feet 
  thick 
  of 
  fine 
  pale 
  yellow 
  clay; 
  again 
  at 
  the 
  south-east 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  Kampti 
  hill; 
  at 
  Nagarpura 
  on 
  the 
  Dudhi; 
  north 
  of 
  Tikapar, 
  

   two 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  Denwa. 
  Locally 
  the 
  bands 
  of 
  sandstone 
  intercalated 
  

   with 
  the 
  clays 
  are 
  of 
  considerable 
  thickness, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  conglomeritic, 
  

   as 
  along 
  the 
  north 
  bank 
  of 
  the 
  Denwa, 
  west 
  of 
  Matkuli 
  ; 
  and 
  generally 
  

   at 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  group, 
  near 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  sandstone, 
  as 
  north 
  of 
  

   Sinffauama. 
  

  

  The 
  Denwa 
  group 
  has 
  not 
  been 
  clearly 
  made 
  out 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  of 
  

  

  Karpapur, 
  where 
  the 
  river 
  cuts 
  its 
  gorge 
  through 
  

   Western 
  limit 
  unsettled. 
  ^ 
  ^ 
  

  

  a 
  depressed 
  area 
  ot 
  the 
  Bagra 
  beds. 
  Ihe 
  region 
  

  

  is 
  one 
  of 
  special 
  disturbance, 
  as 
  will 
  be 
  presently 
  noticed, 
  involving 
  a 
  

  

  confusion 
  of 
  similar 
  deposits. 
  But 
  it 
  is 
  certain 
  that 
  the 
  group 
  does 
  not 
  

  

  extend 
  much 
  farther 
  ; 
  it 
  probably 
  in 
  part 
  thins 
  out, 
  and 
  partly 
  becomes 
  

  

  assimilated 
  to 
  the 
  base 
  of 
  the 
  Bagra 
  group. 
  In 
  the 
  Sali 
  section 
  no 
  

  

  division 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  clays 
  and 
  limestones 
  resting 
  on 
  the 
  Pachmari 
  

  

  sandstone 
  and 
  those 
  forming 
  the 
  Silpiti 
  hills 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  of 
  'it. 
  

  

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