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CONTENTS. 



Page. 



CHAPTER VI.— HUTAR COAL-FIELD. 



Section 1. — Talchir group 





. 91 



,-, 2. — Barakar „ 





. 95 



„ 3. — Mahadeva series . 





. 105 



CHAPTER VII.- 



-ECONOMIC RESOURCES. 





Section 1.— Coal . . . . 





. 108 



2.— Iron . . . . 





. 112 



„ 3.' -Limestone . . • . 





. 125 



„ 4. — Lead and copper . 





. 125 



Appendix. — Tatapani Coal-field 





. 126 



Ak.t. 2. — Geology of the Ramlcola and Tdtcq)dnl Coal-fields, hy 

 C. L. Griesbach^ F.G.S.^ Geological Sur^^ey of India. 



PART I.— GENERAL GEOLOGY OP THE AREA. 



Phj'sical features 

 Crj^stalline area 



Old gneiss 



Crystalline schists 



Granitic rocks 

 The sub-metamorphic rocks 

 The Gondwana series 



Talchirs (Lower GondtcdnaJ 



JBarakars „ 



HaniganJ „ 



Panchets ,, 



Mahadevas (Upper Gondwana) 



Trap 



Recent deposits 



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PART II.— DESCRIPTION OP SECTIONS IN THE COAL-PIELDS. 



I.— The eastern basin (Tatapani, Gidhi, &c,,) belonging to the 



KUNHUE EIVEE SYSTEM. 



A. — Tatapani and Sendue eivee sections 155 



1. — Section along the nitllah north of Bithiau ..... 156 



2.— „ „ „ south of Agar -t 158 



3. — „ in the nullahs hetiveen Cheehra and No. 326 H. T. north of 



Mitgain ..,'.. .... 160 



