IRIA SECTIONS. 47 



Fault. 

 Maniganj shales and sandstones in high cliflFs along bank of Ledho nullah, dip 

 south-east, gradually changing to south. 



Exposure in Blialui Nullah. 



Descending- : dip 6°--7° to east. 

 JSarakars. h. Blue clay. 



g. Same as e, with parting of thin bed of micaceous sandstone. 

 /. Thick bed of micaceous grey sandstone. 

 e. Friable dark blue and ferruginous shales. 

 d. Same as h. 



c. Bituminous shales. 



b. Thin ferruginous bed. 



a. Greenish and blue shales with nodules of iron ore. 



The CJiorU Nullah. 

 Dip 25° east_, exposes a section through the following Raniganj 

 rocks ; descending : 



p. Thin-bedded sandstone and shales, reddish micaceous, very soft. 



0. Micaceous clayey shales. 

 n. Hard micaceous sandstone. 



m. Coaly shale with thin seams of coal. 



1. Banded leafy sandstone. 



1c. Hard thick-bedded sandstone, fine-grained. 

 i. Thin-bed of calcareous soft sandstone. 

 h. „ „ micaceous shaly sandstone (Eeonti type) . 

 g. Thin beds of clay shales. 

 /. Same as h. 

 t. Ferruginous shales. 



d. Soft thick-bedded sandstone. 



c. Ripple-marked thin-bedded sandstone (as h). 



h. Thin-bedded ferruginous and variegated sandstone and shales; marly 



and micaceous at places, with concretionary structure. 

 a. Thick beds of ferruginous sandstone. 



About a mile south of Kundkepi these beds are cut off by the bound- 

 ing fault, which throws them against the metamorphfcs — here tour- 

 maline granite. 



In all the small rivulets falling into the Iria nullah east of Colhuar 

 village (not on the map), we find shales and sandstone evidently belong- 

 ing to the same group of rocks (Raniganj) dipping below the hill No. 



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