The Whitehaven Limestones. 425 



Thickness of Depth from 



Strata. Surface. 



Feet. Feet. 



39 'I Shaley Conglomerate, of very dark Purple 



laminated Marls, with fine Mica 181 7 



6'o Red Shales 1877 



5*6 Red and Grey Sandstone — fine grained 

 coal measure sandstone with fine white 



mica 193*1 



2o*3 Grey Sandstone 2i3'4 



17*0 Grey Sandstone, veryjointy 230*4 



14*11 Grey Sandstone 245*3 



5'9 Red Shale 251*0 



11*6 No particulars of these beds 262*6 



I'o White Limestone with Spirorbis and 



Ostracoda 263*6 



2*6 Red Sandy Shales 266*0 



i6*o Mottled Shales — Dark Chocolate Purple 

 with brecciated fragments of pale 



Greenish Limestone 282*0 



5*0 Dark Purple Brecciated Marls 287*0 



1*6 Grey Sparry Sandstones — the joints with 



Carbonate of Lime, Spar and Hematite 288*6 



1*10 Red and Grey Shales 290*4 



7"o Blue Metal with Red Stripes (Bookleaf 



Marls with calcareous partings) 297*4 



0*4 Brassey Coal 297*8 



2*9 Blue Metal with Red Stripes and plant 

 remains, probably Stigmarice — strap-like 



leaves 300*5 



1*0 Grey Sandstones 301 '5 



10*10 Blue Metal with Red Stripes and plant 



remains as above 312*3 



3*io Blue Metal — Fire Clay 316*1 



I'o Coal 317*1 



ii-o Blue Metal 328*1 



5*0 Fire Clay (Grey) 333-1 



5*8 Red Shale, with small bands of Blue Metal 338*8 



15*4 Indurated Greenish Marl 354'i 



7*11 Fire Clay 362*0 



