J. D. KENDALL ON HJEMATITE IN THE SILURIANS. 



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Fig. 1. Plan of arrangement of Haematite deposits, Millom, 

 Cumberland. 

















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A. Carboniferous Limestone. 



B. Coniston flags .... 



C. Coniston Limestone .... i-Silurn 



D. Ash-beds (Green Slates and Porphyries) 

 — Haematite Veins. 

 a, b. Line of Section, fig. 2. 



Fig. 2. Vertical Section across Haematite deposits, Millom, Cumber 

 land, in line a, b, fig. 1. 



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rather, deposits ; for there are several of them) is that of short veins, 

 which vary in width from a few inches to 9 feet. The ore is very 

 hard, and has a high red stain, and where it joins the Limestone 

 appears in most cases to be grown to that rock, as the ore in the 

 Carboniferous Limestone is with it. The direction of the veins is 

 about 65° N.E. and S.W., and they dip at an angle of about 80° to 

 the N.W. The following vertical cross section (fig. 3) will partly 

 show their mode of occurrence. 



