24 JONES : SOUTHERN COAL-FIELDS OF SA TPURA GONDWANA BASIN. 



north of the village of Chinda (Sinda, on the small map) to som-e dis- 

 tance beyond the village of Barkoi, a length of over 10 miles. 



The fault mentioned as forming the south boundary of this field 



towards the east is the same as mentioned by 

 Pench fault. 



Mr. Blanford as having faulted the red clays 



and white sandstones of the Moturs against the coal-measure beds. 

 In the Pench river the Barakars are seen in almost immediate con- 

 tact with the red clays, and the coal is in actual contact with 

 them in the banks of the Pathajhora stream just before it joins the 

 Pench. Again going up the Dighawani stream we find the red clays 

 for some distance and then just on the line of the fault at a small 

 waterfall, typical Barakar sandstones come in. In the Nowreekha- 

 jooa Nala just above the crossing of the road between Rawanwara 

 and Hurreye, sandstone of the usual Barakar type is exposed dipping 

 to north-east at io°, a little lower down the stream the same sand- 

 stone is seen dipping east-2o°-north at io°. Just opposite the village 

 of Harai (Hurreye) the bed of the stream is in trap, to the south of 

 which the mottled clays are exposed, but the dip is obscure. In the 

 Dongur-Parasia Ghogra Nala the fault is again concealed by a trap 

 dyke, on the north side of which there are Barakars, and on the south 

 the red clays of the Moturs. Up the Amarwara Nala (the stream 

 which flows past Bhandaria) there is a great deal of sandstone much 

 indurated by infiltration of silica, this extends for some distance up 

 the stream ; just below the Bhandaria Ghogra Nala the trap of the hills 

 to the south extends into the river bed, close by which Barakar sand- 

 stone is seen dipping to the west at 20 ; at the next turn red clays 

 and white sandstones of the Motur type are exposed dipping to south 

 at 42 , and a short distance further up (just opposite the Ghogra 

 Nala) the red clays are again seen beneath the trap. Beyond this 

 point the fault either dies out or takes a turn to the south under the 

 trap as it could not be traced any further. 



This is a remarkably clear case of faulting, for not only can the 

 actual fault be seen in several cases, but we have a long stretch 

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