76 FOOTE : GEOLOGY OF THE BELLARY DISTRICT. 



2. The Dambal-Chiknayakanhalli band. — This band crosses the 

 Tungabhadra and enters Bellary district at the picturesque gorge of 

 Honnur, 4 miles west by north of Huvina Haddagalli, and leaves 

 Bellary district soon after crossing the Chikka Haggari river, some 35 

 miles to the south-east. For the Bellary section of this long band of 

 Dharwars, JJpropose the name of " Mallapan gudda band," after the 

 fine'peak of that name, which forms the summit of the range of hills 

 occupying the centre of the band between the two rivers just named. 

 The area of this band is just over 140 square miles. 



3. The Sandur-Copper mountain band. — The most interesting and 

 extensive of the Dharwar areas in Bellary district, having an area of 

 360 square miles in round numbers. 



4. The Penner-Haggari band, which enters the Bellary district 

 at Naddevi on the Tungabhadra, and runs for nearly 40 miles south- 

 eastward, when it passes into Anantapur district. 



1. The Kunchur tract. — The eastern, central, and southern parts 

 of this tract are hilly ; the remaining parts are open rolling plains. For 

 convenience in description, I will divide the tract into two parts : one 

 north and north-west of Kunchur village ; the other to the south of it. 

 The eastern boundary of this tract is an erosion boundary in most 

 places, and there can be no doubt that it was formerly connected with 

 the Mallapan gudda band by a wide anticlinal arch, the crown of 

 which has been removed by denudation. 



The hilly parts which occupy the eastern, central, and southern 

 parts of the Kunchur tract owe their elevation mainly to the presence 

 of a large number of important beds of haematite quartzite, which 

 resist the action of atmospheric agencies far longer than do the softer 

 argillites and schists, which occupy nearly all the level country. The 

 argillites crop out in many places and roll about a good deal on a 

 small scale and often present a very confused arrangement, which 

 makes it hard to understand their relation to the other members 

 of the series. Not a single good continuous section of any length 

 was met with. 



In the northern part of this band the haematitic beds lie near the 



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