I 7 4 FOOTE: GEOLOGY OF THE BELLARY DISTRICT. 



In the case of the great run north of Kanchkerra tank, 10 miles 



south of Harappanahalli, the western part of 

 Kanchkerra run. . . ' . ,,. , , . 



the run is of the pale reddish fawn colour, 



but in the eastern half semi-diaphanous sea-green of the most delicate 

 tint appears. Both varieties form very handsome rocks. 



A great show of sea-green colour mottled with brown, and form- 

 ing a very typical brecciated rock, is to be seen 

 Nellapurrun. & J J r , , 



on the crest of the great Nellapur run, which 



forms a considerable hill west of the village and 4 miles east of Kama- 

 lapur in Hospet taluq. 



Very brown runs are those forming the Jitnakatti hill, 6 miles 

 Dark coloured runs, south-south-west of Harappanahalli. Similar 

 Jitnakatti hill. j n brown colour but still darker in tint is the 



rock forming the very bold and steeply scarped run known as the 

 Tellamatti hill, 5 miles south-west of Bellary, and forming a very con- 

 spicuous object in the landscape as seen from the Bellary Fort hill. 



A great run of very white colour rises very conspicuously out of 



the great cotton soil plain of the Alur taluq 

 Hatti Bellagal run. 



and forms the pure white crest of the Hatti 



Bellagal (white rock) with its vertical scarps standing high over the 



flanks of the hill. Apparent extensions of this great run are the 



great white crests of the Billihal and Mudal Maggi (Moodal Maggy) 



hills, 4 and 13 miles, respectively, to the north-westward. 



Lastly, attention is due to the greatest but not the longest of all 



Siddapan Konda run. the <i UartZ rUnS ' the a PP ar ently triple One, 

 which crests the Siddapan Konda in the north- 

 western part of Alur taluq. This great quartz-crest extends for nearly 

 5 miles west by north from Siddapan Konda Trigonometrical station, 

 to close upon the the bank of Haggari river at Kanchagar Bellagal. 

 The ridge cannot be much less than 800 or goo feet above the 

 surrounding country. 



It rises through the rather gneissic country rock, but unfortu- 

 nately no satisfactory contact is seen, the country rock being in- 



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