﻿BIJAWARS. 
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  did 
  not 
  appear 
  to 
  me 
  any 
  method 
  in 
  the 
  succession. 
  Iron 
  ore 
  (principally 
  

   haematite) 
  is 
  abundant 
  in, 
  and 
  appears 
  to 
  be 
  confined 
  to, 
  the 
  hornstone 
  

   breccia. 
  

  

  Some 
  vertical 
  sandy 
  shales 
  and 
  talcose 
  schists, 
  contorted 
  at 
  places, 
  

   were 
  met 
  with 
  cropping 
  out 
  from 
  under 
  the 
  Bijawar 
  limestone 
  in 
  the 
  

   Dhar 
  forest, 
  as 
  near 
  Jhirpania. 
  They 
  are 
  exactly 
  like 
  some 
  schists 
  

   which 
  occur 
  on 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  Barwai 
  to 
  Kotawan 
  (near 
  Mandhata), 
  and 
  

   which 
  belong 
  undoubtedly 
  to 
  the 
  metamorphics. 
  They 
  are 
  nearly 
  verti- 
  

   cal, 
  and 
  folded 
  and 
  crumpled 
  at 
  places, 
  as 
  just 
  south 
  of 
  Jhirpania 
  on 
  the 
  

   road 
  to 
  Pipri. 
  Their 
  strike 
  is 
  the 
  same 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  metamorphics 
  

   of 
  the 
  region. 
  Their 
  surface 
  is 
  very 
  uneven 
  ; 
  Bijawar 
  limestone 
  

   with 
  a 
  dip 
  nowhere 
  exceeding 
  40° 
  rests 
  upon 
  them 
  unconformably. 
  

   The 
  unconformity 
  is 
  still 
  better 
  marked 
  near 
  Barwai. 
  Near 
  Billora, 
  

   between 
  Mortukka 
  and 
  Mandhata, 
  the 
  Bijawar 
  limestone, 
  with 
  a 
  

   dip 
  of 
  about 
  50° 
  to 
  the 
  west 
  with 
  a 
  little 
  southing, 
  is 
  seen 
  to 
  rest 
  

   upon 
  vertical 
  or 
  nearly 
  vertical 
  schists. 
  The 
  former 
  has 
  the 
  ap- 
  

   pearance 
  of 
  being 
  faulted 
  against 
  the 
  latter; 
  and 
  the 
  junction 
  was 
  

   taken 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  fault 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Blanford. 
  1 
  But 
  the 
  fact 
  that 
  the 
  schists, 
  

   if 
  traced 
  to 
  the 
  north 
  or 
  south, 
  are 
  seen 
  to 
  pass 
  irregularly 
  under 
  Bija- 
  

   war 
  ground, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  against 
  the 
  idea. 
  

  

  If 
  the 
  peculiar 
  sandstones 
  or 
  pseudo-quartzites 
  at 
  Nimawar 
  and 
  

   Juga 
  be 
  affiliated 
  to 
  the 
  Bijawars 
  as 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  by 
  high 
  author- 
  

   ities, 
  the 
  case 
  for 
  unconformity 
  becomes 
  stronger; 
  for 
  they 
  are 
  not 
  

   unoften 
  surrounded 
  by 
  nearly 
  vertical 
  schists. 
  

  

  The 
  dip 
  of 
  the 
  series 
  between 
  Handia 
  and 
  Chandgarh 
  is 
  very 
  unsteady 
  

   in 
  the 
  rocks 
  just 
  mentioned, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  pointed 
  out 
  before. 
  In 
  the 
  

   limestone 
  it 
  generally 
  points 
  20° 
  or 
  25° 
  south 
  by 
  a 
  few 
  degrees 
  (10 
  to 
  

   20) 
  to 
  the 
  east, 
  in 
  the 
  jungle 
  north 
  of 
  Pamakheri, 
  in 
  the 
  district 
  of 
  Chand- 
  

   garh, 
  and 
  near 
  Balri 
  (Buluria), 
  5 
  miles 
  south-east 
  of 
  Chandgarh. 
  In 
  the 
  

   Dhar 
  forest, 
  the 
  dip 
  was 
  clearly 
  seen 
  in 
  the 
  limestone 
  near 
  Jhirpania 
  to 
  be 
  

   about 
  40° 
  north-north-west, 
  west 
  of 
  Mansingpura 
  some 
  reddish 
  fine-grained 
  

   quartzites, 
  with 
  a 
  remarkable 
  resemblance 
  to 
  the 
  Vindhyans, 
  though 
  

   stratigraphically 
  an 
  integral 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  Bijawars, 
  are 
  inclined 
  25° 
  

  

  J 
  Op. 
  cit., 
  p. 
  101. 
  

  

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