96 MIDDLEMISS : THE GEOLOGY OF IDAR STATE. 



Following round the outcrop from Abhapur south-east towards 



the portion of the quartzite hills between 



Abhapur to 1,085 Abhapur and the hills enclosing the Meshva 



feet hill. • ., 



river gorge near Samlaji, presents no features 

 of interest except the ordinary vague dip and strike, until we 

 arrive at the 1,085 ft. hill to the north-east of Meravada or 

 Kheravada. 



Here, the western spur dips about W.N.W. fairly steeply, in 



strike continuation of the same dip in the 



Section in Meshva j 204 f t i^n t() the south-east of Od. 



gorge. 



This turns over in an anticline along the 



centre of the 1,085 ft. hill so that the S.S.E, spur of that hill dips 

 E.N.E at about 30°, and the same dip is continued into 

 the next spur eastwards. No further clear dips are seen in 

 the Meshva river-bed, as it makes its sharp curve through the range, 

 until the gorge comes to an end south-east of Samlaji and the phyl- 

 lites make their appearance. At that point dips of G0° E.S.E., 

 or S.E., in the quartzite mark a long and very regular line of dip 

 slope, extending from east of Venpui to Kuski, and representing 

 the upper limits of the Delhi Quartzite. The western part of the 

 hill-mass south of the gorge and between Rudadi and Rampur gives 

 no clear sections, and is heavily wooded, and one is puzzled to under- 

 stand what becomes of the two limbs of the anticline in the 1,085 

 ft. hill near Meravada. Their strike would carry them to the 

 south and S.S.E., into the Aravalli area of Meravada and Samal- 

 pur. which lie very near to the Delhi Quartzite outcrops. 



The isolated hill, S.S.W. of Khercha (Kherancha), is also 

 an interesting puzzle, though fortunately it 



Khercha hill. ° L , , , 



a fiords at the same time some useful clues 

 and a few new facts of some importance. It is elongated along 

 a N.E. — S.W. axis, and its N.W. face shows a distinct strike in 

 the same direction, as evinced by a banding noticeable from a 

 distance, though the angle of inclination is not so easily apparent. 

 An exhaustive examination of the whole hill leads to the conclusion 

 that it is the south-western half of another brachyanticline which 

 pitches to the S.W. under the Phyllites of the plains in that direc- 

 tion, the latter sweeping round from the east across its south- 

 western termination up to near Vandioli. where they come in direct 

 contact with Aravallis just north of the 689 ft. hill at a point \ 

 mile S.W. of Vandiol. 



