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basin. At tlie foot of the mount the sandstones contain plant fossils 
some apparently of the Lepidodendron type, and near the summit plant 
fossils were also noted, and a fine example of ripple-marked sandstone. 
Fig. 55.—Plan Showing Localities of Mineral Deposits in the Whitfield District. 
(Scale—'2 miles to 1 inch.) 
The mudstones have been tested as to their suitability for terra- 
ventnt5 ®"’ V but the beds are not con- 
Piffmenf t extensive enough for commercial working. 
nS earned out on samples of the mudstones, but 
proved unsatisfactory tests (Nos. 401 and 402). The appended 
analyses of the limestones show up to 15 per cent, of calcium caXnL, 
and ,, small percentage of pliosphorie acid, and although the beds 
