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Records of the Geological Survey of India

1874

North of the Lingzi-thang plain— to the west of which the hills are mostly composed of the same triassic limestone—a red brecciated alcareous conglomerate is seen at the foot of the Compass-id but this conglomrate gradually passes into the ordinary grey limestone which forms the ridge and udoubtedly belongs 'so the same group of triassic rocks. [...] The irregular range of hills to the south of the portion of the Karakash river which flows almost east-west from Shahni-dula on its southern side entirely consists of these slates while on the northern side it is composed of a fine-grained syenite which also forms.e whole of the Ku-nlun range along the right bank of the Karakash river and also is the sole rock composing the hills about the ct [...] In connection with the highly important subject of the establishment of iron works in this country on the large scale I was called upon in October last by Government to inv-stgate the mode of occurrence and to determine the quality of some iron-ores in the province of Viimaon. [...] The establishin of large iron-works was not urged at the time of the survey of the fior it would have shown an utter disregard of the conditions essential to success to have done so Since then however increased facilities of communication diroveriof better coals the possibility of making coke and the steady rise in the pricePAPI 1.j lingh es : On 1(4 c materials of imported iron have [...] It lies in the general strike of the Sanktoria seam --hick is well know to be one of the finest properties in the field and it may be the continuation of that bed the north-east.
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38
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India
SARF Document ID
sarf.120013
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