Geological Report on a portion of the Beloochistan Hills

Abstract

The hill country visited extends from Shahpoor on the western side to Goojeroo on the east, a distance of about ninety miles, and from the sandstone range, bordering the Desert, to the Murray Hills, in a northerly direction about fifty miles. The strike, and the direction of the ranges and of the valleys is nearly east and west, and the mean dip of the beds southerly. There are seven parallel ranges of mountains gradually increasing in height from the low sandstone range bordering the Desert to the Murray Hills, the most northern point visited. The low sandstone range bordering the Desert was scarcely touched upon, but from its appearance I conclude that it does not differ in structure from the second sandstone range; it dies away towards the west, but appeared to extend in an easterly direction as far as the eye could reach. The second sandstone range in which the Jullock, Gundava, and other passes are situated, extends also to an unknown distance in an easterly direction, but towards the west, near Shahpoor, it approaches and eventually abut upon the first limestone range. I annex a section running nearly north and south, that is, at right angles to the direction of the mountain ranges, and along the pitch of the strata. It is drawn up from memory, and though not exactly correct, is sufficiently near the truth. Between the place called Ooch and Shahpoor low sandstone hills make their appearance, belonging to the outer range. The dip of the