Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL46/96 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -21.414148 , 25.624262 |
Location: Letlhakane |
Start Drill: 1998-10-03 |
End Drill: N/A |
Borehole Type: Exploration |
Drilling Method: Percussion & Core |
Sample Type: Core & Chips |
Depth of Surface Casing: N/A |
Azimuth: Degrees |
Hole Inclination: -90 Degrees |
Collar Elevation: 1000 Metres |
Borehole Water Strike: N/A |
End of Hole (Depth): 40 Metres |
Hole Diameter: 102 Millimetres |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 2 | Loose Kalahari sand, ferricreted. |
2. | 2 | 8 | Light brown to cream-white, poorly sorted, fine to coarse-grained, calcretised sandstone. |
3. | 8 | 18 | Light brown, poorly sorted, fine to coarse-grained, silcretised and slightly calcretised sst,often assumed a reddish coloration. |
4. | 18 | 19 | Basalt in Kalahari sandstone. |
5. | 19 | 21 | Strongly altered, yellow tinged, reddish-brown basalt. |
6. | 21 | 23 | Calcretised to strongly silcretised sandstone. |
7. | 23 | 31 | Brecciated, reddish-brown, altered, monolithic basalt. |
8. | 31 | 34 | Reddish-brown, altered, monolithic basalt. |
9. | 34 | 40 | Medium-grained, well sorted sandstone. |
10. | 40 | 0 | E.O.H. |
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