Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL2/97 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -21.639909 , 25.905222 |
Location: Letlhakane |
Start Drill: 2006-06-03 |
End Drill: 2006-06-05 |
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: 1075 Metres |
Borehole Water Strike: 35 Metres |
End of Hole (Depth): 101 Metres |
Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 1 | Orange, fine-grained loose Sand. |
2. | 1 | 7 | Orangish brown, fine to medium grained silcretised Sandstone mixed with cream white silcretised Sandstone. |
3. | 7 | 17 | Cream white to light brown, fine to medium grained calcretised and silcretised Sandstone. |
4. | 17 | 23 | Cream white to light brown, fine unconsolidated Sandstone. |
5. | 23 | 26 | Light orange, fine to medium grained, slightly consolidated Sandstone. |
6. | 26 | 35 | Light orangish, fine-grained unconsolidated Sandstone. |
7. | 35 | 41 | Orangish brown, fine-grained , slightly consolidated Sandstone. |
8. | 41 | 47 | Reddish brown, fine to medium grained consolidated silcretised Sandstone, mixed with cream white calcite. |
9. | 47 | 53 | Reddish brown, weathered Basalt with some calcite veins. |
10. | 53 | 59 | Dark brown, fresh and competent with some calcite veins. |
11. | 59 | 61 | Greenish brown, fresh and competent Basalt. |
12. | 61 | 66 | Dark brown to greenish brown, fresh and competent amygdaloidal Basalt. |
13. | 66 | 70 | Greenish brown, fresh and competent Basalt, low in calcite amygdales. |
14. | 70 | 95 | Dark greenish, fresh and competent Basalt. |
15. | 95 | 96 | Dark greenish Basalt mixed with Sandstone lens. |
16. | 96 | 99 | Cream white, fine to medium grained Sandstone, highly contaminated by Basalt. |
17. | 99 | 101 | Light brown, fine-grained Sandstone. |
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