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 Borehole Number: 105/18/X341/H1

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL001/97
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -21.469785 , 25.620625
 Location: Orapa

 
 Start Drill: 2002-11-21
 End Drill: 2002-11-21
 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: 17 Metres
 End of Hole (Depth): 82 Metres
 Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 4Brown fine Topsoil
2.4 15Light brown medium grained Sand
3.15 18Light brown Sand and minor brown weathered basalt
4.18 22Greenish grey moderately weathered basalt
5.22 51Brown weathered amygdaloidal basalt
6.51 70Brownish grey moderately weathered basalt
7.70 75Brown strongly weathered basalt
8.75 77Brown strongly weathered basalt and minor semi-consolidated Sandstone (Ntane Sandstone Formation)
9.77 82Brown fine-grained semi-consolidated Sandstone

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