Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL107/96 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -21.467106 , 25.477623 |
Location: Orapa |
Start Drill: 2005-02-01 |
End Drill: 2005-02-01 |
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: 1006 Metres |
Borehole Water Strike: 81 Metres |
End of Hole (Depth): 125 Metres |
Hole Diameter: 165 Millimetres |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 1 | Dark brown fine grained Sand. |
2. | 1 | 2 | Dark yellow to creamish Sand mixed of Silcrete. |
3. | 2 | 9 | Light brown creamish, highly competent Silcrete + 10% calcrete. |
4. | 9 | 10 | Red brown weathered basalt plus vein quartz. |
5. | 10 | 11 | Dark grey weathered basalt comprising vein quartz. |
6. | 11 | 13 | Mediun grey basalt mixed of abundant vein quartz. |
7. | 13 | 16 | Dark red brown to greenish amygdaloidales basalt, moderate competent. |
8. | 16 | 19 | Dark grey fresh basalt containing abundant vein quartz (highly competent). |
9. | 19 | 23 | Light brown medium competent weathered basalt comprising few quartz. |
10. | 23 | 26 | Red brown to grey fresh competent basalt. |
11. | 26 | 30 | dark red brown amygdaloidale basalt with quartz rich. |
12. | 30 | 33 | Red brown to greyish oxidised basalt comprising abundant green minerals. |
13. | 33 | 34 | Dark brown quartz rich oxidised basalt. |
14. | 34 | 36 | Red brown oxidised basalt containing green minerals. |
15. | 36 | 37 | Oxidised basalt comprising green minerals. |
16. | 37 | 40 | Dark brown greenish fresh basalt. |
17. | 40 | 42 | Dark grey fresh basalt with abundant greenish minerals. |
18. | 42 | 49 | Dark grey greenish fresh basalt containing few green minerals. |
19. | 49 | 50 | Red brown to grey amygdaloidale basalt comprising quartz. |
20. | 50 | 53 | dark grey fresh basalt consist of vein quartz, amygdal and green minerals. |
21. | 53 | 56 | Dark grey fresh basalt containing green minerals. |
22. | 56 | 59 | Dark grey to brown amygdaloidal fine grained fresh basalt. |
23. | 59 | 66 | dark grey greenish fine grained fresh basalt, green minerals observed. |
24. | 66 | 67 | Dark grey greenish fresh amygdaloidal basalt. |
25. | 67 | 68 | dark red brown fresh amygdaloidal basalt. |
26. | 68 | 71 | Dark brown competent fresh basalt. |
27. | 71 | 80 | Dark grey greenish fresh basalt (highly competent). |
28. | 80 | 81 | Dark brown blackish fresh basalt. |
29. | 81 | 84 | Red brown amygdaloidal oxidised basalt. |
30. | 84 | 86 | Red brown oxidised basalt containing green minerals and few amygdals. |
31. | 86 | 89 | Dark grey fresh basalt comprising blackish and greenish minerals with quartz. |
32. | 89 | 91 | Red brown oxidised amygdaloidal basalt. |
33. | 91 | 95 | dark grey to greenish fresh competent basalt. |
34. | 95 | 97 | dark greenish fresh competent basalt. |
35. | 97 | 99 | Red brown blackish fresh competent basalt. |
36. | 99 | 100 | Dark green blackish fresh competent basalt. |
37. | 100 | 101 | Red brown oxidised basalt medium competent. |
38. | 101 | 102 | Red brown oxidised basalt comprising quartz. |
39. | 102 | 104 | Light red medium grained Sandstone. |
40. | 104 | 110 | Light brown fine grained weathered Sandstone. |
41. | 110 | 125 | Light orange fine grained weathered basalt. |
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