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 Borehole Number: 105/17/X913/H01

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL107/96
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -21.159652 , 24.924019
 Location: Mopipi

 
 Start Drill: N/A
 End Drill: N/A
 Borehole Type: Exploration
 Drilling Method: Core
 Sample Type: Core
 Depth of Surface Casing: N/A
 Azimuth: 0 Degrees
 Hole Inclination: N/A
 Collar Elevation: N/A
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): N/A
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 7Cream white to light brown, weathered calcrete.
2.7 14Dark greenish (the colour fading with depth), massive crystalline, fresh and competent Silcrete.
3.14 23Pale greenish, weathered siltstone.
4.23 25Greenish brown, silty Mudstone.
5.25 29Greenish brown, muddy Siltstone.
6.29 40Reddish brown, oxidised silty Mudstone.
7.40 65Light greyish, finely laminated silty Mudstone.
8.65 69Very dark grey to black, massive carbonaceous Mudstone, shiny pyrite crystals observed.
9.69 77Very dark grey to black, thinly laminated carbonaceous Mudstone (Coally), with super abundant pyrite as both the veinlets or crystals
10.77 81Light greyish, thinly laminated carbonaceous Mudstone (Coal), with super-abundant crystals of pyrite.
11.81 101Dark grey to black, thinly laminated carbonaceous Mudstone (Coally) with abundant pyrite.
12.101 120Dark greyish, fine-grained, fresh and competent igneous mafic rock. Pyrite recovered in concentrate. Sparkling crystals against the sun are observed.
13.120 149Greenish grey, fine to medium grained igneous mafic rock, fresh and competent, and is characterised by the presence of mica like minerals.

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