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 Borehole Number: 105/17/X951/H01

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL107/96
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -21.298815 , 25.081118
 Location: Orapa

 
 Start Drill: 0000-00-00
 End Drill: 0000-00-00
 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: Metres
 End of Hole (Depth): N/A
 Hole Diameter: Millimetres

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 1Dark brown fine-medium grained unconsolidated Sand.
2.1 6Light orange to cream white fine-medium grained unconsolidated Sand.
3.6 11Cream white to light orange slightly silcretised calcrete with some few chips of Sandstone.
4.11 12Brownish green calcretised igneous rock (dolerite).
5.12 13Reddish brown baked, slightly weathered igneous rock.
6.13 14Greyish green, slightly weathered igneous rock.
7.14 16Greenish grey slightly weathered dolerite.
8.16 39Dark grey fresh and competent dolerite.
9.39 40Dark grey slightly weathered dolerite and reddish brown baked (heated) siltstone.
10.40 41Reddish brown to brownish grey baked siltstone.
11.41 42Greyish green to reddish brown fine grained Sandstone.
12.42 43Reddish brown fine-medium grained Sandstone.
13.43 44Reddish brown siltstone and 40% pale green Sandstone.
14.44 45Pale green medium grained consolidated Sandstone.
15.45 46Reddish brown to greenish grey medium grained Sandstone.
16.46 58Greenish grey to grey unconsolidated sanstone.

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