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 Borehole Number: 105/24/X004/H1

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.700756 , 26.230677
 Location: Moralane

 
 Start Drill: 1996-01-01
 End Drill: N/A
 Borehole Type: Exploration
 Drilling Method: Percussion & Core
 Sample Type: Core & Chips
 Depth of Surface Casing: N/A
 Azimuth: Degrees
 Hole Inclination: N/A
 Collar Elevation: N/A
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 86 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 2Loose unconsolidated red-browm feriginous sands. Clast predominantly feldspar, quartz and ferricrete.
2.2 4Buff sub to immature nodular medium to fine-grained moderate to poorly sorted calcareous sandstone.
3.4 10Buff-grey mottled massive cryptocrystalline calcreted silcrete.
4.10 17Buff/pale-grey massive calcareous silcrete with fine-grained moderately sorted submature sandstone fragments.
5.17 26Buff-grey massive submature fine-grained poorly sorted calcareous sandstone.
6.26 63Pale purple massive uniform fine-grained moderately sorted mature calcareous sand/siltstone coarsering towards base.
7.63 86Purple-brown mature mud/claystone with sandstone contaminants from upper horizons. E.O.H

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