Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL119/93 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -21.433123 , 27.889372 |
Location: Matsiloje |
Start Drill: 2000-05-01 |
End Drill: 2000-05-02 |
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: 970 Metres |
Borehole Water Strike: N/A |
End of Hole (Depth): 46 Metres |
Hole Diameter: 114 Millimetres |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 1 | Dark brown Topsoil with fragments of gravel |
2. | 0 | 1 | Dark brown Topsoil with fragments of gravel |
3. | 1 | 10 | Greyish aphanetic rock with lath shaped black shiny crystals of Amphiboliteibole (pxy?). Fractured with calcite fillings |
4. | 1 | 10 | Greyish aphanetic rock with lath shaped black shiny crystals of Amphiboliteibole (pxy?). Fractured with calcite fillings |
5. | 10 | 14 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins |
6. | 10 | 14 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins |
7. | 14 | 16 | Light greyish phaneritic basalt (Fractured) |
8. | 14 | 16 | Light greyish phaneritic basalt (Fractured) |
9. | 16 | 18 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins |
10. | 16 | 20 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins. |
11. | 16 | 18 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins |
12. | 16 | 20 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins. |
13. | 18 | 20 | Dark greyish aphanetic Amphiboliteibolite with lath shaped opaque and shiny phenocrysts of Amphiboliteiboles |
14. | 18 | 20 | Dark greyish aphanetic Amphiboliteibolite with lath shaped opaque and shiny phenocrysts of Amphiboliteiboles |
15. | 20 | 22 | Pinkish granitic gneiss with creamish soft rock containing opaque shiny crystals (~15 - 20%) |
16. | 20 | 22 | Pinkish granitic gneiss with creamish soft rock containing opaque shiny crystals (~15 - 20%) |
17. | 22 | 25 | Dark grey aphanitic rock with phenocrysts of elongate opaque shiny mineral (fractured) |
18. | 22 | 25 | Dark grey aphanitic rock with phenocrysts of elongate opaque shiny mineral (fractured) |
19. | 25 | 31 | Pink granitic gneiss with traces of a creamish soft rock with opaque crystals at 23m & 30m. |
20. | 25 | 31 | Pink granitic gneiss with traces of a creamish soft rock with opaque crystals at 23m & 30m. |
21. | 31 | 32 | Light greyish basaltic gneiss meta basalt |
22. | 31 | 32 | Light greyish basaltic gneiss meta basalt |
23. | 32 | 35 | Pinkish granitic gneiss |
24. | 32 | 35 | Pinkish granitic gneiss |
25. | 35 | 36 | Light grey to greenish meta basalt |
26. | 35 | 36 | Light grey to greenish meta basalt |
27. | 36 | 45 | Phaneritic light greyish amydaloidal meta? basalt |
28. | 36 | 45 | Phaneritic light greyish amydaloidal meta? basalt |
29. | 45 | 46 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss |
30. | 45 | 46 | Light pinkish granitic gneiss |
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