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 Borehole Number: 105/19/X016/H1

 
 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
1.0 1Dark brown Topsoil with fragments of gravel
2.0 1Dark brown Topsoil with fragments of gravel
3.1 10Greyish aphanetic rock with lath shaped black shiny crystals of Amphiboliteibole (pxy?). Fractured with calcite fillings
4.1 10Greyish aphanetic rock with lath shaped black shiny crystals of Amphiboliteibole (pxy?). Fractured with calcite fillings
5.10 14Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins
6.10 14Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins
7.14 16Light greyish phaneritic basalt (Fractured)
8.14 16Light greyish phaneritic basalt (Fractured)
9.16 18Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins
10.16 20Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins.
11.16 18Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins
12.16 20Light pinkish granitic gneiss with quartz veins.
13.18 20Dark greyish aphanetic Amphiboliteibolite with lath shaped opaque and shiny phenocrysts of Amphiboliteiboles
14.18 20Dark greyish aphanetic Amphiboliteibolite with lath shaped opaque and shiny phenocrysts of Amphiboliteiboles
15.20 22Pinkish granitic gneiss with creamish soft rock containing opaque shiny crystals (~15 - 20%)
16.20 22Pinkish granitic gneiss with creamish soft rock containing opaque shiny crystals (~15 - 20%)
17.22 25Dark grey aphanitic rock with phenocrysts of elongate opaque shiny mineral (fractured)
18.22 25Dark grey aphanitic rock with phenocrysts of elongate opaque shiny mineral (fractured)
19.25 31Pink granitic gneiss with traces of a creamish soft rock with opaque crystals at 23m & 30m.
20.25 31Pink granitic gneiss with traces of a creamish soft rock with opaque crystals at 23m & 30m.
21.31 32Light greyish basaltic gneiss meta basalt
22.31 32Light greyish basaltic gneiss meta basalt
23.32 35Pinkish granitic gneiss
24.32 35Pinkish granitic gneiss
25.35 36Light grey to greenish meta basalt
26.35 36Light grey to greenish meta basalt
27.36 45Phaneritic light greyish amydaloidal meta? basalt
28.36 45Phaneritic light greyish amydaloidal meta? basalt
29.45 46Light pinkish granitic gneiss
30.45 46Light pinkish granitic gneiss

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