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 Borehole Number: 105/19/X016/H2

 
 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: 2000-05-06
 End Drill: 2000-05-06
 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): 36 Metres
 Hole Diameter: 114 Millimetres

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 1Dark brown Topsoil with weathered rock fragments
2.0 1Dark brown Topsoil with weathered rock fragments
3.1 4Weathered grey meta basalt fractured with calcite fillings
4.1 4Weathered grey meta basalt fractured with calcite fillings
5.4 5Quartz vein
6.4 5Quartz vein
7.5 8Creamish granitic gneiss with quartz veins and traces of a pale green soft rock
8.5 8Creamish granitic gneiss with quartz veins and traces of a pale green soft rock
9.8 23Pale green mica rich soft rock with granitic gneiss @ 12-14m, 18 & 23m
10.8 23Pale green mica rich soft rock with granitic gneiss @ 12-14m, 18 & 23m
11.23 28Creamish granite gneiss with traces of green mica rich rock
12.23 28Creamish granite gneiss with traces of green mica rich rock
13.28 32Creamish slightly weathered granite gneiss
14.28 32Creamish slightly weathered granite gneiss
15.32 36Light greyish amydaloidal basalt
16.32 36Light greyish amydaloidal basalt

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