Borehole Number: |
Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
Prospecting License No.: PL109/88 |
Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
Coordinates: -22.939005 , 26.103801 |
Location: Moralane |
Start Drill: 1900-01-02 |
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: -90 Degrees |
Collar Elevation: 1119 Metres |
Borehole Water Strike: N/A |
End of Hole (Depth): 45 Metres |
Hole Diameter: N/A |
Log Formation: |
No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
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1. | 0 | 3 | U Kalahari - unconsolidated surficial Sands and gravels. Poor +2mm chip recoveries. Clasts mainly quartz/Chert and calcrete |
2. | 3 | 4 | U Kalahari - buff white massive and mature Sandy hardpan calcrete |
3. | 4 | 18 | U Kalahari - grey - white, massive and moderately well sorted argillaceous calcareous Sandstone, inundated with probable surficial collapse material. Poor +2mm chip recoveries. Probable LSF at base |
4. | 18 | 23 | Mosolotshane Fm - pale reddish - brown/pinkish massive and mature, moderately well sorted and matrix supported calcareous Sandstone |
5. | 23 | 39 | Mosolotshane Fm - pale purple and greenish - grey laminated, massive and mature argillaceous mudstone/Shale, with upward fining sequences |
6. | 39 | 41 | Thlabala Fm - massive and mature black carbonaceous/Coaly Shales/mudstone |
7. | 41 | 44 | Thlabala Fm - pale grey massive and mature mud/Claystone |
8. | 44 | 45 | Thlabala Fm - black purplish massive and mature carbonaceous Shale |
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