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 Borehole Number: 105/24/DT4/H2

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.883636 , 26.245103
 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: 1144 Metres
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 31 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 5U Kalahari - loose and unconsolidated surficial Sands and gravels, brown coloured and ferricreted - coarse and angular mainly quartz feldspar Chert, and minor buff white calcrete dust
2.5 9U Kalahari - massive to sub mature buff white/pinkish slightly ferruginous coarse gravelly calcareous Sandstone/hardpan calcrete, plus minor grey black mottled Silcrete stringers/lenses. Poorly sorted.
3.9 19Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature dark grey argillaceous siltstone/Shale, with dark purple laminations below 16m depth, and extremely ferruginous reddish maroon lenses. Poorly sorted.
4.19 21Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature light grey and maroon laminated argillaceous silty mudstone
5.21 22Mosolotshane Fm - deep maroon coarse/gritty siltstone. Poorly sorted
6.22 25Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature, dark grey and maroon laminated argillaceous siltstone
7.25 31Palapye Grp - white grey siliceous massive an d mature uniform textured argillaceous silt/Sandstone/quartzite

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