Borehole Number: |
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 |
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1. | 0 | 5 | U 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 | 9 | U 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 | 19 | Mosolotshane 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 | 21 | Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature light grey and maroon laminated argillaceous silty mudstone |
5. | 21 | 22 | Mosolotshane Fm - deep maroon coarse/gritty siltstone. Poorly sorted |
6. | 22 | 25 | Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature, dark grey and maroon laminated argillaceous siltstone |
7. | 25 | 31 | Palapye Grp - white grey siliceous massive an d mature uniform textured argillaceous silt/Sandstone/quartzite |
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