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	Borehole Number: 105/24/DT4/H4


	Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
	Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
	Coordinates Type: WGS 84
	Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
	Coordinates: -22.846591 , 26.244869
	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: 1192 Metres
	Borehole Water Strike: N/A
	End of Hole (Depth): 44 Metres
	Hole Diameter: N/A


	Log Formation:

No.	From (m)	To (m)	Log Formation

U Kalahari - buff white and light purple laminated massive and mature nodular hardpan calcrete with minor calcreted Silcrete lenses

L Kalahari - buff brown fine to medium grained massive and mature weathered and matrix supported calcareous Sandstone, becoming more argillaceous silty mudstone/Shale below 6m depth with downward fining sequences

Mosolotshane Fm - moderate to poorly sorted sugary textured massive and sub mature matrix supported - medium to coarse grained light maroon and buff white laminated Sandstone/wacke with thin mudstone lenses in places

Mosolotshane Fm - purple and white grey laminated moderate to poorly sorted argillaceous Sandy siltstones and mudstones

Mosolotshane Fm - gritty/coarse grained poorly sorted and matrix supported purple and grey laminated Sand/siltstone with silty mud lenses in places

Mosolotshane Fm - dark purple/brown and dull greenish grey Sandy siltstone/Shale. Massive sub to mature and laminated