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 Borehole Number: 105/24/DT4/H6

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.788489 , 26.230095
 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: 1254 Metres
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 56 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 2U Kalahari - loose and unconsolidated coarse grained and ferruginous red brown quartz/Chert gritty Sands and minor calcrete
2.2 5U Kalahari - massive and mature reddish brown coloured ferricreted grey black mottled Silcrete - calcreted in places
3.5 11L Kalahari - massive and uniform textured, white and fine grained moderate to well sorted and mature matrix supported calcareous Sandstone with Silcrete lenses in places
4.11 14Ntane Fm - massive and mature white coloured medium to fine grained poorly sorted and matrix supported Sandstone with minor Silcrete lenses in places
5.14 53Mosolotshane Fm - massive and mature light grey and pale purple bleached fine grained and clay matrix supported uniform textured and well sorted Sand/siltstone with mottled Silcrete lenses in places
6.53 54Mosolotshane Fm - massive and sub to mature pinkish white medium to coarse grained sugary textured and siliceous matrix supported arenitic Sandstone
7.54 56Mosolotshane Fm - bleached purple and light greenish/grey well sorted and mature very fine grained laminated siltstone/Shale intermixed with coarse grained sugary textured and poorly sorted Sandstone lenses

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