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 Borehole Number: 105/24/X004

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.700756 , 26.230677
 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: 1229 Metres
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 86 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 2U Kalahari - loose, unconsolidated red brown ferruginous Sands. Few +2mm chips recovered. Clasts predominantly feldspar, quartz and ferricrete
2.2 4U Kalahari - buff, sub to immature, nodular and medium to fine grained, moderate to poorly sorted calcareous Sandstone
3.4 10U Kalahari - buff grey mottled and massive crypto-crystalline calcreted Silcrete
4.10 17L Kalahari - pale grey massive calcareous Silcrete with fine grained moderately sorted sub mature Sandstone fragments
5.17 26L Kalahari - pale grey massive and sub mature fine grained and poorly sorted calcareous Sandstone
6.26 63Mosolotshane Fm - pale purple massive and uniform fine grained, moderately sorted mature calcareous Sand/siltstone coarsening towards base
7.63 86Mosolotshane Fm - purple brown mature mud/Claystone with Sandstone contaminants from upper horizons

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