| Borehole Number: |
| Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana |
| Prospecting License No.: PL109/88 |
| Coordinates Type: WGS 84 |
| Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD) |
| Coordinates: -22.758756 , 26.24168 |
| 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: 1251 Metres |
| Borehole Water Strike: N/A |
| End of Hole (Depth): 286 Metres |
| Hole Diameter: N/A |
| Log Formation: |
| No. | From (m) | To (m) | Log Formation |
|---|
| 1. | 0 | 4 | Unconsolidated coarse grained aeolian granitic Sands dominated by quartz, feldspar, Silcrete and ferricrete clasts. Few +2mm chips recovered. |
| 2. | 4 | 10 | U Kalahari - dark grey - black massive and mottled mature calcreted Silcrete |
| 3. | 10 | 22 | L Kalahari - buff white, massive sub to mature and well sorted argillaceous and ubiquitously Silcreted calcareous Sand/siltstone |
| 4. | 22 | 69 | Ntane Fm - purple grey mature, well sorted and argillaceous calcareous Shale/siltstone becoming highly Silcreted below 29m depth and coarsening towards the base into a grey-white arkosic Sandstone |
| 5. | 69 | 70 | Mosolotshane Fm - pale purple white spotted mature carbonaceous mudstone |
| 6. | 70 | 71 | Mosolotshane Fm - coarse grained quartzitic/feldspathic gritstone with pale greyish-green Shale clasts |
| 7. | 71 | 77 | Mosolotshane Fm - buff to pale grey uniform calcareous clay/siltstone |
| 8. | 77 | 79 | Mosolotshane Fm - pale purple to buff grey mature and carbonaceous spotted mudstone/siltstone |
| 9. | 79 | 120 | Mosolotshane Fm - grey to purple uniform Shale with mottled mud clasts |
| 10. | 120 | 137 | Thlabala Fm - light grey massive and uniform, competent and mature non carbonaceous silty Shales |
| 11. | 137 | 172 | Tlapana Fm - dark greenish grey black uniform and massive nature, carbonaceous spotted, micaceous silty Shales with Shaley Coal seams at 146-147m, 151 - 155m, and 157 - 158m |
| 12. | 172 | 179 | Tlapana Fm - light grey - black, medium to coarse grained massive and mature, well sorted arenitic carbonaceous greywacke/quart wacke |
| 13. | 179 | 200 | Tlapana Fm - dull dark grey - black mature and vitreous shaly Coal with vitreous Coal seams between 196 - 200m |
| 14. | 200 | 205 | Tlapana Fm - light grey massive and mature well sorted argillaceous and slightly organic Shale/siltstone |
| 15. | 205 | 233 | Tlapana Fm - dull dark grey - black mature and vitranous Shaley Coal with vitreous Coal seams at 206-208m, 209-211m, 216-218m, 221-222m, 223-226m, and 229-230m |
| 16. | 233 | 235 | Tlapana Fm - dark grey massive and mature well sorted argillaceous and carbonaceous Shaley siltstone which grades into coarser more arenitic carbonaceous quartz wacke at base |
| 17. | 235 | 246 | Tlapana Fm - dull dark grey black massive and mature competent carbonaceous Shale |
| 18. | 246 | 250 | Tlapana Fm - light to dull grey medium to coarse grained arenitic and well sorted, mature and carbonaceous quartz wacke |
| 19. | 250 | 257 | Tlapana Fm - dull dark grey black massive and mature, competent carbonaceous Shale with Shaley Coal seams at the basal 255-256m |
| 20. | 257 | 261 | No chips available - sample missing |
| 21. | 261 | 271 | Basement - greenish grey, fine to medium grained crystalline and massive feldspathic granopyhre, variously weathered and altered |
| 22. | 271 | 280 | No chips available - sample missing |
| 23. | 280 | 286 | Basement - dull greenish grey black altered, fine to medium grained feldspathic granophyre |
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