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 Borehole Number: 105/24/X017

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.754759 , 26.404679
 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: 1233 Metres
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 84 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 2Iron stained quartz.
2.2 7Impure quartzite.
3.7 28Fine-grained,grey mudstone, clay-rich in places, contains fragments of decomposing felsic igneous rocks.
4.28 45Ggranite/microgranite,weathered,containing quartz phenocrysts in clay matrix with decomposed feldspars.Becoming fresh granite with depth containing abundant biotite and pyroxenes.
5.45 84Fresh red microgranite, biotite and sulphide-rich in places. E.O.H

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