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 Borehole Number: 105/24/X034

 
 Prospecting Company: De Beers Holdings Botswana
 Prospecting License No.: PL109/88
 Coordinates Type: WGS 84
 Coordinates Format: Decimal Degrees (DD)
 Coordinates: -22.498773 , 26.804689
 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: 1027 Metres
 Borehole Water Strike: N/A
 End of Hole (Depth): 126 Metres
 Hole Diameter: N/A

 
 Log Formation:
No.From (m)To (m) Log Formation
1.0 8Iron cemented quartz grains. Randed pebbles at base.
2.8 15Poorly sorted carbonate sandstone, minor calcrete.
3.15 30Fine-grained brown mudstone, high clay content.
4.30 34Weathered vesicular basalt, some zeolite amygdales.
5.34 74dark-grey mudstone becoming clay rich with depth.
6.74 126Fresh,fine-grained,black basalt;visible plagieclare phenocrysts in matrix groundmass;becoming coarser,crystals up to 3mm. E.O.H

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