Single shot

Single shot

A charge in one drill hole only fired at one time, as contrasted with a multiple shot where charges in a number of holes are fired at one time.

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Industry/Domain: Mining
Category: General mining; Mineral mining
Government Agency: USBM
Product: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms - 2nd Edition
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single shot

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A charge in one drill hole only fired at one time, as contrasted with a multiple shot where charges in a number of holes are fired at one time.

single-shot

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A firearm that holds only a single round of ammunition, and must be reloaded after each shot.

single-shot survey

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A technique for acquiring deviation information from a borehole on a slickline. In high-angle wells, a multishot technique is usually used instead.

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An auto-reclose sequence that provides only one reclosing operation, lock-out of the CB occurring if it subsequently trips.

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single-shot survey

Mining; General mining; Mineral mining

A borehole survey made with a single-shot instrument.

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Mining; General mining

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Mining; General mining

A mineral that forms inside the earth as marble and granite are rocks; a huge amount of stone that forms a cliff or mountain is called as rock.

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Mining; General mining

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Mining; General mining

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