French: l'amorce de tubageEnglish translation: preliminary casing 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | l'amorce de tubage | | English translation: | preliminary casing | | Entered by: | RProsser |
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Science - Geology / mining | | French term or phrase: l'amorce de tubage | the context is:
a condition de prendre les precautions necessaires et specifiques a ce type de gisement (comme par exemple *l'amorce de tubage*, lors de la prise d'echantillon) |
| | | preliminary casing | Explanation:
I assume they are casing the borehole used to take samples so that in the event that the sample is deemed to be of interest, they can simply resume drilling where they left off when the time comes, rather than redrilling (and casing) a productive borehole.
This may be more applicable to oil drilling than mining investigations, however ...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-22 10:34:41 GMT)
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Or it may simply be the borehole marker, a piece of pipe grouted into the top of the borehole and projecting above the ground, with a sealed (and locked) cap to prevent extraneous matter getting into the ground. |
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| preliminary casing
Explanation:
I assume they are casing the borehole used to take samples so that in the event that the sample is deemed to be of interest, they can simply resume drilling where they left off when the time comes, rather than redrilling (and casing) a productive borehole.
This may be more applicable to oil drilling than mining investigations, however ...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2007-05-22 10:34:41 GMT)
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Or it may simply be the borehole marker, a piece of pipe grouted into the top of the borehole and projecting above the ground, with a sealed (and locked) cap to prevent extraneous matter getting into the ground.
| Bourth
France
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