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A placer is where gold or silver being carried with the sand by flowing water gathers in a low spot in the river bed.
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Minerals that are heavy durable and chemically resistant are likely to be found in deposits?
placer deposits
Can sand metal and diamonds be mined from placer deposits?
Apparently alluvial diamonds migrate into placer deposits, being moved there by natural means, such as flowing water. Other materials are simply ground into tiny bits and ultimately 'placed' into the low spots in the geography. Sand is a descriptor used to name the quality of the tiny stones that make up most of the materials in placer deposits: some metal bits and alluvial diamonds are also found in placer deposits. You can read more about them, below.
Early prospectors would extract shallow deposits of ore by?
Placer mining
Placer deposits form when?
Heavy eroded particles settle out of moving water
What was placer mining?
A placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of minerals formed by gravity separation during sedimentary processes. Placer deposits are frequently beaches or river gravels. They are mined by gathering up the ore containing material and sluicing these using water.
What is a result of stream deposits?
deltas and placer deposits
Minerals that are heavy durable and chemically resistant are likely to be found in deposits.?
placer deposits
Minerals that are heavy durable and chemically resistant are likely to be found in deposits?
placer deposits
. Minerals that are heavy durable and chemically resistant are likely to be found in deposits.?
placer deposits
Where do minerals in placer deposits come from?
From La Cola
What mineral is mined extensively from placer deposits?
GOLD
Why are dense minerals more likely to form placer deposits than less minerals are?
placer deposits from where water is moving fast enough to move lighter materials.
Why are dense minerals more likely to form placer deposits than less dense minerals are?
placer deposits from where water is moving fast enough to move lighter materials.
What has the author Richard L Lampright written?
Richard L. Lampright has written: 'Gold placer deposits near Anchorage, Alaska' -- subject(s): Gold mines and mining, Placer deposits
What might be found in areas where rivers enter oceans?
placer deposits
Can sand metal and diamonds be mined from placer deposits?
Apparently alluvial diamonds migrate into placer deposits, being moved there by natural means, such as flowing water. Other materials are simply ground into tiny bits and ultimately 'placed' into the low spots in the geography. Sand is a descriptor used to name the quality of the tiny stones that make up most of the materials in placer deposits: some metal bits and alluvial diamonds are also found in placer deposits. You can read more about them, below.
What is placer deposits?
concentration by flow of water. •
