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Q: Where do the minerals in placer deposits come from?
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Where do minerals in placer deposits come from?

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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.


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


Minerals that are heavy durable and chemically resistant are likely to be found in?

placer deposits


Where do minerals occur and why?

minerals occur at veins and lodes,sedimentary ore deposits,alluvial or placer depositsand by weathering.


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


What mineral is mined extensively from placer deposits?

GOLD


What has the author Harry Allison Tourtelot written?

Harry Allison Tourtelot has written: 'Hydraulic equivalence of grains of quartz and heavier minerals' -- subject(s): Placer deposits, Sediments (Geology)