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What do you mean by placer Deposit?

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Answered by deeksha7790
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Placer Deposit - :

The alluvial deposit in Sands of Valley floor and the base of hills containing minerals are knows as placer Deposit.

Minerals that form placer deposits have high specific gravity, are chemically resistant to weathering, and are durable; such minerals include gold, platinum, cassiterite, magnetite, chromite, ilmenite, rutile, native copper, zircon, monazite, and various gemstones.

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Answered by Anonymous
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A placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity seperation during sedimentary processes.

Placer materials must be both dense and resistant to weathering processes.
like as Gold, platinum group metals, tin, in the material cassiterite, Diamonds, Rare earth elements from the minerals monazite, Uranium, from Precambrian paleoplacers.

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