placer gold

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gold
noun
uk
/ɡəʊld/us
/ɡoʊld/
a chemical element that is a valuable, shiny, yellow metal used to make coins ...
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(Definition ofgoldfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most of the gold from these areas wasplacergold, obtained through hydraulic mining.
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Instead, described actualplacergold, alluvial gold powder sometimes still panned from the river's waters.
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In addition, there are a few small, low gradeplacergolddeposits scattered throughout the area.
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At this pointplacergoldmining was still the leading economic activity.
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Placergoldfinds are covered by iron oxide in the form of dark organic matter.
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Probable reserves are estimated at 500 tons of ore gold and 40 tons ofplacergold.
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Placergoldmining and quartz mining claims are still worked in the vicinity.
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It has been estimated that over $250,000 inplacergoldwas recovered from this creek.
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Placergoldmining was soon joined by hard rock mining, as prospectors followed the gold to its source veins in the hills.
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They were bothplacergoldmining communities where large amounts of gold were being extracted routinely.
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Placergold, that which is found in creekbeds and alluvial deposits, was soon extinguished, and the era of hard rock, deep mining began.
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Thisplacergoldhad been freed by the slow disintegration, over geological time, that freed the gold from its ore.
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Through 2006 the district produced 667-thousand ounces of hard rock gold and 60-thousand ounces ofplacergold.
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There was no water in the mine area to use in separating theplacergold.
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Geophysical methods such as seismic, gravity or magnetics may be used to locate buried river channels that are likely locations forplacergold.
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In the early 1860s whenplacergoldproduction peaked, the search began for lode gold deposits.
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There are nearly 2000placergolddeposits, 100 gold ore deposits, and 48 silver ore deposits in the territory.
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Aplacergolddeposit exploited in the early and late 1900s overlies the hardrock deposit.
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Discovery ofplacergoldin 1906 was quickly followed by lode discoveries.
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Placergoldwas discovered in 1907, but activity was sporadic and poorly recorded.
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