Definition of PLACER. Meaning of PLACER. Synonyms of PLACER

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Definition of PLACER

Placer
Placer Pla"cer, n. One who places or sets. --Spenser.
Placer
Placer Plac"er, n. [Sp.] A deposit of earth, sand, or gravel, containing valuable mineral in particles, especially by the side of a river, or in the bed of a mountain torrent. [U.S.]

Meaning of PLACER from wikipedia

- Look up placer in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Placer may refer to one of the following: Placer deposit Placer sheep Placer mining Placer (geography)...
- Placer County (/ˈplæsər/ PL****-ər; Placer, Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county located in the U.S. state of California...
- the base of placer deposits. Placer deposits can be as young as a few years old, such as the Canadian Queen Charlotte beach gold placer deposits, or...
- In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an ac****ulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation from a specific source rock during sedimentary...
- 2006, and was ****imilated into Barrick. Placer Dome was formed in Vancouver in 1987, by amalgamating Placer Development Ltd. of Vancouver (founded in...
- The Placer Valley is a region spanning the western slope of Placer County in Northern California and refers to the valley of Placer County. Placer Valley...
- Placer, officially the Muni****lity of Placer, is a 2nd class muni****lity in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has...
- The word placer derives from the Spanish placer, meaning shoal or alluvial/sand deposit, from pl****a (place) from Medieval Latin placea (place) the origin...
- March 31, 2020. "Early Day Miners Placer Found". exclaim.ca. Lindquist, David (28 Nov 2000). "Early Day Miners, Placer Found, Western Vinyl Records". The...
- in a placer claim is almost always gold, although other nations mine placer deposits of platinum, tin, and diamonds. In the United States, a placer claim...