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NTbeach placers
 stream placers
UFore of sedimentation
RTdiamonds
 heavy minerals
 mineral deposits, genesis
 gold ores
 alluvium
 paleoplacers
 metal ores
 sediments
 mineral exploration
 tin ores
 monazite deposits
 discoveries
 sampling
 mining
 heavy mineral deposits
 stream sediments
 platinum ores
 nuggets
 panning
 weather
SNUsed for a surficial mineral deposit formed by mechanical concentration of mineral particles from weathered debris. Commodity. See List C. Also index type of placer [e.g. diamonds, gold ores, heavy mineral deposits, platinum ores, tin ores].