placer
Alluvial mineral deposit
A placer is a deposit of sand or gravel containing particles of gold or other valuable minerals, accumulated by water action in streambeds or on beaches.
Placer mining extracts these minerals by washing away lighter material: The forty-niners worked placer claims along California rivers.
The word comes from Spanish, meaning "sandbank."
Lateral camera traverse
- sluiceGated water conduit
- dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
- claimStatement of ownership or truth
rocker · cradle · riffle · sifting · shovel · classifier · suction · glory hole
Water-deposited loose sediment
- gravelLoose small rock fragments
- sandFine rock particles
- siltWaterborne earth particles
- clayMoldable earth for ceramics
streambed · paydirt · fluvial · sediment · overburden · delta · riverbed · bench
Element seventy-nine
- nuggetsSmall solid lumps
- flakesThin, flat pieces
- dustFine settled particles
- finesMonetary sanctions or particles
platinum · cassiterite · garnet · zircon · magnetite · sapphire · ruby · diamond
panning
Lateral camera traverse
- sluiceGated water conduit
- dredgingExtracting underwater sediment
- prospectingSearching for mineral wealth
claim · rocker · cradle · riffle · sifting · shovel · classifier · suction · glory hole · dry washing
alluvium
Water-deposited loose sediment
clay · streambed · paydirt · fluvial · sediment · overburden · delta · riverbed · bench · bar
gold
Element seventy-nine
fines · platinum · cassiterite · garnet · zircon · magnetite · sapphire · ruby · diamond · gemstones
forty-niner
Gold rush prospector
- sourdoughWild-yeast bread starter
- prospectorOne seeking valuable deposits
- gold rushMass migration seeking ore
Klondike · Yukon · California · Nome · Fairbanks · boomtown · strike · bonanza · stampede · El Dorado
creek
Narrow natural watercourse
bar · canyon · valley · streambank · riverbank · bedrock · diggings · goldfield · claim · prospect
- ondas y sensacioneseco, timbre, hertz, wavelength, audio
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold miners, gold mining, gold flakes, gold nuggets
- gold mininggold pan, pan, panning, nuggets, gold nugget
- mineral depositslimestone, chalk, salt, gypsum, calcite
- ore depositslode, mineral deposits, vein, motherlode, gold deposits
- conceptosidea, reflexion, conclusion, variable
- first placeWinning position
- take placeTo occur or happen
- out of placeNot where it belongs
- hiding placeConcealed refuge location
- in placeCorrectly positioned
- all over the placeScattered without order
place, replace, places, placed, placid, replaced, placement, replacement, placing