Gold Placer Deposit

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-012418",
  "term": "Gold Placer Deposit",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "Gold placer deposit consisting of metallic gold-bearing gravels, which may be: residual, from weathering of rocks in-situ; river gravels in active streams; river gravels in abandoned and often buried channels; alluvial fans; sea-beaches; and sea-beaches now elevated and inland. Ore is the raw “bank run” material measured in place, before being moved by mechanical or hydraulic means to a beneficiation process.",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 440.132 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/gold-placer-deposit/"
}