Placer may refer to one of the following:
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Placer deposit
In geology, a placer deposit or placer is an accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation from a specific source rock during sedimentary processes. The name is from the Spanish word ''placer'', meaning "alluvial sand". Placer min ...
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Placer sheep
The raising of domestic sheep has occurred in nearly every inhabited part of the globe, and the variations in cultures and languages which have kept sheep has produced a vast lexicon of unique terminology used to describe sheep husbandry.
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Placer mining
Placer mining () is the mining of stream bed (Alluvium, alluvial) deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit mining, open-pit (also called open-cast mining) or by various surface excavating equipment or tunneling equipment.
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Placer (geography)
Placer ( pt, parcel or ''pracel'') is a term used by Portuguese discoveries, Portuguese and list of conquistadors, Spanish navigators and cartographers to refer to a certain kind of submerged ocean bank, bank or reef. Commonly the bottom of suc ...
, a submerged bank or reef.
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Placer, rugby league football role.
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Placer, a job title in the Pottery industry.
Geographical names:
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Placer, Masbate
Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer, is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Masbate, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 56,340 people.
By virtue of Republic Act No. 292, passed on June 16, 1948, t ...
, Philippines
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Placer, Surigao del Norte
Placer, officially the Municipality of Placer ( Surigaonon: Lungsod nan Placer; tl, Bayan ng Placer), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Surigao del Norte, Philippines. According to the 2020 census, it has a population of 29,616 peopl ...
, Philippines
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Loomis, California
Loomis (formerly, Pine, Pino, Smithville, and Placer) is an incorporated town in Placer County, California, United States. It is part of the Sacramento–Arden-Arcade– Roseville Metropolitan Statistical Area. The town's population was r ...
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Placer County, California
Placer County ( ; Spanish for "sand deposit"), officially the County of Placer, is a county in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 404,739. The county seat is Auburn.
Placer County is included in the Grea ...
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