PLACER MINING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does placer mining mean? 

• PLACER MINING (noun)
  The noun PLACER MINING has 1 sense:

1. mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging

  Familiarity information: PLACER MINING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACER MINING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mining valuable minerals from a placer by washing or dredging

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("placer mining" is a kind of...):

excavation; mining (the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth)