Substances Mined
Substances commercially mined from placer deposits include:
- Gold
- Platinum group metals
- Tin, in the mineral cassiterite
- Diamonds
- Rare earth elements, from the mineral monazite
- Thorium, from the mineral monazite
- Titanium, from the mineral ilmenite
- Uranium, from Precambrian paleoplacers
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