Multiple Choice
Placer deposits form because
A) gold is lighter weight than other rocks and minerals and floats to the surface.
B) hot fluids travel through bedrock and create mineral veins.
C) minerals with covalent bonds transition to ionic bonding.
D) running water separates and concentrates minerals and rock fragments by their density.
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