Your friend Angela tells you about a field trip that she went on and learned about mining. She and her classmates had the opportunity to harvest minerals from a local river. They used pans to scoop the materials from the water and washed and shook the pans to separate the minerals from rocks and other debris. Unfortunately, she and her classmates were not allowed to keep souvenirs. What type of mining did Angela and her classmates participate in? (1 point)

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drilling rocks
drilling rocks

placer mining
placer mining

surface mining
surface mining

underground mining

Answer 1

placer mining