auriferous

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013

These may be classed as alluvial mining, vein-mining, and the treatment of auriferous ores.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

Some of the hydraulic works in California for washing down masses of auriferous earth are on a scale stupenduous enough to produce really important topographical changes.

From Man and Nature or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by Marsh, George P.

The ore at the latter place is auriferous iron pyrites, called by the natives Inga.

From The Inhabitants of the Philippines by Sawyer, Frederic H.

The formation is noted for its regularity as regards both the thickness and the gold-tenor of the ore-bearing reefs, in which respect it is unparalleled in the geology of the auriferous formations.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various