auriferous

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

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013

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 extraction of gold from auriferous minerals by fusion, except as an incident in their treatment for other metals, is very rarely practised.

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

Indeed, a man unaccustomed to the bush usually finds it astonishingly difficult even to see one, and provisions were worth a ransom in the auriferous wilderness into which they were pushing their way.

From Delilah of the Snows by Bindloss, Harold

Both are auriferous; the last will yield 300 pounds from each ton of ore.”

From In the Land of the Great Snow Bear A Tale of Love and Heroism by Stables, Gordon