Metalliferous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Containing metal. Used of a mineral deposit or an ore.
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  • adj. Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Producing metals; yielding metals.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Producing or yielding metal: as, metalliferous deposits or veins; a metalliferous district.
    • Word Usage
    "It was owing to the mines that Dartmoor became a part of the Duchy, for the 'metalliferous' moors of Dartmoor and Cornwall had, on that account, long been Crown lands; and therefore, when Edward III created his eldest son Prince of Wales and Duke of Cornwall, the Chase of Dartmoor, and the"
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