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Definition of Metalliferous
1. a. Producing metals; yielding metals.
Definition of Metalliferous
1. Adjective. (metallurgy) Containing a metallic element. Often used to describe ores that are mined commercially. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metalliferous
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Metalliferous
Literary usage of Metalliferous
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Treatise on Ore Deposits by Bernhard von Cotta (1870)
"I divide all metalliferous deposits, according to their forms, '•into Regular
... These separate forms of metalliferous deposits are sometimes so typical, ..."
2. Chemical and Geological Essays by Thomas Sterry Hunt (1875)
"THE ORIGIN OF metalliferous DEPOSITS. This paper, unlike the others in this
collection (with the exception of IV.), was a lecture to a general audience, ..."
3. A Text-book of Ore and Stone Mining by Clement Le Neve Foster (1897)
"The actual mining statutes now in force are as follows, in chronological order:
The metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872 (35 <k 36 Viet, c. 77). ..."
4. The Law of Mines, Quarries, and Minerals by Robert Forster MacSwinney (1907)
"An Act to amend the provisions of the metalliferous Mines Regulation Act, 1872,
... The owner or agent of every mine to which the metalliferous Mines ..."
5. Mining and Engineering: And Miner's Guide by Henry A. Gordon (1894)
"THE true origin and formation of metalliferous lodes has as yet baffled scientists.
... For a long time it was held that metalliferous lodes were of igneous ..."
6. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1915)
"Additional descriptions of the ore bodies will be given under " metalliferous
Deposits." VI. metalliferous DEPOSITS The metalliferous deposits of the Bully ..."
7. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1903)
"... the line of these roads, аз it appears to have been about 1800, its policy
was changed, and not only metalliferous, but all mineral lands were reserved. ..."
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