metalliferous
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonmetalliferous adjective
Etymology
Origin of metalliferous
Example Sentences
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In the east lies Ruanda-Urundi, where the seven-foot Watussi live; in the south lies Katanga, the metalliferous wonderland that fronts on Rhodesia and is the site of Shinkolobwe, the world's richest uranium mine.
From Time Magazine Archive
Visitors were barred because they might carry metalliferous dust; even research-staff members had to take their shoes off before entering the animal rooms.
From Time Magazine Archive
His most important memoirs on the metalliferous deposits of Cornwall and Devon were published in 1843 by the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
The most metalliferous of these contacts are those at the base of the slates, the lowest contact of the series being the richest.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Colonel W. H. Ashley, who had penetrated into this region, together with several enterprising hunters and woodsmen, represented it as metalliferous, and abounding in scenes of varied interest.
From Scenes and Andventures in the Semi-Alpine Region of the Ozark Mountains of Missouri and Arkansas by Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe
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