metalliferous

Historical Examples of metalliferous

• It also occurs in gneiss, and sometimes in metalliferous veins.

  Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 1

  Various

• Traces of this metal, chiefly in the boulder form, are found in the metalliferous horizontal strata.

  Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820

  Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

• The occurrence of this metal in the copper-bearing and other metalliferous rocks of this region, may be confidently affirmed.

  Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820

  Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

• At Vanmater's, the metalliferous clay marl is overlaid by a grayish sedimentary limestone.

  Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820

  Henry Rowe Schoolcraft

• Granite, porphyry, and limestone are found here, as in the other metalliferous regions.

  A Report on Washington Territory

  William Henry Ruffner