minable

American  

[mahy-nuh-buhl] / ˈmaɪ nə bəl /

Or mineable

adjective

1. capable of being mined, especially profitably.

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• unminable
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of minable

First recorded in 1560–70; mine ² + -able

Example Sentences

But remember that easily minable gold has already been extracted, and that all mining companies will find it very difficult to expand simultaneously without bidding up production costs.

From Barron's • Oct. 22, 2025

To fashion the necessary tools that will allow her to explore the ocean’s depths — like an oxygen tank and flippers — Robin must scour her surroundings for minable resources: titanium, copper, quartz, etc.

From Washington Post • Jun. 11, 2021

With some of the world’s biggest onshore reserves of minable minerals, like iron, gold, nickel, and manganese, Brazil is not yet part of the blue-water gold rush.

From Newsweek • May 10, 2013

But he adds that the rare earth deposit, near the village of Khan Neshin in Helmand Province, offers the added incentive of minable quantities of uranium, thorium, phosphate and limestone for cement.

From Scientific American • Sep. 29, 2011

It may not be minable coal because in thin seams or because so intercalated with layers of slate or "bone," that the mine's mixture, or so-called "run of mine," is not salable.

From The Business of Mining A brief non-technical exposition of the principles involved in the profitable operation of mines by Hoskin, Arthur J.