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

• unminable
  adjective

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Etymology

Origin of minable

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

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Example Sentences

See Examples For:

minable

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

The court said the sale agreement never included a warranty about the amount of minable coal.

From Washington Post ● May 20, 2016

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 Arthur J. Hoskin

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