auriferous

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Gold, of course, is the international color of bling, the Midas touch, gilded and auriferous.

From Forbes • Aug. 21, 2013

At Gympie, the auriferous area is confined to veins traversing a crystalline diorite, or within a certain limit of its boundary, marked by the presence of fossiliferous diabase tufas.

From Early Days in North Queensland by Palmer, Edward

The Ankobra or Snake river traverses auriferous country, and reaches the sea some 20 m. west of Cape Three Points.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

And, finally, experts declare that some of the rich banket beds of the Transvaal became auriferous by the infiltration of water containing a minute proportion of gold in solution.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert

These may be classed as alluvial mining, vein-mining, and the treatment of auriferous ores.

From The Romance of Industry and Invention by Cochrane, Robert