cupriferous

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This is black, bituminous, and cupriferous, and when first extracted from the mine it is thrown out into an open space and heaped up in a mound.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

The Indian titles to the mineral lands on that lake had been but a short time before completely extinguished, and the surveys of Dr. Houghton were bringing the cupriferous riches of the region into notice.

From Cleveland Past and Present Its Representative Men by Joblin, Maurice

By Pot Assay.—Roasted cupriferous pyrites containing small quantities of gold and silver comes under this heading.

From A Text-book of Assaying: For the Use of Those Connected with Mines. by Beringer, Cornelius

The Rossland, the Boundary and the Kootenay districts are the chief centres of vein-mining, yielding auriferous and cupriferous sulphide ores, as well as large quantities of silver-bearing lead ores.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

Its characteristics are the argentiferous and cupriferous ores, whereas in South Midian gold and silver were worked; and the parallelogram whose limits are assigned above, might be converted into a Northern Grant.

From The Land of Midian — Volume 1 by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir