metalliferous in English
adjective
1
(chiefly of deposits of minerals) containing or producing metal.
The formation of mineral deposits and metalliferous vein ores in recognizable crystalline forms took his attention and were carefully described in scientific fashion.
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1. Ankylostomiasis: Principally as affecting Coal and Metalliferous Miners