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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

AURIFEROUS

a.[L. aurifer, from aurum, gold, and fero, to produce. ] That yields or produces gold; as auriferous sands or streams.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

AURIFEROUS

Au *rif "er *ous, a. Etym: [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurifère. ]

 

Defn: Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold. Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. Thomson. ~= pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide ), containing some gold disseminated through it.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

auriferous

au rif er ous |ôˈrifərəs ɔˈrɪfərəs | ▶adjective (of rocks or minerals ) containing gold. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin aurifer ‘gold-bearing ’ (from aurum ‘gold ’) + -ous .

 

Oxford Dictionary

auriferous

auriferous |ɔːˈrɪf (ə )rəs | ▶adjective (of rocks or minerals ) containing gold. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin aurifer ‘gold-bearing ’ (from aurum ‘gold ’) + -ous .