1. gold-bearing - Adjective
2. gold-bearing - Adjective Satellite
containing gold
Source: WordNetauriferous quartz veins Source: Internet
Hydraulic mining was used on ancient gold-bearing gravel beds on hillsides and bluffs in the gold fields. Source: Internet
For example, as the gold-bearing ore sloped away from the outcrop underground to the south, more and more blasting was necessary for extraction, and mines consumed vast quantities of explosives. Source: Internet
These gold-bearing rocks had furthermore been covered by a thick layer of Ventersdorp lavas and the Transvaal Supergroup of rocks before the meteor struck. Source: Internet
The final stage to recover loose gold was to prospect for gold that had slowly washed down into the flat river bottoms and sandbars of California's Central Valley and other gold-bearing areas of California (such as Scott Valley in Siskiyou County). Source: Internet
Hard rock mining became the mainstay of the town long after the gold-bearing gravels were exhausted. Source: Internet