The Collaborative International Dictionary
Argentiferous \Ar`gen*tif"er*ous\, a. [L. argentum silver + -ferous: cf. F. argentif[`e]re.] Producing or containing silver; as, argentiferous lead ore or veins.
Wiktionary
a. Containing or producing silver.
WordNet
adj. containing or yielding silver; "argentiferous ore"
Usage examples of "argentiferous".
There at present nothing is talked of but copper mines and silver or argentiferous copper ores.
Since I penned this, a company is forming to work valuable argentiferous copper-mines lately discovered on Lake Superior.
Ores of Lead -- Geographical Distribution of the Lead Industry -- Chemical and Physical Properties of Lead -- Alloys of Lead -- Compounds of Lead -- Dressing of Lead Ores -- Smelting of Lead Ores -- Smelting in the Scotch or American Ore-hearth -- Smelting in the Shaft or Blast Furnace -- Condensation of Lead Fume -- Desilverisation, or the Separation of Silver from Argentiferous Lead -- Cupellation -- The Manufacture of Lead Pipes and Sheets -- Protoxide of Lead -- Litharge and Massicot -- Red Lead or Minium -- Lead Poisoning -- Lead Substitutes -- Zinc and its Compounds -- Pumice Stone -- Drying Oils and Siccatives -- Oil of Turpentine Resin -- Classification of Mineral Pigments -- Analysis of Raw and Finished Products -- Tables -- Index.