Auriferous \Au*rif"er*ous\, a. [L. aurifer; aurum gold + ferre to bear: cf. F. aurif[`e]re.]

Gold-bearing; containing or producing gold.

Whence many a bursting stream auriferous plays. --Thomson.

Auriferous pyrites, iron pyrites (iron disulphide), containing some gold disseminated through it.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)