ore
Smelter's raw material
Ore is rock or mineral from which a valuable substance, especially metal, can be extracted: iron ore, copper ore.
The term implies economic viability—material only counts as ore if it's worth mining.
By extension, ore sometimes refers to any raw material awaiting refinement: The manuscripts were ore waiting to be smelted into prose.
Vessel toward heart
- seamJoined fabric edge
- depositPlace for safekeeping
- lodeMineral-rich rock seam
- shaftNarrow vertical passage
tunnel · adit · stope · overburden · opencast · claim · assay · core
Element twenty-six
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
- tinElement fifty, Sn
- zincElement thirty
- leadDense metal, symbol Pb
aluminum · nickel · tungsten · uranium · manganese · cobalt · titanium · molybdenum
Iron oxide ore
- magnetiteMagnetic iron ore
- bauxiteAluminum hydroxide ore
- galenaSulfide ore of lead
- cassiteritePrincipal tin oxide ore
pyrite · wolframite · cinnabar · limonite · siderite · malachite · azurite
vein
Vessel toward heart
shaft · tunnel · adit · stope · overburden · opencast · claim · assay · core · extraction
iron
Element twenty-six
lead · aluminum · nickel · tungsten · uranium · manganese · cobalt · titanium · molybdenum · chromium
hematite
Iron oxide ore
cassiterite · pyrite · wolframite · cinnabar · limonite · siderite · malachite · azurite
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
smelt · roasting · reduction · ingot · molten · metallurgy · refinery · blast · foundry · ironworks
pan
Shallow cooking vessel
exploration · strike · bonanza · outcrop · sampling · surveying · geologist · claim · nugget · placer
- ironiron bar, pig iron, cast iron, sheet iron, wrought iron
- Old Westcowboy, cowboys, cowgirl, sheriff, sheriffs
- metalworkingwelding, casting, forging, smithing, smelting
- Crosswordesealee, aloe, epee, erne, etui
- mineral depositslimestone, chalk, salt, gypsum, calcite
- mining historyminers, gold pan, gold mining, pickaxes, silver mining
orewood
Tree-derived building material
timber · plant material · organic matter · fiber · lumber
- iron oreExtractable metallic mineral deposit
- copper oreMetal-bearing mineral deposit
- silver oreUnprocessed precious metal rock
- metal oresUnprocessed metallic minerals
- ore cartTrack vehicle for excavated rock
- ore dressingProcessing mined material