Mother Lode (Noun)
Meaning
The main vein of ore in a deposit.
Classification
Nouns denoting natural phenomena.
Examples
- The miners had been searching for years to find the mother lode of gold that would make their fortune.
- After months of excavation, the team finally stumbled upon the mother lode of copper deposits deep within the mountain.
- Geologists believed that the small discoveries were just a taste of the mother lode that lay hidden beneath the desert surface.
- The old prospector had spent his life searching for the mother lode of silver that he was convinced existed somewhere in the range.
- Drilling deep into the rock face, the crew hit the mother lode of iron ore that would supply the factory for years to come.