ironfield

English

Etymology

From iron +‎ field.

Noun

ironfield (plural ironfields)

1. An area where ironstone or iron ore is quarried or mined.
   • 1954 August, “Marshalling Yard Reorganisation, Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 570:

     The east-west flow consists in the westerly direction of the agricultural and industrial products of East Anglia; imports through London and Parkeston (Harwich); special traffic in coke to the Northamptonshire ironfield; and mineral empties returning to the Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, and South Yorkshire coalfields.