List of copper ores

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Following is a list of minerals that serve as copper ores in the copper mining process: [1]

ImageNameFormula% Copper
when pure
Min chalcopyrite.jpg Chalcopyrite CuFeS234.5
Chalcocite.jpg Chalcocite Cu2S 79.8
Covellite-USA.jpg Covellite CuS 66.5
Bornite.jpg Bornite 2Cu2S·CuS·FeS63.3
Tetraedrite.jpg Tetrahedrite Cu3 SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S932–45
Digenite.jpg Digenite Cu9S578.1
Malachite Macro 43.jpg Malachite CuCO3•Cu(OH)257.7
Azuritechessy.jpg Azurite 2CuCO3·Cu(OH)255.1
Cuprite.jpg Cuprite Cu2O88.1
Tenorite-202105.jpg Tenorite CuO79.7
Chrysocolla-122814.jpg Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O)37.9
Tennantite2.jpg Tennantite Cu12As4S1351.6
Dioptasetsumeb5.jpg Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)245.3
Enargite-256381.jpg Enargite Cu3AsS448.4

References

  1. Samans, Carl H. Engineering Metals and their Alloys MacMillan 1949