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List of copper ores

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

Name Formula % Copper
when pure
Chalcopyrite
CuFeS2
34.5
Chalcocite
Cu2S
79.8
Covellite
CuS
66.5
Bornite
2Cu2S·CuS·FeS
63.3
Tetrahedrite
Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S9
32–45
Malachite
CuCO3•Cu(OH)2
57.7
Azurite
2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2
55.1
Cuprite
Cu2O
88.8
Chrysocolla
CuO·SiO2·2H2O
37.9
Tennantite
Cu12As4S13
51.6

Copper-bearing minerals[1]

References

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