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List of copper ores

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

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% Copper
Name Formula
when pure

CuFeS2 34.5

Chalcopyrite

Cu2S 79.8

Chalcocite

CuS 66.5

Covellite

2Cu2S·CuS·FeS 63.3
Bornite

Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S9 32–45

Tetrahedrite

Cu9S5 78.1

Digenite

CuCO3•Cu(OH)2 57.7

Malachite

2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2 55.1

Azurite

Cu2O 88.8
Cuprite

(Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O) 37.9

Chrysocolla

% Copper
Name Formula
when pure

Copper-bearing minerals[1]

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% Copper
Name Formula
when pure

Cu12As4S13 51.6

Tennantite

CuSiO2(OH)2 45.3
Dioptase
% Copper
Name Formula
when pure

Copper-bearing minerals[1]

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

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