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List of copper ores

Materials with copper content to be processed to recover copper

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

Image	Name	Formula	% Copper
when pure
[[File:Min chalcopyrite.jpg	100px]]	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS2		34.5
[[File:Chalcocite.jpg	100px]]	Chalcocite	Cu2S		79.8
[[File:Covellite-USA.jpg	100px]]	Covellite	CuS		66.5
[[File:Bornite.jpg	100px]]	Bornite	2Cu2S•CuS·FeS		63.3
[[File:Tetraedrite.jpg	100px]]	Tetrahedrite	Cu3SbS3 + x(Fe,Zn)6Sb2S9	32–45
[[File:Digenite.jpg	100px]]	Digenite	Cu9S5		78.1
[[File:Malachite Macro 43.jpg	100px]]	Malachite	CuCO3•Cu(OH)2		57.7
[[File:Azuritechessy.jpg	100px]]	Azurite	2CuCO3•Cu(OH)2		55.1
[[File:Cuprite.jpg	100px]]	Cuprite	Cu2O	88.1
[[File:Tenorite-202105.jpg	100px]]	Tenorite	CuO	79.7
[[File:Chrysocolla-122814.jpg	100px]]	Chrysocolla	(Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4•n(H2O)	37.9
[[File:Tennantite2.jpg	100px]]	Tennantite	Cu12As4S13		51.6
[[File:Dioptasetsumeb5.jpg	100px]]	Dioptase	CuSiO2(OH)2	45.3
[[File:Enargite-256381.jpg	100px]]	Enargite	Cu3AsS4	48.4

References

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

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