List of copper ores

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

Image 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
Digenite Cu9S5 78.1
Malachite CuCO3•Cu(OH)2 57.7
Azurite 2CuCO3·Cu(OH)2 55.1
Cuprite Cu2O 88.1
Tenorite CuO 79.7
Chrysocolla (Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O) 37.9
Tennantite Cu12As4S13 51.6
Dioptase CuSiO2(OH)2 45.3
Enargite Cu3AsS4 48.4

References

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