List of copper ores

{{short description|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:Samans, Carl H. Engineering Metals and their Alloys MacMillan 1949

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Image !Name !Formula !% Copper when pure
100px \|Chalcopyrite \|CuFeS₂	34.5
100px \|Chalcocite \|Cu₂S	79.8
100px \|Covellite \|CuS	66.5
100px \|Bornite \|2Cu₂S·CuS·FeS	63.3
100px \|Tetrahedrite \|Cu₃SbS₃ + x(Fe,Zn)₆Sb₂S₉	32–45
100px \|Digenite \|Cu₉S₅	78.1
100px \|Malachite \|CuCO₃•Cu(OH)₂	57.7
100px \|Azurite \|2CuCO₃·Cu(OH)₂	55.1
100px \|Cuprite \|Cu₂O	88.1
100px \|Tenorite \|CuO	79.7
100px \|Chrysocolla \|(Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·n(H₂O)	37.9
100px \|Tennantite \|Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃	51.6
100px \|Dioptase \|CuSiO₂(OH)₂	45.3
100px \|Enargite \|Cu₃AsS₄ \|48.4

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Image

!Name

!Formula

!% Copper
when pure

100px

|Chalcopyrite

|CuFeS₂

34.5

100px

|Chalcocite

|Cu₂S