List of copper ores

Following are the 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
Digenite	Cu₉S₅	78.1
Malachite	CuCO₃•Cu(OH)₂	57.7
Azurite	2CuCO₃·Cu(OH)₂	55.1
Cuprite	Cu₂O	88.8
Chrysocolla	(Cu,Al)₂H₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄·n(H₂O)	37.9
Tennantite	Cu₁₂As₄S₁₃	51.6
Dioptase	CuSiO₂(OH)₂	45.3
Enargite	Cu3AsS4	48.4
Name	Formula	% Copper when pure
Copper-bearing minerals[1]

References

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

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