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

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