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	88.8
	Chrysocolla	(Cu,Al)2H2Si2O5(OH)4·n(H2O)	37.9
	Tennantite	Cu12As4S13	51.6
	Dioptase	CuSiO2(OH)2	45.3
	Enargite	Cu3AsS4	48.4

References

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