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

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

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