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Following is a list of minerals that serve as copper ores in the copper mining process: [1] Image Name Formula % Copper when pure Chalcopyrite: CuFeS 2: 34.5 Chalcocite:
Production trends in the top five copper-producing countries, 1950-2012. This is a list of countries by mined copper production. Copper ore can be exported to be smelted so that a nation's smelter production of copper can differ greatly from its mined production. See: List of countries by copper smelter production.
This list of copper mines includes operating, closed and planned mines that have substantial copper output. Africa/Middle East. Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gold-copper ore, concentrated and leached 16 (2018) [6] 16 Lisbon Valley San Juan County, Utah: Lisbon Valley Mining Company Copper ore, open pit, heap leached 10–15 (2018) [9] 17 Miami: Gila County, Arizona: Freeport-McMoRan: Copper ore, leached 5 (2021) [2] 18 Carlota Gila County, Arizona: KGHM Polska Miedź: Porphyry copper open pit ...
Rich ore sample from Sudbury, collected in 1932: Pentlandite – Chalcopyrite – Pyrrhotite. The large impact crater filled with magma containing nickel, copper, palladium, gold, the platinum group and other metals. [17] This magma formed into pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and pentlandite rocks, [18] [19] as well as cubanite and magnetite. [20]
Porphyry copper deposits represent an important resource and the dominant source of copper that is mined today to satisfy global demand. [6] Via compilation of geological data, it has been found that the majority of porphyry deposits are Phanerozoic in age and were emplaced at depths of approximately 1 to 6 kilometres with vertical thicknesses on average of 2 kilometres. [6]
Chalcopyrite (/ ˌ k æ l k ə ˈ p aɪ ˌ r aɪ t,-k oʊ-/ [7] [8] KAL-kə-PY-ryte, -koh-) is a copper iron sulfide mineral and the most abundant copper ore mineral. It has the chemical formula CuFeS 2 and crystallizes in the tetragonal system.
Bornite, also known as peacock ore, is a sulfide mineral with chemical composition Cu 5 Fe S 4 that crystallizes in the orthorhombic system (pseudo-cubic). It is an important copper ore. It is an important copper ore.