Important Ore Minerals
- Argentite: Ag2S for production of silver
- Barite: BaSO
- Bauxite Al(OH)3 and AlOOH, dried to Al2O3 for production of aluminium
- Beryl: Be3Al2(SiO3)6
- Bornite: CuFeS
- Cassiterite: SnO
- Chalcocite: CuS for production of copper
- Chalcopyrite: CuFeS
- Chromite: (Fe, Mg)CrO for production of chromium
- Cinnabar: HgS for production of mercury
- Cobaltite: (Co, Fe)AsS
- Columbite-Tantalite or Coltan: (Fe, Mn)(Nb, Ta)O
- Galena: PbS
- Gold: Au, typically associated with quartz or as placer deposits
- Hematite: FeO
- Ilmenite: FeTiO
- Magnetite: FeO
- Malachite: CuCO(OH)
- Molybdenite: MoS
- Pentlandite:(Fe, Ni)S
- Pyrolusite:MnO
- Scheelite: CaWO
- Sphalerite: ZnS
- Uraninite (pitchblende): UO for production of metallic uranium
- Wolframite: (Fe, Mn)WO
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