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Mining copper About 200 years ago the UK was an important world source of copper and tin and there were mines in Cornwall and Devon These mines have now closed and today the biggest copper mines are in Chile Escondida mine and Indonesia Grasberg mine These produce many millions of tonnes of copper ore per year
Further DetailsThe chief British copper mines were at Alderley Edge in Cheshire where the easily worked malachite was abundant There were others at Amlwch in Anglesey also in North Wales Shropshire Coniston and southwest Scotland
Further DetailsThe Great Orme Mines in Llandudno boast over 5 miles of explored tunnels and passageways In 2005 it was awarded the title of ‘The Largest Prehistoric Copper Mines in the World’ by the Guinness World Records Team The name Great Orme has old Scandinavian or Norse origins ormr meaning snake and hofuth meaning head or headland Modern translations take it to mean ‘serpent’s head’ derived from
Further DetailsCopper ores The main copper sulphide minerals are chalcopyrite CuFeS2 chalcocite Cu2S covellite CuS bornite Cu5FeS4 tetrahedrite CuFe12Sb4S13 and enargite Cu3AsS4 The largest source of copper is from porphyry ore deposits in which one or
Further DetailsAbout 200 years ago the UK was an important world source of copper and there were mines in Cornwall and Wales These mines have now closed and today the biggest copper mines are in Chile
Further DetailsOrefields Galena was principally mined around Charterhouse Smitham Hill Yoxter Chewton Warren and Green Ore but smaller lead veins were also worked on Sandford Hill near Tynings Farm Burrington Ham and north of Pen Hill Little ore was found on East Mendip
Further Detailscopper ions carbon → copper metal carbon dioxide When ores of reactive metals such as copper are heated with carbon or carbon monoxide they are being reduced
Further DetailsGeologic Occurrence Azurite is a secondary mineral that usually forms when carbondioxideladen waters descend into the Earth and react with subsurface copper ores The carbonic acid of these waters dissolves small amounts of copper from the ore The dissolved copper is transported with the water until it reaches a new geochemical environment
Further DetailsThe average Australian home contains 90kg of copper – in the wiring pipes and appliances Almost all copper products can be recycled – it is one of the most recycled metals in the world Copper can be mixed with other metals like zinc aluminium and tin to form alloys Copper occurs naturally in human animals and plants
Further DetailsCopper is found in the free metallic state in nature This native copper was first used c 8000 bce as a substitute for stone by Neolithic New Stone Age humans Metallurgy dawned in Mesopotamia as copper was cast to shape in molds c 4000 bce was reduced to metal from ores with fire and charcoal and was intentionally alloyed with
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