Copper prospecting and exploration - Part 1 - How to identify copper minerals 

Very interesting. This week I'm visiting Parys Mountain on the isle of Angelsey in north west Wales, UK. I'll have a hunt to see if I can find any of these minerals. Back in 1780 this was apparently the world's biggest copper ore mine. The copper was used to sheath the ships of the Royal Navy to prevent marine damage to the hull.

Thank you Chris for taking the time and making the effort to present this information.

i went out this morning and found some malachite and azurite in some kind of white calcite-carbonatite? vein. The vein was sandwiched in a serpentine- "green"stone sheer. It might have some cuprite crystals as well. no visible gold, but it was an exciting thing to find a nice shear zone with the mineralization. you are a very good teacher, thank you for the tutelage.

Love the information! Thanks for your knowledge and experience

I feel like there a lot I can learn from your, first hand. Thanks for the video.

Hi Chris.. Thank you for sharing a huge variety of copper ores. Some specimens I've never recognized before. I have slight traces of Malachite mixed in quartz on my placer gold deposit. It's extremely faint, however, when it's more visible, the higher gold content occurs. So, I'm always on the lookout for copper. Thanks again. On to the next part of this series !

Thank you for this video. I learned so much. I particularly enjoyed the part about the gemstones.

I am really enjoying the copper series. I have three adjacent claims at the old Scott mine in Maricopa County, Arizona. I have a bit of chrysocolla, Cuprite, Silver, manganese and amethyst on the claims. Unfortunately, there isn't much gold. Last Christmas I surveyed and staked a separate claim for the better half that has lots of copper deposits. If I'm back in Arizona in the Spring, you are welcome to visit and collect a few specimens. Now, all I have to do is get your book and have even more fun and adventure. Thanks for the great video showing the awesome specimens.

The reason I stumbled on this video was specifically because I tripped over a small nodule of rock that has azurite and malachite crystals in it and was looking for a resource on what to look for to hopefully find some larger examples of the same. I think Part 2 will assist more in this endeavor.

Great video. Lots of good information. Really like the part where you talk about the different minerals and stuff. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks you. Love your work

Very educational, thanks!

Power packed video. I found a lot of copper Very pretty. Am in Elko County Nevada. Sparkles and vibrant colors. Heavy black rocks also.

Amazed!☺️

Thanks Chris! That was great

Very helpful information sir 🙏

Cool !!!!!!!

Thank you for your time spend making these videos. I enjoy them and am learning more every time. I do have a question to ask about can you find gold, or other metals (copper, silver) panning in the rivers in Tx around San Antonio? thank you again for the great content you put out.

I found native copper in what I think was a nasty looking Chrysocolla chunk along some railroad tracks it was really cool. I'd soak it hot water then let if dry and then soak it in hot water let it dry and it started to have thr copper show itself beautifully after a couple well of that.

Chris your videos are super informative! Thank you! Is there any valuable minerals found with Gypsum crystals or Selenite?

thank you for this informative video, sir. How about the second part?

Copper refining involves a number of elements and they aren't cheap. Elements commonly associated with copper include iron, nickel cobalt, silver, gold, lead and others. Copper is used largely for electrical wires because of it's excellent electrical conductivity. However the copper must be very pure to conduct well. After copper is extensively refined it is then electrolytically refined. The copper is cast into huge electrodes and these are put into a solution of copper sulfate. The current is turned on. The copper is converted in ions and these cross the solution and deposit ad very pure copper on the cathode. Iron, cobalt and nickel are converted to ions but do not deposit on cathode. They stay in solution. Gold and silver do not ionize. They fall off the anode as a sludge that is processed for silver and gold. The necessity of electro refining gives us more valuable products.

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Man the tetrahedrite ore is wondrous! I'm wanting to observe some silver mine waste piles I know of., A mostly private area known as silver plume, in hopes that perhaps the silver miners simply discarded some copper ores into the silver spoils piles! I might be able to get a hot signal if the ores are rich?

Have you been to our Copper Country on the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan? Literally millions of tons of native copper. I'm watching your videos so I can better identify these copper minerals that we have here too.

It is crazy to think , that huge betroidal malechite that was faced off and polished at 15:30 all started with some indistict green "fuzz" on rocks or flecks of metalic copper in the ground...the gem and crystal stuff is just as cool as the gold stuff is too me.

Thanks Chris for your video, I just running my small scale copper ore mine in East , 300 to 500 tons of ore crushing. Exploration ,sorting, crushing up to 0.5mm and selling to buyers. I would like to make make pure copper because of values, when I sell as ore values are very low, Can you give me an idea how much gonna cost put up small copper purification plant and required of electricity. I started this job as excavator operator, thank god I have now excavator, wheel loader, air compressor, trucks, small mobile crusher 30 tons per hour. I want to jump to next level at least production of small quantity of copper cathode. Expecting your good advice.

Hello, please what will you advice me to do if I go to a "virgin" field for my first time where I suspect the presence of copper .

Hello Chris is a copper oxide ore grade of 2.9% considered High/Low grade. the ore is surface level(

great video ..can i suggest ,without being rude ,that you edit out a lot at the beginning ,people want quicker videos ..you have alot of competion..so i think everyone knows what copper is for

Investing money in Chile for copper mines make Billionaires right 👍 What machinaries are used for copper mining and $3million dollar enough for finding and digging copper at beginning

I have some electric blue material, its conductive, not magnetic and sets off my metal detector. I cant figure out what it is and im finding alot of it.

Hey Chris, would you consider doing a limited colour run of your book/my future bible ?? I personally would happily pay your asking price

I don't understand English. Now I use google translate. What I say may be difficult for you to understand. I apologize to you for that. Copper sulfide ore is smelted. Add copper ore and ferrosilicon/limestone to the crucible. The temperature is around 1200. Melting copper is inconvenient. The molten copper does not aggregate. A mixture of slag and copper. Why? Do you need to add more borax/soda ash? Or do you need something?

Hey Chris. Thank you for the valuable information on prospecting cooper and everything else you share with us. I found an old mine nearby that was primarily a copper deposit with gold, silver, lead and zinc as tertiary. I have collected some nice samples with lots of color. There is also a zone running through the vein that is very red and iron rich. Lots of sulfides and small pyrite cubes. In a few samples I looked at under the glass where the malachite meets the iron there are very fine sharp fibers splintering between the two. And fuzzy iron colored crystals. Again this is under the jewelers loupe. I’m wondering if this could be possible an asbestos fiber? I have been wearing Ppe and am being very cautious with my sampling. Wondering if you could provide some insight to it.

You should have at east mentioned the Grasberg

The layers resemble fractals.

Wish you could come see me I think I've found plenty of copper, gold ect. 98% certain but nobody knows much about it where I am. Could I message you to send pics possibly?

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Too bad the unions destroyed all of Michigan's copper mines.