silver ore
Unrefined treasure rock
Silver ore is rock or mineral deposit containing silver in sufficient concentration to be worth extracting.
The silver typically occurs combined with other elements—often sulfur, lead, or copper—rather than in pure metallic form: The miners discovered a rich vein of silver ore.
Processing separates the silver from surrounding material.
- argentiteSilver sulfide ore
- galenaSulfide ore of lead
- assayCompositional evaluation procedure
- Comstock LodeFamous Nevada ore deposit
- smeltingExtracting metal from ore
prospecting · pay dirt · underground mining · mineral · coinage · refining · refinery · pickaxe · mine tailings · ingot · bonanza · boom and bust · mining town · motherlode · shaft · precious · deposit · nugget
- Oresbauxite, hematite, magnetite, galena, cassiterite
- silver sourcesargentite
- mineralsquartz, marble, granite, limestone, sandstone
- mininggold, mines, gold mines, mine, coal
- raw materialsraw cotton, raw wool, crude oil, coal, natural gas
- silversilverware, silversmith
silver oresilver bullion
Refined metal in mass
silver ingot · sterling silver · fine silver · silver bar · silver coin
silver oretailings
Post-extraction mineral waste
gangue · slag · overburden · country rock · copper ore