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What are metal minerals? 2008-1-17 Source: China Nonferrous Metals Network. Minerals from which certain metal elements or compounds suitable for industrial use can be extracted. Based on the properties and uses of metal elements, they are classified into ferrous metal minerals, such as iron ore and manganese ore ； Non-ferrous metal ores, such as copper ore and zinc ore ； Light metal minerals, such as bauxite ； Precious metal ores, such as gold ore and silver ore ； Radioactive metal ores, such as uranium ore and thorium ore ； Rare metal minerals, such as lithium ore and beryllium ore ； Rare earth metal minerals ； Dispersed metal minerals, etc. China has a wide variety of metal mineral resources, with abundant reserves and widespread distribution. There are 54 types of minerals with proven reserves. Among them, there are 1,834 mining areas with proven reserves of iron ore, with a total reserve of 46.3 billion tons, ranking fifth in the world ； There are 213 manganese ore deposits, with a total proven reserve of 566 million tons, ranking third in the world ； Chromium ore resources are relatively scarce, with total proven reserves of 10.78 million tons of ore ； Among titanium ore resources, ilmenite holds a titanium reserve of 357 million tons, ranking first in the world ； The total proven reserves of vanadium ore resources amount to 25.96 million tons, ranking third in the world ； There are 910 copper mine sites, with a total reserve of 62.43 million tons, ranking seventh in the world ； There are over 700 lead-zinc ore deposits, with reserves of 35.72 million tons of lead and 93.84 million tons of zinc, ranking it fourth in the world ； There are 310 bauxite resources sites, with a total reserve of 2.27 billion tons, ranking seventh in the world ； Nickel ore resources are scarce; there are nearly 100 mining sites in total, with a combined reserve of 7.84 million tons of nickel, ranking it ninth in the world ； There are 150 cobalt ore deposits, with a total reserves of 470,000 tons of cobalt ； There are 252 tungsten ore deposits, with a total reserve of 25.29 million tons of tungsten, ranking first in the world ； There are 293 tin mining sites, with a total reserve of 4.07 million tons of tin, ranking second in the world ； There are 222 molybdenum ore deposits, with a total reserves of 8.4 million tons of molybdenum, ranking second in the world ； There are 103 mercury mine sites, with a total reserve of 81,400 tons of mercury, ranking third in the world ； There are 111 antimony mineral deposits, with a total reserve of 2.78 million tons of antimony, ranking first in the world ； There are 35 deposits of platinum group metal minerals, with a total proven reserve of 310 tons of platinum group metals. There are 1,265 gold mine sites, with a total proven gold reserve of 4,265 tons, ranking seventh in the world ； There are 569 silver mineral deposits, with a total reserve of 116,500 tons of silver, ranking sixth in the world ； There are 13 strontium mineral deposits, with a total reserve of 32.9 million tons of strontium, ranking second in the world ； There are over 60 sites containing rare earth resources, with a total reserve of around 90 million tons, ranking first in the world.