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Why do we mine ores?


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Ore is a deposit in Earth's crust of one or more valuable minerals. The most valuable ore deposits contain metals crucial to industry and trade, like copper, gold, and iron. Copper ore is mined for a variety of industrial uses. ... For thousands of years, gold ore was mined as a basis for currency, or money.