Occurrence and Distribution of Metals Minerals Ore: deposit that contains enough metal that we can extract economically. Most metals are found in minerals.
1) Elemental Form e.g. Ag, Au, Pt – noble metals. 2) Aluminosilicates and Silicates Metal + Al, Si, O e.g. Beryl = Be 3 Al 2 Si 6 O 18 Hard to extract.
