As a special industrial type of copper resources, native copper is formed under a weak alkalic and sulphur-deficient deoxidized environment.Three conditions are necessary during ore formation, i.e.

• 以湘西九曲湾（麻阳）铜矿和滇东北沿河铜矿为例，结合国外典型自然铜矿床（矿化带），分析了自然铜的成矿学特征及形成条件。