Acid mine drainage where the ore is a sulfide mineral or is associated with pyrite. In these cases the predominant metal ion may not be iron but rather zinc, copper, or nickel. The most commonly mined ore of copper, chalcopyrite, is itself a copper-iron-sulfide and occurs with a range of other sulfides. Thus, copper mines are often major culprits of acid mine drainage. At some mines, acidic drainage is detected within 2–5 years after mining begins, whereas at other mines, it is not detected for several decades. In addition, acidic drainage may be generated for decades or centuries after it is first detected.
Ore condition condition ensures "R" is an essential submodule of "D". Lastly, there is even an example of a domain in a division ring which satisfies "neither" Ore condition (see examples below). Another natural question is: "When is a subring of a division ring right Ore?" One characterization is that a subring "R" of a division ring "D" is a right Ore domain if and only if "D" is a flat left "R"-module . A different, stronger version of the Ore conditions is usually given for the case where "R" is not a domain, namely that there should be a common multiple