Depends on what the copper hosting mineral is.
Copper is one of the chalcophilic elements - which means sulfur loving.
However Chalcopyrite is still classed as a common mineral even for the low sulfidation deposits.
There is a beaut little pdf that has some good info on the two the types.
http://www.geology.wisc.edu/~pbrown/g515/web09/EpithermalAu.pdf
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