Metal

Metals are mineral items found as raw ore (in most cases) by mining veins and deposits. They are often usable as ingredients for professions (usually Blacksmithing or Engineering) after being smelted into a purer bar form.

Mined Metals

 * Copper
 * Tin
 * Bronze - Alloy of Copper and Tin
 * Silver
 * Iron
 * Gold
 * Steel - Alloy of Iron and Coal (Carbon)
 * Mithril
 * Truesilver
 * Thorium
 * Dark Iron

BC Metals

 * Adamantite
 * Hardened Adamantite - Smelted from Adamantite
 * Fel Iron
 * Eternium
 * Khorium
 * Felsteel - Alloy of Fel Iron and Eternium
 * Hardened Khorium - Alloy of Hardened Adamantite and Khorium

WotLK Metals

 * Cobalt
 * Saronite
 * Titanium
 * Titansteel - Alloy
 * Primordial Saronite - Dropped in Icecrown Citadel and used as both an ingredient and currency.

Special Metals

 * Enchanted Thorium - Created by Miners
 * Arcanite - Created by Alchemists
 * Elementium - Dropped in Blackwing Lair

Other Metals

 * Adamantine &mdash; from
 * Darkspine Iron &mdash; Quest; dropped by Darkspine nagas and their Greengill slaves and also found in Darkspine ore chests on the Isle of Quel'Danas
 * Elunite &mdash; Quest; from a crate in Darkshore
 * Fel Stone &mdash; from
 * Lead &mdash; No known use; from Gnomeregan
 * Lesser Bloodstone &mdash; Quest; from cave in the Arathi Highlands
 * Incendicite &mdash; Quest; from cave in the Wetlands
 * Indurium &mdash; Quest; from Uldaman
 * Platinum &mdash; from
 * Rethban &mdash; Quest; from cave in the Redridge Mountains
 * Umbral &mdash; Quest; from a strongbox in Dun Morogh
 * Underlight &mdash; Quest; dropped by Blackpaw gnolls in the Ghostlands
 * Brass - Alloy of Copper and Zinc; Items
 * Rubidium - Items
 * Vanadium - Items
 * Palladium - Items
 * Iridium - Items
 * Quicksilver (Mercury) - Items
 * Wrought-Iron - Alloy of Iron and less Coal (Carbon); Items
 * Cast Iron - Alloy of Iron, Coal (Carbon), and Silicon; Items
 * Cast Steel - Items
 * Fel-Wrought - Items
 * Heavy Veldarite - Mentioned by Gezhe.