Ores & Minerals

Scattered around the world are small deposits of different ores and minerals. The ores and minerals that appear are dependent on the stone type geology biome you are in. If you find a deposit on the surface, it will always have an underground deposit. How deep the deposit is, is random and also depends on the ore or mineral. For example, copper spawns very close to the surface, while Iron spawns a lot deeper in the ground. You can have some ores and mineral deposits spawn together, and some deposits will sometimes not have a surface deposit.

Once you find an underground deposit, either by finding a surface deposit, or by luck, you'll notice it is made out of Poor, Normal, and Rich ore types. Each rarity of ore gives a different amount of ore when crushed. Each ore and mineral type have either a set or random rarity time, for example, Native Copper deposits are only random, which means it can be a poor, normal, or rich deposit, but none of them will always be a certain rarity type. Native Silver deposits are poor in almost all stone types, except two of them, where they are instead rich, but none of them are random. Rarity of a deposit doesn't effect how much is in a deposit, but instead how many poor, normal, and rich ores spawn. Higher rarity deposits, have more rich ores, and less normal, and poor ones. Normal deposits have an equal amount of each rarity.

Ores have a much wider, and more important use than minerals. Although minerals are still important, only a few of them have any real use, and only have one or two uses. Minerals have their own prospector's tool, which will only identify minerals and ignore any ore deposits. There are some “minerals” that are not labeled here, which are gems like Ruby, and Sapphire, which are classified as minerals, but are located in Gems page.

Ore Generation

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Simple Name

Copper

Iron

Zinc

Tin

Nickel

Aluminum

Accurate Name

Native Copper

Tetrahedrite

Malachite

Hematite

Limonite

Magnetite

Native Gold

Native Silver

Sphalerite

Cassiterite

Bismuthinite

Garnierite

Uranium

Chromite

Bauxite

Lead

Geology

Rock Type

Sedimentary

Shale

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Claystone

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Limestone

X

X

Rich

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Conglomerate

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Dolomite

X

X

Poor

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Chert

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Chalk

X

X

Poor

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Any

X

Metamorphic

Quartzite

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Poor

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Slate

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Poor

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Phyllite

X

Any

Poor

X

X

X

X

Poor

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Schist

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Poor

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Gneiss

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Rich

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Marble

X

Any

Rich

X

X

X

X

Poor

Any

X

X

X

Any

Any

Any

Any

Igneous

Extrusive

Rhyolite

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Basalt

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Andesite

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Dacite

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Intrusive

Granite

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Rich

X

Any

Any

Poor

X

Any

X

Any

Diorite

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Any

Poor

X

Any

X

Any

Gabbro

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

Any

Rich

X

Any

X

Any

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Mineral Generation

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Simple Name

Coal

Salt

Redstone

Accurate Name

Bituminous Coal

Lignite

Kaolinite

Graphite

Saltpeter

Halite

Cinnabar

Sulfur

Borax

Cryolite

Sylvite

Lapis

Gypsum

Emerald

Kimberlite

Geology

Rock Type

Sedimentary

Shale

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

X

Any

X

X

X

X

Claystone

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

Any

X

Any

X

X

X

X

Limestone

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

Conglomerate

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dolomite

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Chert

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

Chalk

Any

Any

Any

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Metamorphic

Quartzite

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Slate

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Phyllite

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Schist

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Gneiss

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

Marble

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

Igneous

Extrusive

Rhyolite

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Basalt

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Andesite

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Dacite

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

Any

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Intrusive

Granite

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

Any

X

X

X

Poor

X

Diorite

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Poor

X

Gabbro

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Any

X

X

X

X

X

Poor

Poor

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