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Copper

Ship Mining

A soft red-orange colored metal with high conductivity. Prone to oxidation unless properly treated.

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Numerics

Category
Ship Mining
Approx. value
≈ 3,705 aUEC / SCU
Approximate UEX sell price — varies with gameplay & location
Resistance
-0.70
Higher → harder to break
Instability
50
Higher → window jitters more
Optimal-window centre
0.60
0.0 (left) … 1.0 (right) of the charge bar
Centre randomness
0.15
Window thinness
-0.90
Positive → tighter window; negative → wider
Explosion multiplier
-20
Yield bonus / penalty if you blow it
Cluster factor
0.60
Child-rock spawn rate (0–1)

Where this ore sits across the dataset

Resistance-0.70
Instability50
Window thinness-0.90
Explosion multiplier-20

Where to mine — 45 sites

Straight from the game records. Each row is a deposit type you can scan at that body — how much of the rock is this ore, and how much of what spawns there is that deposit.

  • Stanton system · 29 sites
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock40% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock40% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock35% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock26% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock21% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Low Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock20% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Medium Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock20% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange B
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange D
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange E
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange G
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange Occupied
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Aaron Halo
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock10% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock40% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock40% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock35% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock26% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock21% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Low Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock20% of what spawns here
    • Asteroid Cluster Medium Yield
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock20% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange B
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange D
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange E
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange G
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Lagrange Occupied
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock18% of what spawns here
    • Aaron Halo
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock10% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock44% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock35% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock22% of what spawns here
  • Pyro system · 16 sites
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock33% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Warm 01
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock27% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Warm 02
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock27% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock26% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock21% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Akiro Cluster
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      28–78% of a Copper (Ore) rock15% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock33% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Warm 01
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock27% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Warm 02
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock27% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock26% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock21% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Akiro Cluster
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      6–12% of a Copper (Ore) rock15% of what spawns here
    • MoonShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock36% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock33% of what spawns here
    • PlanetShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock33% of what spawns here
    • Pyro Deep Space Asteroids
      Asteroid BeltShip Mining
      5–10% of a Tin (Ore) rock15% of what spawns here

Found in 2 rock types

Each card shows the rock's full composition. Sorted by your ore's expected yield — the first row is the rock you'll see this ore in most often.

  • Copper (Ore)~8.7%
    • Copper ◀28.3–78.3%
    • Copper ◀5.7–11.7%
    • Tin5–10%
  • Tin (Ore)~7.5%
    • Tin24.3–74.3%
    • Tin9.7–15.7%
    • Copper ◀5–10%