Natural Resources

This is an attempt to develop an order to natural resources and how they may be encountered on planetary surveys. It is based upon this flawed & incomplete concept. All known and (Star Trek) fictional naturally-occurring elements will be categorized here.

Natural Resources table

Resource	Type	Category	Deposits	Applications
Actinium	element	Radioactive
Aluminum	element	Base Metals
Ammonia	compound	Common
Amphibole	compound	Common
Antimony	element	Base Metals
Argon	element	Noble Gas
Arsenic	element	Common
Astatine	element	Radioactive
Barium	element	Base Metal
Beryllium	element	Base Metals
Biotite	compound	Common
Bismuth	element	Base Metals
Boron	element	Base Metal
Bromine	element	Corrosive
Cadmium	element	Base Metal
Calcium	element	Base Metal
Carbon	element	Common
Carbon dioxide	compound	Common
Carbon monoxide	compound	Common
Cerium	element	Rare Earth
Cesium	element	Base Metal
Chlorine	element	Corrosive
Chromium	element	Base Metal
Cobalt	element	Base Metal
Copper	element	Base Metal
Cyanoacetylene	compound	Common
Dysprosium	element	Rare Earth
Erbium	element	Rare Earth
Ethanol	compound	Common
Europium	element	Rare Earth
Feldspar	compound	Common
Fluorine	element	Corrosive
Formaldehyde	compound	Common
Formic acid	compound	Common
Francium	element	Radioactive
Gadolinium	element	Rare Earth
Gallium	element	Base Metal
Germanium	element	Base Metal
Gold	element	Precious
Hafnium	element	Base Metal
Helium	element	Common
Holmium	element	Rare Earth
Hydrocarbon	compound	Common
Hydrochloric acid	compound	Common
Hydrocyanic cyanide	compound	Common
Hydrogen	element	Common
Illite	compound	Common
Indium	element	Base Metal
Iodine	element	Corrosive
Iridium	element	Precious
Iron	element	Base Metal
Kaolinite	compound	Common
Krypton	element	Noble Gas
Lanthanum	element	Rare Earth
Lead	element	Base Metal
Lithium	element	Common
Lutetium	element	Rare Earth
Magnesium	element	Base Metal
Magnetic monopole	matter	Exotics
Manganese	element	Base Metal
Mercury	element	Base Metal
Methane	compound	Common
Methanol	compound	Common
Molybdenum	element	Base Metal
Muscovite	compound	Common
Neodymium	element	Rare Earth
Neon	element	Noble Gas
Neptunium	element	Radioactive
Neutronium	matter	Exotic
Nickel	element	Base Metal
Niobium	element	Base Metal
Nitric acid	compound	Common
Nitrogen	element	Common
Nitrous oxide	compound	Common
Olivine	compound	Common
Osmium	element	Base Metal
Oxygen	element	Corrosive
Ozone	compound	Common
Palladium	element	Precious
Phosphoric acid	compound	Common
Phosphorus	element	Common
Platinum	element	Precious
Plutonium	element	Radioactive
Polonium	element	Radioactive
Potassium	element	Base Metal
Praseodymium	element	Rare Earth
Promethium	element	Rare Earth
Protactinium	element	Radioactive
Pyroxene	compound	Common
Quartz	compound	Common
Radium	element	Radioactive
Radon	element	Noble Gas
Rhenium	element	Base Metal
Rhodium	element	Base Metal
Rubidium	element	Base Metal
Ruthenium	element	Base Metal
Samarium	element	Rare Earth
Scandium	element	Base Metal
Selenium	element	Common
Silicon	element	Common
Silicon monoxide	compound	Common
Silver	element	Precious
Smectite	compound	Common
Sodium	element	Base Metal
Strontium	element	Base Metal
Sulfur	element	Corrosive
Sulfuric acid	compound	Common
Super fluid	matter	Exotic
Tantalum	element	Base Metal
Technetium	element	Radioactive
Tellurium	element	Base Metal
Terbium	element	Rare Earth
Thallium	element	Base Metal
Thorium	element	Radioactive
Thulium	element	Rare Earth
Tin	element	Base Metal
Titanite	compound	Common
Titanium	element	Base Metal
Titanium oxide	compound	Common
Tungsten	element	Base Metal
Uranium	element	Radioactive
Vanadium	element	Base Metal
Water	compound	Common
Xenon	element	Noble Gas
Ytterbium	element	Rare Earth
Yttrium	element	Base Metal
Zinc	element	Base Metal
Zircon	compound	Common
Zirconium	element	Base Metal
Zirconium oxide	compound	Common

Resource Subtables

Note: the Star Control planet names will be dropped after the completion of this section.

• Alkali:
  • 12x in an alkali base metal (lithium, sodium, potassium, rubidium, cesium, francium)
  • 8x strontium, barium, calcium
  • 8x one other alkali base metal
  • 4x three other base metals

• Carbide:
  • 12x carbon
  • 8x one other common

• Copper:
  • 20x copper
  • 12x one other base metals

• Crimson:
  • 12x barium, boron, beryllium, bismuth, bromine
  • 12x in a light base metal (aluminum, magnesium, titanium, beryllium, lithium, sodium, potassium)
  • 8x five other base metals
  • 8x one other light base metal
  • 8x one other corrosive

• Dust:
  • 12x in either a silicate oxide (quartz, feldspar, olivine, pyroxene, amphibole, biotite, muscovite, kaolinite, illite, smectite, titanite, zircon) or a metal oxide (aluminum oxide, antimony trioxide, antimony tetroxide, antimony pentoxide, arsenic trioxide, arsenic pentoxide, barium oxide, bismuth oxide, calcium oxide, cerium oxide, chromium oxide, cobalt oxide, copper oxide, iron oxide, lanthanum oxide, lead oxide, lithium oxide, magnesium oxide, manganese oxide, mercury oxide, nickel oxide, potassium oxide, rubidium oxide, silver oxide, sodium oxide, thallium oxide, thorium oxide, tin oxide, titanium oxide, uranium oxide, tungsten oxide, zinc oxide)
  • 8x one other silicate or metal oxides
  • 4x bismuth, aluminum, and potassium
  • 1x three other base metals

• Fluorescent:
  • 20x technetium, neon
  • 12x one other radioactive
  • 4x radon
  • 1x one other noble gas

• Green:
  • 12x praseodymium, neodymium
  • 8x two other rare earths

• Halide:
  • 16x bromine
  • 8x fluorine, iodine, astatine
  • (another) 8x in either fluorine, iodine, astatine
  • 4x in two other corrosives
  • 4x in one other radioactive

• Infrared:
  • 20x mercury
  • 12 one other base metal

• Iodine:
  • 12x iodine
  • 8x in a base metals
  • 8x in a corrosive

• Lanthanide:
  • 12x ytterbium, cerium, lanthanum
  • 8x three other heavy rare earths (dysprosium, erbium, gadolinium, holmium, lutetium, terbium, thulium, yttrium)
  • 4x six other rare earths

• Magma:
  • 8x one base metal
  • 4x two other base metals

• Magnetic:
  • 12x nickel, niobium, one other ferromagnetic metal (cobalt, dysprosium, gandolinium, iron)
  • 8x three other ferromagnetic metals
  • 4x magnetic monopole
  • 1x two other exotics

• Metallic:
  • 12x one precious, one corrosive, one base metal
  • 8x in two other precious, two other corrosives, two other base metals

• Noble:
  • 12x one noble gas
  • 8x two other noble gases
  • 4x helium
  • 1x two other commons

• Oolite:
  • 8x one rare earth, one noble gas, one base metal
  • 4x two other rare earths, two other noble gases, two other base metals

• Radioactive:
  • 8x one radioactive
  • 4x two other radioactives

• Redux:
  • 12x one base metal, oxygen, chlorine, sulfur, one other corrosive (bromine, fluorine, iodine)
  • 8x two other base metals
  • 8x two remaining corrosives

• Super-dense:
  • 12x lead, one other dense base metal (copper, iron, nickel, tin, zinc)
  • 8x two other dense base metals
  • 4x four other base metals

• Ultramarine:
  • 12x one precious metal
  • 8x one corrosive, one common
  • 8x two other precious metals
  • 4x two other corrosives. two other commons
  • 1x one base metal

• Yttric:
  • 20x yttrium, ytterbium
  • 8x one other base metal, one other rare earth
  • 4x two other base metals, two other rare earths