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.
Resource categories
Common
Corrosives
Base Metals
Noble Gases
Rare Earths
Precious
Radioactives
Exotics
Natural Resources table
| Resource | Type | Category | Deposits | Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Actinium | element | Radioactive | ||
| Aluminum | element | Base Metals | ||
| Ammonia | compound | Common | ||
| Antimony | element | Base Metals | ||
| Argon | element | Noble Gas | ||
| Arsenic | element | Common | ||
| Astatine | element | Radioactive | ||
| Barium | element | Base Metal | ||
| Beryllium | element | Base Metals | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Indium | element | Base Metal | ||
| Iodine | element | Corrosive | ||
| Iridium | element | Precious | ||
| Iron | element | Base Metal | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| Zirconium | element | Base Metal | ||
| Zirconium oxide | compound | Common | ||