Interstitial Ore Deposit

Main article: Asteroids and ore

Interstitial Ore Deposits are ore anomalies that can spawn in sovereign nullsec systems from an escalation after finishing an anomaly which was spawned by an active Ore Prospecting Array. Like other ore anomalies, it is neither gated nor deadspace, so making bookmarks and warping around in it are possible. It will appear on the overview of everybody in system once warp has been initiated to it, and it will despawn after 24 hours, regardless of any mining activity.

The anomaly is roughly spherical in shape, with a diameter of about 200 kilometers. The warp-in beacon is in the center.

Summary

Ore Type	# of Asteroids	Ore Quantity	m³ per Unit	avg rock size	m³ total
Bezdnacine	28	119,992	16	68,566	1,919,872
Rakovene	28	119,980	16	68,560	1,919,680
Talassonite	28	119,988	16	68,564	1,919,808
Spodumain	12	120,000	16	160,000	1,920,000
Mercoxit	9	20,000	40	88,888	800,000
Sum	105	499,960	20.8	90,916	8,479,360

Break Down

Ore Type	# of Asteroids	Ore Quantity	m³ per Unit	avg rock size	m³ total
Abyssal Bezdnacine	14	79,994	16	91,421	1,279,904
Abyssal Rakovene	14	79,991	16	91,418	1,279,856
Abyssal Talassonite	14	79,990	16	91,417	1,279,840
Bright Spodumain	6	80,000	16	213,333	1,280,000
Gleaming Spodumain	6	40,000	16	106,666	640,000
Hadal Bezdnacine	14	39,998	16	45,712	639,968
Hadal Rakovene	14	39,989	16	45,701	639,824
Hadal Talassonite	14	39,998	16	45,712	639,968
Mercoxit	9	20,000	40	88,888	800,000
Sum	105	499,960	33.6	90,916	8,479,360

Patch History

A long, long time ago...

Version 22.01 - 2024-07-18 (Patch notes) The mining escalation site has been renamed from Shrouded Asteroid Belt to Interstitial Ore Deposit. The amount of ore in it has more than doubled, the types of ore have been replaced by Abyssal ores, and its shape is now spherical. Version 22.01 - 2024-06-11 - Equinox (Expansion notes) The mining escalation is introduced. A screenshot is available on Reddit.