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{{Work in progress|CCP made changes to the Moon Ore distribution that still need research. Changes went live on 3/30/2020.}}
== Background and History ==
== Background and History ==
The Lifeblood expansion was released on October 24, 2017, and brought with it substantial changes to the process of moon mining.  Previously moon mining was completed using [[player-owned starbases]], but the Lifeblood expansion introduced a new class of [[Upwell structures]] called [[Upwell structures#Refineries|refineries]], which are anchored in 0.5 space or below near a moon mining beacon and then used to extract a chunk of the moon for mining.
The Lifeblood expansion was released on October 24, 2017, and brought with it substantial changes to the process of moon mining.  Previously moon mining was completed using [[player-owned starbases]], but the Lifeblood expansion introduced a new class of [[Upwell structures]] called [[Upwell structures#Refineries|refineries]], which if anchored in 0.5 space or below near a moon mining beacon can use a Standup Moon Drill to extract a chunk of the moon for mining.


== Moon Scanning ==
== Moon Scanning ==
{{Note box|Note: This section uses images and scan results taken prior to the moon mineral distribution changes in March 2020, which removed regular ores from moons.}}
Moons may be scanned with survey probes along with a survey probe launcher.   
Moons may be scanned with survey probes along with a survey probe launcher.   


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===Moon Ore Refining===
===Moon Ore Refining===


The following table shows the minerals and special materials present in '''''1000 {{M3}}''''' of each moon ore:
The following tables show the minerals and special materials present in '''''1000 {{M3}}''''' of each moon ore. Values are for the basic ore. Any decimal values from the improved ores (+15%) are rounded up to the next whole number.


{| class="wikitable collapsible"
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
! rowspan=2 | '''Moon Ore''' !! colspan=22 style="font-weight: bold;" | Mineral from 100%-yield reprocessing
|+ [[Image:Ore R4.png|32px|link=]]  Ubiquitous (R4) Moon Ore Yield (per 1000 m³)
|-
|-
| Pye || Mex ||  Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
! rowspan=2 style="width:90px" | Moon Ore !! rowspan=2 | R4 Minerals !! colspan=2 | Normal Minerals
|-style="vertical-align:middle;"
! colspan=23 style=text-align:center;" |
Ubiquitous (R4)
|-
|-
| || Pye || Mex ||  Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
! [[Image:Mineral pyerite.png|32px|link=]] Pyerite !! [[Image:Mineral mexallon.png|32px|link=]] Mexallon
|-
|-
| Bitumens || 6000 || 400 || 65 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Bitumens''' ||style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Hydrocarbons.png|32px|link=]] 65 Hydrocarbons || 6000 || 400
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Brimful Bitumens (+15%) || 6900 || 460 || 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Coesite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Silicates.png|32px|link=]] 65 Silicates || 2000 || 400
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glistening Bitumens (+100%) || 12000 || 800 || 130 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Sylvite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Evaporite_deposits.png|32px|link=]] 65 Evaporite Deposits || 4000 || 400
|-
|-
| Coesite || 200 || 400 || - || 65 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Zeolites''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Atmospheric_gases.png|32px|link=]] 65 Atmospheric Gases || 8000 || 400
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
|+ [[Image:Ore R8.png|32px|link=]] Common (R8) Moon Ore Yield (per 1000 m³)
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Brimful Coesite (+15%) || 2300 || 460 || - || 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
! style="width:90px" | Moon Ore !! R8 Minerals
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glistening Coesite (+100%) || 4000 || 800 || - || 130 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Cobaltite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Cobalt.png|32px|link=]] 40 Cobalt
|-
|-
| Sylvite || 4000 || 400 || - || - || 65 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Euxenite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Scandium.png|32px|link=]] 40 Scandium
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Brimful Sylvite (+15%) || 4600 || 460 || - || - || 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Scheelite''' ||  style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Tungsten.png|32px|link=]] 40 Tungsten
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glistening Sylvite (+100%) || 8000 || 800 || - || - || 130 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Titanite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Titanium.png|32px|link=]] 40 Titanium
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
|+ [[Image:Ore R16.png|32px|link=]] Uncommon (R16) Moon Ore Yield (per 1000 m³)
|-
|-
| Zeolites || 8000 || 400 || - || - || - || 65 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
! style="width:90px" | Moon Ore !! R16 Minerals !! R4 Minerals
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Brimful Zeolites (+15%) || 9200 || 460 || - || - || - || 75 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Chromite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Chromium.png|32px|link=]] 40 Chromium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Hydrocarbons.png|32px|link=]] 10 Hydrocarbons
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glistening Zeolites (+100%) || 16000 || 800 || - || - || - || 130 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Otavite''' ||  style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Cadmium.png|32px|link=]] 40 Cadmium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Atmospheric_gases.png|32px|link=]] 10 Atmospheric Gases
|-style="vertical-align:middle;"
! colspan=23 style=text-align:center;" |
Common (R8)
|-
|-
| || Pye || Mex || Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
| '''Sperrylite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Platinum.png|32px|link=]] 40 Platinum || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Evaporite_deposits.png|32px|link=]] 10 Evaporite Deposits
|-
|-
| Cobaltite || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Vanadinite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Vanadium.png|32px|link=]] 40 Vanadium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Silicates.png|32px|link=]] 10 Silicates
|}
 
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
|+ [[Image:Ore R32.png|32px|link=]] Rare (R32) Moon Ore Yield (per 1000 m³)
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Copious Cobaltite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
! style="width:90px" | Moon Ore !! R32 Minerals !! R8 Minerals !! R4 Minerals
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Twinkling Cobaltite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Carnotite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Technetium.png|32px|link=]] 50 Technetium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Cobalt.png|32px|link=]] 10 Cobalt || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Atmospheric_gases.png|32px|link=]] 15 Atmospheric Gases
|-
|-
| Euxenite || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Cinnabar''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Mercury.png|32px|link=]] 50 Mercury || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Tungsten.png|32px|link=]] 10 Tungsten || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Evaporite_deposits.png|32px|link=]] 15 Evaporite Deposits
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Copious Euxenite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Pollucite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Caesium.png|32px|link=]] 50 Caesium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Scandium.png|32px|link=]] 10 Scandium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Hydrocarbons.png|32px|link=]] 15 Hydrocarbons
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Twinkling Euxenite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
| '''Zircon''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Hafnium.png|32px|link=]] 50 Hafnium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Titanium.png|32px|link=]] 10 Titanium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Silicates.png|32px|link=]] 15 Silicates
|-
|}
| Scheelite || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
 
|-
{| class="wikitable" style="width:650px; text-align:center; vertical-align:middle;"
| style=text-align:right;" | Copious Scheelite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|+ [[Image:Ore R64.png|32px|link=]] Exceptional (R64) Moon Ore Yield (per 1000 m³)
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Twinkling Scheelite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Titanite || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Copious Titanite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Twinkling Titanite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-style="vertical-align:middle;"
! colspan=23 style=text-align:center;" |
Uncommon (R16)
|-
| || Pye || Mex ||  Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
|-
| Chromite || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Lavish Chromite (+15%) || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shimmering Chromite (+100%) || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Otavite || - || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Lavish Otavite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shimmering Otavite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Sperrylite || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Lavish Sperrylite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shimmering Sperrylite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Vanadinite || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" |Lavish Vanadinite (+15%) || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 46 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" |Shimmering Vanadinite (+100%) || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 80 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-style="vertical-align:middle;"
! colspan=23 style=text-align:center;" |
Rare (R32)
|-
| || Pye || Mex ||  Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
|-
| Carnotite || - || - || - || - || - || 15 || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Replete Carnotite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || 17 || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 58 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glowing Carnotite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || 30 || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 100 || - || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Cinnabar || - || - || - || - || 15 || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Replete Cinnabar (+15%) || - || - || - || - || 17 || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 58 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glowing Cinnabar (+100%) || - || - || - || - || 30 || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 100 || - || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Pollucite || - || - || 15 || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50 || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Replete Pollucite (+15%) || - || - || 17 || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 58 || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glowing Pollucite (+100%) || - || - || 30 || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 100 || - || - || - || - || -
|-
| Zircon || - || - || - || 15 || - || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 50 || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Replete Zircon (+15%) || - || - || - || 17 || - || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 58 || - || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Glowing Zircon (+100%) || - || - || - || 30 || - || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 100 || - || - || - || -
|- style="vertical-align:middle;"
! colspan=23 style=text-align:center;" |
Exceptional (R64)
|-
| || Pye || Mex ||  Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
|-
| Loparite || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || 22 || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Bountiful Loparite (+15%) || - || - || 23 || - || - || - || - || 23 || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || 25 || - || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shining Loparite (+100%) || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || 44 || - || - || -
|-
| Monazite || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || 20 || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 22 || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Bountiful Monazite (+15%) || - || - || - || - || 23 || - || - || - || 23 || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25 || - || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shining Monazite (+100%) || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || 40 || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 44 || - || -
|-
| Xenotime || - || - || - || - || - || 20 || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 22 || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Bountiful Xenotime (+15%) || - || - || - || - || - || 23 || 23 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25 || -
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shining Xenotime (+100%) || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || 44 || -
|-
|-
| Ytterbite || - || - || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || 20 || - || 10 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 22
! style="width:90px" | Moon Ore !! R64 Minerals !! R16 Minerals !! R8 Minerals !! R4 Minerals
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Bountiful Ytterbite (+15%) || - || - || - || 23 || - || - || - || - || - || 23 || - || 12 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 25
| '''Loparite''' ||  style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Promethium.png|32px|link=]] 22 Promethium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Platinum.png|32px|link=]] 10 Platinum || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Scandium.png|32px|link=]] 20 Scandium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Hydrocarbons.png|32px|link=]] 20 Hydrocarbons
|-
|-
| style=text-align:right;" | Shining Ytterbite (+100%) || - || - || - || 40 || - || - || - || - || - || 40 || - || 20 || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || - || 44
| '''Monazite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Neodymium.png|32px|link=]] 22 Neodymium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Chromium.png|32px|link=]] 10 Chromium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Tungsten.png|32px|link=]] 20 Tungsten || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Evaporite_deposits.png|32px|link=]] 20 Evaporite Deposits
|-
|-
! rowspan=2 | '''Moon Ore''' !! Pye || Mex || Hyd || Sil || Eva || Atm || Cob || Sca || Tun || Tit || Chr || Cad || Pla || Van || Tec || Mer || Cae || Haf || Pro || Neo || Dys || Thu
| '''Xenotime''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Dysprosium.png|32px|link=]] 22 Dysprosium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Caesium.png|32px|link=]] 10 Caesium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Cobalt.png|32px|link=]] 20 Cobalt || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Atmospheric_gases.png|32px|link=]] 20 Atmospheric Gases
|-
|-
! colspan=22 style="font-weight: bold;" | Mineral from 100%-yield reprocessing
| '''Ytterbite''' || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Thulium.png|32px|link=]] 22 Thulium ||  style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Cadmium.png|32px|link=]] 10 Cadmium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Titanium.png|32px|link=]] 20 Titanium || style="text-align: left;" | [[Image:Silicates.png|32px|link=]] 20 Silicates
|}
|}


Again, those numbers above are for 1000 m<sup>3</sup> of ore, which is what the game displays but is not possible to attain.
{{Mining Links}}
The materials listed in the above table are abbreviated as follows:
 
{| class="wikitable" style="border: 0px;"
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | Normal minerals
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | R4+ moon goo
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | R8+ moon goo
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | R16+ moon goo
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | R32+ moon goo
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
!  colspan="3" style="width:160px;" | R64+ moon goo
|-
| Pye
| =
| Pyerite
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Hyd
| =
| Hydrocarbons
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Cob
| =
| Cobalt
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Chr
| =
| Chromium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Tec
| =
| Technetium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Pro
| =
| Promethium
|-
| Mex
| =
| Mexallon
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Sil
| =
| Silicates
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Sca
| =
| Scandium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Cad
| =
| Cadmium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Mer
| =
| Mercury
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Neo
| =
| Neodymium
|-
|
|
|
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Eva
| =
| Evaporite Deposits
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Tun
| =
| Tungsten
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Pla
| =
| Platinum
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Cae
| =
| Caesium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Dys
| =
| Dysprosium
|-
|
|
|
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Atm
| =
| Atmospheric Gases
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Tit
| =
| Titanium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Van
| =
| Vanadium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Haf
| =
| Hafnium
| style="width:25px; border: 0px;" | &nbsp;
| Thu
| =
| Thulium
|}


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