Finding Ores by Rock Type and Formation

Surface and Cave Exploration

In Create Geology Mod, ores no longer generate randomly. Instead, specific minerals are strictly confined to matching stone hosts:

• Granite deposits: Search inside granite to mine galena, cassiterite, and wolframite.
• Diorite and andesite: Look for magnetite veins within these rocks, including inside newly generated andesite mountain ranges.
• Calcite blocks: Mine these formations to discover trapped fluorite.

Observe surrounding surface biomes as environmental clues while exploring. Ground types correlate with native vegetation, such as acidic soil supporting spruce forests and rich dirt hosting redwood forests.

Deep Underground Scouting

Deeper exploration requires targeting specific subterranean rock layers:

• Deepslate and tuff layers: Travel down into deepslate and tuff strata deep underground to locate pyrolusite deposits.
• Basalt formations: Descend into deep volcanic layers to find chromatite embedded directly within basalt formations.

Once you pinpoint the required rock type, excavate into that specific deposit rather than branch mining plain stone, as target minerals generate exclusively within their matching host layers.