LTD hotspots in the bubble

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Are there any double ltd hotspots, ltd hotspot with an extraction site, or even an ltd overlapped with hot spot that is one of the valuable minerals that you can only get from core mining like void opal or monazite in the bubble?
I'd prefer not to go all the way out to the triple hotspots
(is there a better to post the question?
 

alexzk

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Exists said:
Are there any double ltd hotspots, ltd hotspot with an extraction site, or even an ltd overlapped with hot spot that is one of the valuable minerals that you can only get from core mining like void opal or monazite in the bubble?
I'd prefer not to go all the way out to the triple hotspots
(is there a better to post the question?
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You don't need xx spot for core. Will work any single spot, just check "reservers" of system - bigger is better. Best is pristine.
Overlapping spots are important for laser as they rise %% per piece. For core it's 70-90% always.
 

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alexzk said:
You don't need xx spot for core. Will work any single spot, just check "reservers" of system - bigger is better. Best is pristine.
Overlapping spots are important for laser as they rise %% per piece. For core it's 70-90% always.
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i wanted the core hotspot so i could increase chances of not running into low value core like tritium
 

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Exists said:
i wanted the core hotspot so i could increase chances of not running into low value core like tritium
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You will see tritium any way. As for me, I still think better chances are at "small" spot, when it looks small on ring. Overlapped - i couldn't see difference.
RESHERO - has overlapping VO, major reserve.
 

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alexzk said:
You will see tritium any way. As for me, I still think better chances are at "small" spot, when it looks small on ring. Overlapped - i couldn't see difference.
RESHERO - has overlapping VO, major reserve.
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the hotspot doesn't increase the amount of core asteroids, but it does increase the chance that a core asteroid you run into is the same as the hotspot.
and to put it simply, im looking for a place to mine ltds that are better then a single hot spot, that's in the bubble
 

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alexzk said:
You will see tritium any way. As for me, I still think better chances are at "small" spot, when it looks small on ring. Overlapped - i couldn't see difference.
RESHERO - has overlapping VO, major reserve.
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Found a possible candidate for what im looking for: ICZ JN-S b4-6 the ringed icy body has a void opal hotspot overlapped by an ltd hot spot on one side and another void opal hot spot on the other. gonna keep jumping around for a bit to see if i can find something better, but it's the best i've found so far
 

Northpin

Northpin
Check the ICE Ring inventory on Elite Miners.
Wonderful effort, too bad that mining changes made it rather irrelevant now. But who knows, maybe mining will get back some love in the future.

But be advised that ICE rings were kinda nerfed in July and along with them the Overlapping Hotspots (instead having a solid overlap bonus all over the yellow area, the bonus now decreases really fast starting with even 10-15% from Center)
 

Crank Larson

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Overlapping are useful for core, but choose overlaps of different hotspots. I like mining in LTD/void opal overlaps, but will now choose any overlap with two that are worth mining (e.g. alexandrite, grandiderite, etc.). I seem to get LTDs whichever hotspot I go to... :ROFLMAO:

I find mining much more fun now that there are multiple types worth mining (and not simply one due to huge margins). I can fill my Python hold in less than an hour on a good day (224t), though I do also mine tritium when I see it and that often makes up around half of the haul.

Do check for subsurface too - even if a rock seems barren, checking contacts can often reveal two subsurface deposits that between them will yield more than 10t.
 

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Crank Larson said:
Overlapping are useful for core, but choose overlaps of different hotspots. I like mining in LTD/void opal overlaps, but will now choose any overlap with two that are worth mining (e.g. alexandrite, grandiderite, etc.). I seem to get LTDs whichever hotspot I go to... :ROFLMAO:

I find mining much more fun now that there are multiple types worth mining (and not simply one due to huge margins). I can fill my Python hold in less than an hour on a good day (224t), though I do also mine tritium when I see it and that often makes up around half of the haul.

Do check for subsurface too - even if a rock seems barren, checking contacts can often reveal two subsurface deposits that between them will yield more than 10t.
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only mining for core asteroids are too few and far between to be worth the effort for me, and you get raw mats when laser mining as a little side bonus too
 

Ceekay

Ceekay
This post prompted me to get back into mining (got a bit burned out making cash for a carrier and then deciding not to buy one oh well!), for small mining expeditions I use an Alliance Challenger ( https://s.orbis.zone/bkaa) enough cargo space and still has decent combat capability with a seismic charge launcher and an abrasion blaster fitted.

I collect the frags manually as the Challenger has excellent low speed agility, just had a test run at Delkar 9 A ring and scooped up 14 tons of void opals, just doing it for the fun of cracking roids and not accumulating wealth.
 

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Crank Larson said:
I can fill my Python hold in less than an hour on a good day (224t),
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Sounds like fishermen stories. 1 rock drops lets say 20t. so you need 10 rocks / hour, which means 6 mins per rock including setting charges, collecting drop and finding next one.
And as u have 224t this means you have like 5 collectors, which means they will pick drop for 3 mins about (out of 6).
P.S. Just tried, after explosion of rock till it's done 2 mins and 50 seconds with 5 collectors and it was lucky position, so i could blast out most not moving around.
 
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Northpin

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Well, haz res in a pristine ring in a hotspot might see an increase in number of fragments.
But make sure you keep closer than 19km from center, else IIRC the haz res benefits vanishes

btw, the doc from the article listed is mentioning other systems with res sites in hotspots. Weird enough Pikum is not mentioned. I Guess not every researcher noted down all the features found in rings
 

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Northpin said:
Well, haz res in a pristine ring in a hotspot might see an increase in number of fragments.
But make sure you keep closer than 19km from center, else IIRC the haz res benefits vanishes

btw, the doc from the article listed is mentioning other systems with res sites in hotspots. Weird enough Pikum is not mentioned. I Guess not every researcher noted down all the features found in rings
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they might not have gotten to it

edit: they are looking for overlaps, not seeing anything about res on them, so that might be why it is not their also
 
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Northpin

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Exists said:
they might not have gotten to it

edit: they are looking for overlaps, not seeing anything about res on them, so that might be why it is not their also
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still there are 11 mentions of Res Sites in rings in that doc - for sure there are more and Pikum is a nice find
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
Exists said:
only mining for core asteroids are too few and far between to be worth the effort for me, and you get raw mats when laser mining as a little side bonus too
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That's my point, though. You can equip a Python to do all types of mining. It's a little slower at laser mining due to only having two mining lasers, but you make up for that by core and subsurface.
 

Crank Larson

Crank Larson
alexzk said:
Sounds like fishermen stories. 1 rock drops lets say 20t. so you need 10 rocks / hour, which means 6 mins per rock including setting charges, collecting drop and finding next one.
And as u have 224t this means you have like 5 collectors, which means they will pick drop for 3 mins about (out of 6).
P.S. Just tried, after explosion of rock till it's done 2 mins and 50 seconds with 5 collectors and it was lucky position, so i could blast out most not moving around.
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I'm not just core mining. I made that clear. It takes less than a minute to complete a subsurface extraction, and about the same for laser. Core takes longer, but I don't find many.

But, if you want to disbelieve me that's fine. ;)
 
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