# Caterium Ore

> Canonical source: [Caterium Ore](https://satisfactorybase.its-live.dev/wiki/items/caterium-ore)
> Language: en

Smelted into Caterium Ingots, which are primarily used for advanced electronics.

## Properties

- Entity type: Resource
- Form: solid
- Stack size: 100
- Sink points: 7
- Radioactive: No
- Can be discarded: Yes

## Produced by

### [Caterium Ore (Copper)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-caterium-copper-c)

6 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter)

[Reanimated SAM](/wiki/items/reanimated-sam): 1 per cycle; 10/min, [Copper Ore](/wiki/items/copper-ore): 15 per cycle; 150/min → [Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 12 per cycle; 120/min.

### [Caterium Ore (Quartz)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-caterium-quartz-c)

6 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter)

[Reanimated SAM](/wiki/items/reanimated-sam): 1 per cycle; 10/min, [Raw Quartz](/wiki/items/raw-quartz): 12 per cycle; 120/min → [Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 12 per cycle; 120/min.

## Used as recipe ingredient

### [Alternate: Leached Caterium Ingot](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-cateriumingot-leached-c)

10 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 9 per cycle; 54/min, [Sulfuric Acid](/wiki/items/sulfuric-acid): 5 m³ per cycle; 30 m³/min → [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/items/caterium-ingot): 6 per cycle; 36/min.

### [Alternate: Tempered Caterium Ingot](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-cateriumingot-tempered-c)

8 s. [Foundry](/wiki/buildings/foundry)

[Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 6 per cycle; 45/min, [Petroleum Coke](/wiki/items/petroleum-coke): 2 per cycle; 15/min → [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/items/caterium-ingot): 3 per cycle; 22.5/min.

### [Alternate: Pure Caterium Ingot](/wiki/recipes/recipe-alternate-purecateriumingot-c)

5 s. [Refinery](/wiki/buildings/refinery)

[Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 2 per cycle; 24/min, [Water](/wiki/items/water): 2 m³ per cycle; 24 m³/min → [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/items/caterium-ingot): 1 per cycle; 12/min.

### [Bauxite (Caterium)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-bauxite-caterium-c)

6 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter)

[Reanimated SAM](/wiki/items/reanimated-sam): 1 per cycle; 10/min, [Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 15 per cycle; 150/min → [Bauxite](/wiki/items/bauxite): 12 per cycle; 120/min.

### [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/recipes/recipe-ingotcaterium-c)

4 s. [Smelter](/wiki/buildings/smelter)

[Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 3 per cycle; 45/min → [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/items/caterium-ingot): 1 per cycle; 15/min.

### [Nitrogen Gas (Caterium)](/wiki/recipes/recipe-nitrogen-caterium-c)

6 s. [Converter](/wiki/buildings/converter)

[Reanimated SAM](/wiki/items/reanimated-sam): 1 per cycle; 10/min, [Caterium Ore](/wiki/items/caterium-ore): 12 per cycle; 120/min → [Nitrogen Gas](/wiki/items/nitrogen-gas): 12 m³ per cycle; 120 m³/min.

## Extracted by

- [Miner Mk.1](/wiki/buildings/miner-mk-1)
- [Miner Mk.2](/wiki/buildings/miner-mk-2)
- [Miner Mk.3](/wiki/buildings/miner-mk-3)

## Used in schematic costs

- [Caterium](/wiki/schematics/caterium): 10
- [Caterium Ingots](/wiki/schematics/caterium-ingots): 50

## Scanner unlocks

- [Caterium](/wiki/schematics/caterium)
- [Petroleum Power](/wiki/schematics/petroleum-power)

## Related items

- [Reanimated SAM](/wiki/items/reanimated-sam)
- [Copper Ore](/wiki/items/copper-ore)
- [Raw Quartz](/wiki/items/raw-quartz)
- [Sulfuric Acid](/wiki/items/sulfuric-acid)
- [Caterium Ingot](/wiki/items/caterium-ingot)
- [Petroleum Coke](/wiki/items/petroleum-coke)
- [Water](/wiki/items/water)
- [Bauxite](/wiki/items/bauxite)
- [Nitrogen Gas](/wiki/items/nitrogen-gas)

## Unlocked by

- [Matter Conversion - Background Unlocks](/wiki/schematics/matter-conversion-background-unlocks): Schematic

## Technical Details

- Class name: Desc_OreGold_C
- Native class: FGResourceDescriptor
- Asset path: /Game/FactoryGame/Resource/RawResources/OreGold/Desc_OreGold
- Resource form (export): RF_SOLID