There are five core economic resource categories, Volatiles, Metals, Organics, Rare Earth, and Fissile in addition to a variety of non-economic resources (i.e. generally abundant):
Note: Resources while known prior to pruchasing and asteroid, and is broken down by their spectral type (see below), their specific abundances vary and will only be known after the "Orbital Scan" is completed. This scan sets asteroid raw material abundances and heatmaps, and requires a ship present in orbit (hence orbital).
Below you will find what the resources are that can be found on C, M, S, and I type asteroids.
These are the resource that can be found on C-Type asteroids. The carbonaceous asteroids include volatile and organic materials which primarily allow for the production of finished goods that maintain life, construction materials, and polymers
These are the resource that can be found on S-Type asteroids.The stony asteroids include materials from the metal, rare earth, and fissile categories allowing for production of structural materials, construction materials, energy storage and energy production goods
These are the resource that can be found on M-Type asteroids.The metal asteroids include materials from the metal and fissile categories allowing for production of structural and construction materials and energy production goods:
These are the resource that can be found on I-Type asteroids.The icy asteroids include materials from the volatile category which primarily allow for the production of propellant, fuel, solvents, and life supporting goods.
Raw materials are classified into one of five categories, with each asteroid having the possibility of gaining bonuses to the yield of each. Additionally, overall yield bonuses of 3%, 6%, or 15% can apply. The following is a complete list of raw materials:
Volatile materials may be modified by a 10%, 20%, or 50% bonus to yield.
Organic materials may be modified by a 10%, 20%, or 50% bonus to yield.
Metal materials may be modified by a 10%, 20%, or 50% bonus to yield.
Rare earth materials may be modified by a 30% bonus to yield.
Fissile materials may be modified by a 30% bonus to yield.
High-level resource distribution (low, medium, high) by spectral type is shown below based on initial surface scans and minimal core sampling on asteroids near Adalia Prime. Core sampling specific asteroids is likely to identify substantial local variation.