system revers

A very important thing to look at when scouting out a system to mine in is system reserves. This essentailly means how depleted the ore reserves are in the system.

This can be found by opening the system map, selecting the info tab and selecting a planet. Even a planet without rings will tell you reserve status. Reserve status is uniform throughout a system.

There are 5 reserve states: Pristine, Major, Normal, Low, and Depleted. These are from best to worst, respectively.

Most of the time anything normal and above is a good mining spot. Pristine reserves are decently rare finds. These are the best spots to mine, as it increases the chance that you will find rare ore.