GregTech ore mining levels needed For simplicity I used stone versions of the ores, rather than endstone, netherrack, or red/black granite. Small Copper - level 0 Small Tin - level 0 Small Bismuth - level 0 Small Coal - level 0 Small Iron - level 1 Small Lead - level 0 Small Zinc - level 0 Small Gold - level 1 Small Silver - level 1 Small Nickel - level 1 Small Lapis - level 0 Small Diamond - level 2 Small Emerald - level 1 Small Ruby - level 1 Small Sapphire - level 1 Small Green Sapphire - level 1 Small Olivine - level 1 Small Topaz - level 2 Small Tanzanite - level 1 Small Amethyst - level 2 Small Opal - level 1 Small Jasper - level 1 Small Blue Topaz - level 2 Small Amber - level 1 Small Fool's Ruby - level 1 Small Red Garnet - level 1 Small Yellow Garnet - level 1 Small Redstone - level 1 Small Platinum - level 1 Small Iridium - level 3 Small Nether Quartz - level 0 Small Saltpeter - level 0 Small Sulfur - level 1 Naquadah - level 4 Enriched Naquadah - level 4 (Note 1) Lignite Coal - level 0 Coal - level 1 Magnetite - level 2 Iron - level 2 Vanadium Magnetite - level 2 Gold - level 2 Brown Limonite - level 1 Yellow Limonite - level 2 Banded Iron - level 2 Malachite - level 2 Tin - level 1 Cassiterite - level 1 Tetrahedrite - level 2 Copper - level 1 Stibnite - level 2 Nether Quartz - level 1 Sulfur - level 2 Pyrite - level 1 Sphalerite - level 1 Chalcopyrite - level 1 Bauxite - level 1 Aluminium - level 2 Ilmenite - level 3 RockSalt - level 1 Salt - level 1 Lepidolite - level 2 Spodumene - level 2 Redstone - level 2 Ruby - level 2 Cinnabar - level 1 Soapstone - level 1 Talc - level 2 Glauconite - level 2 Pentlandite - level 2 Garnierite - level 3 Nickel - level 2 Cobaltite - level 1 Sheldonite - level 1 Palladium - level 2 Platinum - level 2 Iridium - level 4 Pitchblende - level 3 Uranium 238 - level 3 Uraninite - level 3 Plutonium 244 - level 3 (Note 1) Bastnasite - level 2 Monazite - level 1 Neodymium - level 2 Wulfenite - level 3 Molybendite - level 2 Molybdenum - level 2 Powellite - level 2 Scheelite - level 3 Tungstate - level 3 Lithium - level 2 Almandine - level 1 Pyrope - level 1 Sapphire - level 2 Green Sapphire - level 2 Grossular - level 1 Spessartine - level 2 Pyrolusite - level 2 Tantalite - level 3 Quartzite - level 1 Barite - level 2 Certus Quartz - level 1 Graphite - level 2 Diamond - level 3 Bentonite - level 2 Magnesite - level 2 Olivine - level 2 Apatite - level 1 Phosphorus - level 2 Phosphate - level 1 Galena - level 3 Silver - level 2 Lead - level 1 Lazurite - level 1 Sodalite - level 1 Lapis - level 1 Calcite - level 1 Beryllium - level 2 Emerald - level 2 Thorium - level 2 Note 1: handling these ore blocks (even before processing them at all) without a hazmat suit causes multiple bad status effects; having more than a stack of each isn't enough to be fatal on peaceful difficulty, but 1 Enriched Naquadah Ore gives them more duration than 1 Plutonium 244 Ore.