OrePacksMod: Smelting Raw Veins and Mineral Storage

OrePacksMod expands underground mining on 1.16.5 with nine smeltable ores spanning base metals, gemstones, industrial minerals, and exotic alloys. Every mined block follows a straightforward Furnace pipeline before feeding either into equipment benches or nine-item storage blocks.

Nine Furnace Smelts

Unlike vanilla gems that drop ready to craft, every ore block in OrePacksMod requires a pass through a Furnace to yield its refined form:

• Copper Ore -> Copper
• Tin Ore -> Tin
• Cinnabar Ore -> Cinnabar
• Orpiment Ore -> Orpiment
• Ruby Ore -> Ruby
• Platinum Ore -> Platinum
• Uranium Ore -> Uranium
• Vibranium Ore -> Vibranium
• Endrite Ore -> Endrite

Notice that Uranium has no tool or armor recipes of its own; once smelted from Uranium Ore, its practical role in survival storage is compacting into a Block of Uranium and unpacking back into Uranium x9 when needed. The mod also registers CharcoalOre alongside its mineral roster.

Reversible Storage Blocks

All refined metals, dusts, and gems pack into full 3x3 blocks for chest organization and unpack shapelessly back into 9 units without loss. Base and alloyed metals compress into Block of Copper, Block of Tin, and Block of Bronze, while rare metals form Block of Platinum, Block of Vibranium, and Block of Endrite. Mineral and gemstone hauls follow the exact same rule, letting you stack Block of Cinnabar, Block of Orpiment, and Block of Ruby in bulk mining crates until a tool or weapon needs fresh stock.