Deep Platinum Deposits

[Zod Rau]

Wiki says platinum can sometimes be found as a deep deposit, but I've yet to encounter a planet that lists it as a resource. So far, I've only found deep deposits of ores that also exist as surface deposits for particular planets. If surface deposits of platinum exist, what color star do such planets orbit?

[Daedrius]

I just looked at the wiki. This is all it said:

Can be bought from some Galactic Trade Terminals or Ship Traders.
Can be mined from crystalline/amorphous asteroids.
As a secondary element in some minerals in caves.
By destroying freighter cargo

So, no there are no deep deposits that you can mine.

[Zod Rau]

Ah. Seems the wiki has been edited since I looked at it last month. It used to have the same description for sourcing as gold, leaving out the surface deposits. Oh well. Gold and silver will have to suffice. Still, if it ever has been discovered as a deep deposit, that would be interesting.

[Ryvaken Tadrya]

Platinum can't be mined directly, but there are a number of ways to get it out of the refiner using mined resources.

Most directly, gold+silver=platinum. But that cuts into the gold+silver+platinum=nanite cycle which is the biggest reason to get large amounts of platinum (and is probably why platinum mines aren't a thing).

Geodesite and Iridesite can be refined into a large amount of platinum, and their component alloys can be refined into gold and silver to yield greater net returns at the expense of refining time. Those alloys are made with cobalt, ferrite, and the planetary minerals.

Chromatic metal, ferrite dust, and oxygen can be refined into platinum at a 250/1/1 to 10 ratio. Even with an activated indium mine this is a terrible ratio but it's a decent way of getting rid of chromatic and activated metals from other sources. Frigate expeditions and starship sales tend to drown you in the stuff.