Biggest help for me figuring out the relationships has been using Foreman. It doesn't have everything - but it's pretty excellent at diagnosing industry paths.

A bit off topic, but just wanted to say thanks for your mods. The options in the ores config I just stumbled on make this compilation even more interesting! I'm going to try a run through disabling gem fields and enabling the option where gems drop only through the other ores (bauxite, etc). This se...