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In Terraria I'm struggling to get outfitted because I've found very little ore, and what little I have found has been near the surface. Is there any pattern to how ore is distributed, or do I just have to mine the map out to make a set of iron armor? 

So far I've only gathered enough copper to make a helmet, and enough iron to make a pickaxe (I got enough iron to make the anvil from a chest I found).