You can then see all of the possible ore that is surrounding that area.
This involves mining single rows with a one row gap in-between them. To have the possibility to find some more, you can do some strip mining. If you find something that looks like a possibility, click on it and it will tell you what it is! It is a pretty rare spawn, so you might not see any of it right away. You will want to look all over your map and search for yellow looking ore called Compacted Machinery. One of the easiest ways to gather components early on is to mine for them.