After reading Gauntlets idea, I rather do like it. You can simply then create the 'amount' of finite resources on the map at generation. Ideally a resources has X many in it. Like Civ 5 where you can have an Iron mine with 5 or even 8 iron in it. I would prefer if said resources were distributed a bit more evenly and can be made more or less rare at map creation. 

However, we then come to the ai and the abundance of credits. The ai should 'over value' its own resources and not value  the players as much. Thus it would cost an 'arm and a leg'for the player to buy out all the resources from the various ai and the ai in turn would not value what the player has by  half. This way it would be harder for the player to abuse and snowball in ship power using special components while denying the ai the same. 

Oh well... just to clarify, I wasn't trying to say that the durantium resource on the strategic map would only provide X amount of resource over the whole game... I did intend for it to possess and provide Infinite durantium and be mined forever, but, only provide so many resources per Y turns.

Like ".25 Durantium per turn" IE 1 per 4 turns. Forever.

The attrition loss of resources is thereby temporary and you can recover and restock. That being said, I'm also not opposed to each deposit being "finite" but I think that is difficult for a 4X game.

I totally agree. I was quite opposed to the shift to infinite resources from asteroids in Sins of a Solar Empire during beta. It completely changes the game... and sometimes that is great and sometimes not.

Edit: actually i remember one game with finite resources having an option for 'infinite resources'. But forget which one? So the best option is to have finite resources but an option to make it infinite if you want to.

We lost focus here. Right now you get one. This conversation started with instead of one maybe one for so many turns. 

Not to mention a certain SD game called fallen enchantress...