227 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Range PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Brooks Range-Central Belt Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Brooks Range-Northeastern Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Brooks Range-Northern Foreland Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Barite (replacement and bedded); Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Central Alaska PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Darby-Hogatza REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Darby-Hogatza SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Eastern Alaska Range (Alexandria-Wrangellia Terrane) PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Eastern Brooks Range-Old Crow PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Glacier Bay | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Kokrines-Hodzana REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Kokrines-Hodzana SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Kuskokwim Mountains PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Kuskokwim-White Mountains REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; gold; iron; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Kuskokwim-White Mountains SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Nome Complex Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Northern Alaska Range REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Northern Alaska Range SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Porcupine River REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphate; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Porcupine River SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Seward Peninsula-St. Lawrence Island PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Southeastern Alaska REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphate; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Southeastern Alaska SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Southern Prince of Wales Island PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Talkeetna Mountains-Eastern Alaska Range Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Triassic Phosphate REE | Alaska | Alaska | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate fertilizer; uranium |
| Upper Mississippian (Visean) Phosphate REE | Alaska | Alaska | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate fertilizer; uranium |
| Western Alaska Range PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Western Alaska Range REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Western Alaska Range SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Wrangell Mountains-Kennecott Sed Cu | Alaska | Alaska | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Yukon-Tanana REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Yukon-Tanana SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Yukon-Tanana Upland Porphyry | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Archean gneiss terranes | North Central | Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Crow Butte | North Central | Nebraska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Elk Creek carbonatite | North Central | Nebraska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Elk Creek region | North Central | Kansas; Nebraska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Humboldt Granite | North Central | Michigan | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Mesoproterozoic Phosphate | North Central | Michigan; Wisconsin | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate fertilizer; uranium |
| Neoarchean Greenstone Belts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota | North Central | Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Northeast Iowa intrusive complex (NEIIC) | North Central | Iowa; Minnesota; Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Peavey Pond Complex | North Central | Michigan; Wisconsin | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; selenium; uranium |
| Post-Penokean Geon 17 magmatic rocks | North Central | Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; Wisconsin | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; selenium; uranium |
| Spencer Intrusive Complex | North Central | Iowa | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; selenium; uranium |
| Upper Ordovician Phosphate (Rawtheyan and Richmondian) | North Central | Alabama; Iowa; Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky; Michigan; Minnesota; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; Tennessee; Wisconsin | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Iron-manganese; Phosphate | copper; gold; iron; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| Western Upper Peninsula, IOCG | North Central | Michigan; Wisconsin | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; selenium; uranium |
| Wolf River Batholith | North Central | Wisconsin | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; selenium; uranium |
| Wolf River Batholith | North Central | Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Edgemont | North Central; Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Bowers Mountain black shale | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Catheart pluton | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Catoctin Formation metavolcanics in Maryland | Northeast | Maryland | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Cranberry Islands tuff | Northeast | Maine | Climax-type | Volcanogenic beryllium | uranium |
| Devonian Marcellus black shale | Northeast | Kentucky; Maryland; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Eastern Piedmont Devonian granitoids | Northeast | Maryland | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Litchfield syenite | Northeast | Maine | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Penobscot black shale | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Traveler Rhyolite | Northeast | Maine | Climax-type | Volcanogenic beryllium | uranium |
| Adel Mountain Volcanics | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Bearpaw Mountains-Eagle Buttes | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Belt Basin | Northwest | Idaho; Montana | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement); Zinc-lead (MVT and sedex) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Black Butte (Sheep Creek) | Northwest | Montana | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Castle stock | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Copper Camp | Northwest | Idaho | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; selenium; uranium |
| Crazy Mountain Volcanics | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Cretaceous heavy-mineral placer sandstones (black sandstones) | Northwest; North Central; Rocky Mountains | Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals; Wolframite/scheelite; Zircon | gold; iron; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Fall Creek uranium area | Northwest | Idaho | Chemical weathering | Coal uranium | coal; uranium |
| Grass Range | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Hall Mountain mineral district | Northwest | Idaho | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Heath Formation— Cox Ranch Member | Northwest | Montana | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Highwood Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Idaho Cobalt Belt | Northwest | Idaho | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide copper gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Indian Creek Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide copper gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Johnson Ranch-Gold Butte-Froze to Death Butte | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Judith Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; gold; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Lakeview | Northwest | Oregon | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| Little Belt Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Mazama | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Midnite | Northwest | Washington | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Missouri Breaks diatremes | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Moccasin Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Mount Tolman | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Nugget Sandstone Copper | Northwest | Idaho; Utah; Wyoming | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Oroville-Nighthawk district (Four Metals) | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten; Skarn iron | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Rock Creek/Montanore (Libby) | Northwest | Montana | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Sheep Creek-Mineral Hill | Northwest | Idaho; Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Hybrid Th-REE-Fe veins and replacements | copper; iron; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Sherwood | Northwest | Washington | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Smoky Butte | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Snowbird-Dry Creek | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Spar Lake (Troy) | Northwest | Idaho; Montana | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Spokane Mountain | Northwest | Washington | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Stanley-Challis uranium district | Northwest | Idaho | Meteoric recharge | Granite uranium; Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Sultan Basin | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | cadmium; copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Sunset | Northwest | Washington | Metamorphic | Gneiss U; Graphite (coal or carbonaceous sed) | molybdenum; uranium |
| Sweet Grass Hills | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| White River | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite; Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silica; silver; uranium |
| Boulder Batholith | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Absaroka Volcanic Plateau | Northwest; Rocky Mountains | Montana; Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Bates Hole area fluvial paleoplacers | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Placer | Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Bear Lodge District and Broader Region | Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | gold; thorium; uranium |
| Centennial Cone Prospect | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; feldspar; mica; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Central City-Idaho Springs polymetallic veins | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Alkalic porphyry | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Central Colorado sediment-hosted Cu | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; New Mexico | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; silver; uranium |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Cochetopa | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Cretaceous-Paleocene coals, underclays, and interbeds | Rocky Mountains | Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming | Chemical weathering | Clay; Coal uranium, Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE; Surficial uranium | aggregate (coal clinker); clay; coal; molybdenum; uranium; yttrium |
| Crystal Mountain pegmatites | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; molybdenum; uranium; yttrium |
| Denver Basin | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Entrada | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Front Range Proterozoic | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Coeur d'Alene-type | Uranium | uranium |
| Gas Hills | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Great Divide Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Jamestown district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Alkalic porphyry | Low sulfidation; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Ketchum Buttes | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Marshall Pass | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| Maybell | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Placer | Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Meeker | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Meyers Ranch | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica; thorium; uranium |
| Northwestern Black Hills Uranium District | Northwest; Rocky Mountains | Montana; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Phosphoria Formation | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Idaho; Montana; Nevada; Utah; Wyoming | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Phosphate | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| Pikes Peak, St. Peter’s Dome (Proterozoic) | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen-S-R beryllium; Pegmatite NYF | gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Poison Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; pyrite; selenium; uranium |
| Powder River Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Powderhorn District | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar | copper; iron; lead; phosphorus; silver; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Pryor Mountains-Little Mountain | Northwest; Rocky Mountains | Montana; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Carbonate uranium | uranium |
| Rattlesnake Hills Alkali Intrusive Complex | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Shirley Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Sierra Madre | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Sierra Madre | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Placer | Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Silver Creek-Calico Peak | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| St Peters dome district (Oligocene) | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Alkalic porphyry | Low sulfidation; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Sweetwater Arch | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Tallahassee Creek | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Turkey Creek | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Twin Cedars, Big Bertha, South Platte pegmatites | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; feldspar; quartz; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Wet Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Wyoming Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Belts | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Metamorphic | Gneiss U; Graphite (coal or carbonaceous sed) | gold; uranium |
| Fayetteville Shale; Upper Mississippian (Serpukhovian) Phosphate | South Central | Arkansas; Missouri; Oklahoma | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate fertilizer; uranium |
| Granite Mountain syenite | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Kansas Lamproite | South Central | Kansas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; mica; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Magnet Cove District- Potash Sulphur Springs | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Midwest Permian Ultramafic Dike District | South Central | Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Pennsylvanian Phosphate, Black Shale, Underclay | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Phosphate | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| Rison anomaly | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| South-Central IOA-IOCG province | South Central | Arkansas; Illinois; Iowa; Missouri; Ohio; Wisconsin | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; silver; uranium |
| Upper Devonian Phosphate | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Iron-manganese; Phosphate | copper; gold; iron; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| CAMP event-Culpeper basin | Southeast | Virginia | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Middle Devonian REE phosphates | Southeast | West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate; uranium |
| Miocene-Pliocene phosphate strata | Southeast | Florida; Georgia; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate; uranium |
| SE Piedmont Rift Zones uranium (Coles Hill type) | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | IOA-IOCG | Albitite uranium | arsenic; barium; nickel; phosphorus; REE; scandium; uranium |
| Apache Warm Springs (Ojo Caliente No. 2 district) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| New Mexico Tertiary alkaline rocks and REE veins | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Arizona-New Mexico Cretaceous placers | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals; Zircon | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Black Hawk Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Arsenide | Five element veins | copper; gold; silver; uranium |
| Black Rock district—Monte Cristo mine | Southwest | Arizona | Arsenide | Five element veins | copper; gold; silver; uranium |
| Butte Valley District | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Cameron area uranium | Southwest | Arizona | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Central Wasatch Mountains | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | High sulfidation gold-silver; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Colorado Plateau sandstone uranium | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | copper; molybdenum; uranium |
| Colorado Plateau sediment-hosted copper | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Contact Mining District | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; lead; molybdenum; gold; silver; uranium |
| Date Creek Basin | Southwest | Arizona | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| Diamond Tail (Hagan Basin) | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| Drum Mountains | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; clay; copper; gold; halloysite clay; iron; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Elizabethtown-Baldy Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Ely (Robinson District) | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; lead; molybdenum; gold; silver; uranium |
| Gallinas Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium |
| Gibellini and Carlin Vanadium | Southwest | Nevada | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Gold Hill Mining District | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Goodsprings mining district | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Grants Uranium District | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; uranium |
| Grants Uranium District-Todilto | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Carbonate uranium | crushed stone; high-Ca limestone; uranium |
| Honeycomb Hills | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Hopi Buttes | Southwest | Arizona | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| Humboldt Mafic Complex | Southwest | Nevada | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V | copper; iron; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Iron Mountain (Sierra Cuchillo) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; uranium |
| Jurassic Arc | Southwest | California; Nevada | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide apatite; Iron oxide copper gold | copper; gold; iron; silver; uranium |
| Kaiparowits placer | Southwest | Utah | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals; Wolframite/scheelite; Zircon | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| La Paz | Southwest | Arizona | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Lemitar Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite |
| Lower Colorado River IOCG | Southwest | Arizona; California | IOA-IOCG | Iron oxide copper gold; Skarn iron | copper; gold; iron; phosphorus; selenium; uranium |
| Lower Mississippian (Osagean-Meramecian) Phosphate | Southwest | Utah | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate fertilizer; uranium |
| Marysvale | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum; Volcanogenic uranium | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Marysvale-Pioche belt | Southwest | Nevada; Utah | Climax-type | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Fluorspar; High sulfidation; Lithocap alunite; Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Volcanogenic uranium | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Marysvale-Pioche belt | Southwest | Nevada; Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite; Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum; R-V manganese; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| McDermitt Caldera | Southwest | Nevada; Oregon | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Volcanogenic uranium | uranium |
| McDermitt Caldera | Southwest | Nevada; Oregon | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Middle-Late Miocene Phosphate | Southwest | California | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate; uranium |
| Mountain Pass | Southwest | California; Nevada | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; uranium; vermiculite |
| Music Valley | Southwest | California | Metamorphic | Gneiss REE (monazite, xenotime) | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| New Mexico Cambrian alkaline rocks and REE veins | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| New Mexico carbonatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| New Mexico Proterozoic alkaline rocks and pegmatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| New Mexico-Texas-Colorado sediment-hosted Cu | Southwest | Colorado; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Northwest Arizona and southwest Utah uranium breccia pipes | Southwest | Arizona; Utah | Basin brine path | Uranium (unconformity and breccia pipe) | copper; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Oquirrh Mountains | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Orogrande Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Pajarito Mountain | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; iron; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Park City-Gold Hill belt | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Greisen; High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Park City-Gold Hill belt | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Pine Grove-Blawn Mountain-Broken Ridge-Pink Knolls | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Red Basin-Riley | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| Resolution | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Round Top | Southwest | Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Sheeprock or Columbia-East Erickson | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Southern High Plains Calcrete | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Calcrete uranium | caliche; uranium |
| Southwest Laramide Porphyry Belt | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; sulfuric acid; uranium |
| Spor Mountain | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Volcanogenic beryllium; Volcanogenic uranium | lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Texas Coastal Plain uranium | Southwest | Arkansas; Louisiana; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Texas Cretaceous intrusions | Southwest | Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium |
| Thompson Knolls | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Tintic-Deep Creek belt | Southwest | Nevada; Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Greisen; High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite, Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; R-V manganese; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; halloysite clay; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium; zeolite |
| Tintic-Deep Creek belt | Southwest | Nevada; Utah | Climax-type | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Fluorspar; Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Lithocap alunite, Lithocap kaolinite; Pegmatite NYF; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Volcanogenic beryllium; Volcanogenic uranium | cadmium; copper; gold; halloysite clay; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium; zeolite |
| Toiyabe Peaks | Southwest | Nevada | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Topaz Mountain | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Volcanogenic beryllium; Volcanogenic uranium | uranium; zeolite |
| Trinity Range-Kamma Mountains | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Tutsagubet Mining District (Apex mine) | Southwest | Utah | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Tyrone-Chino-Hillsboro porphyry copper deposits | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Uinta Basin | Southwest | Utah | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | copper; molybdenum; uranium |
| Virgin Valley Caldera | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Volcanogenic uranium | mercury; uranium |
| Western Great Basin Porphyry Copper | Southwest | California; Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum; Skarn iron | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Wind Mountain (Cornudas Mountains) | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |