12 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southeastern Alaska REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphate; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Idaho Critical Mineral Placers | Northwest | Idaho | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Garnet; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | garnet; thorium; yttrium |
| Blue Butte, Bonus Extension Group, Mica-Beryl Mine, Rock King Prospect, Silver Rocker Group | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Brown Derby | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | mica |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; High sulfidation; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | copper; gold; silver |
| Eight Mile Park district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; quartz; yttrium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Meyers Ranch | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica; thorium; uranium |
| Alabama pegmatite zone | Southeast | Alabama | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| New Mexico Proterozoic alkaline rocks and pegmatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Rociada | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| White Picacho | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | copper; feldspar; gold; lead; mica; molybdenum; silver |