77 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glacier Bay | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Kuskokwim-White Mountains Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Lost River-Kougarok Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| York County scheelite | Northeast | Maine; New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Calvert Hill District | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Cedar Canyon Mining District | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| CuMo-Little Falls mineral districts | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; molybdenum |
| Ima mine (Blue Wing Mining District) | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; lead; silver |
| Mackay stock area | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead |
| Marysville district | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Mineral Hill | Northwest | Idaho; Montana; Wyoming | Orogenic | Antimony; Gold | gold; silver |
| Mount Tolman | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Oregon-Idaho tungsten province | Northwest | Idaho; Oregon | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | gold |
| Orogrande Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Reduced intrusion-related | Skarn copper-molybdenum-tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 |
| Red Mountain Washington | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver |
| Rock Creek-Lost Creek Mining Districts | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Tungsten King area | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | molybdenum |
| Yellow Pine/Stibnite Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Yellow Pine/Stibnite Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; mercury; silver |
| Yellow Pine/Stibnite Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Meteoric convection | Low sulfidation epithermal antimony; Low sulfidation epithermal gold-silver | gold; mercury; silver |
| Boulder County Tungsten district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; silver |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Climax-Sweet Home | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; High sulfidation; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | copper; gold; silver |
| San Juan tungsten veins | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; lead; silver |
| Hamme Tungsten Mining District | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; fluorspar; silver |
| Basin and Range Laramide and Jurassic W veins and skarns | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; silver |
| Basin and Range Proterozoic W veins and replacements | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; silver |
| Birch Creek | Southwest | California | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Black Hawk Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Arsenide | Five element veins | copper; gold; silver; uranium |
| Black Range deposits (Lake Valley-Hermosa-Tierra Blanca-Macho-Kingston districts) | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Bound Ranch Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold |
| California lithium and potash | Southwest | California; Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Cave Peak | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | copper; molybdenum |
| Central Nevada tungsten skarns | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Eastern California tungsten | Southwest | California; Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver; zinc |
| Elizabethtown-Baldy Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Placer | Gold; Wolframite/scheelite | gold |
| 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 |
| Golconda Mining District | Southwest | Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Gold Hill Mining District | Southwest | Utah | Alkalic porphyry | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Low sulfidation | gold; silver |
| 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 |
| House Range tungsten skarns | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; molybdenum |
| Indian Springs and Delano Mining Districts | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Iron Mountain (Sierra Cuchillo) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; iron; lead; 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 | Carlin-type | Antimony; Arsenic-thallium-mercury | mercury; thallium |
| 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 |
| Middle Tertiary W skarns of southwestern New Mexico and southeastern Arizona | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Mount Wheeler mine area | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Northern Nevada tungsten skarns | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Oreana mine area | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Orogrande Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Ortiz Mountains (Old Placers-New Placers districts) | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Peloncillo Mountains (San Simon, McGhee Peak, Steins Pass districts) | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Picuris district (Copper Hill) | Southwest | New Mexico | Coeur d'Alene-type | Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Shoshone Mining District | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Sierra Nevada foothills orogenic Au | Southwest | California | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Southern California tungsten placers | Southwest | California | Placer | Gold; Wolframite/scheelite | gold |
| Southern Nevada Tungsten | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Star Tungsten Mine | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Sylvanite and Eureka Mining Districts | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Tierra Blanca Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; lead; gold; silver |
| 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 |
| Trout Creek district | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Greisen; Pegmatite NYF; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| Victorio Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum; Skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| White Oaks Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| White Oaks Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum |
| Mount Baldy mining district | Southwest | California | Placer | Wolframite/scheelite | (none) |
| Mount Baldy mining district | Southwest | California | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |