22 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Midcontinent Rift mafic-ultramafic satellite intrusions | North Central | Michigan; Wisconsin | Mafic magmatic | Iron-titanium oxide; Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide | copper; gold; iron; phosphorus; selenium; silver |
| Edgemont | North Central; Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Sanford Lake-Tahawas Mining District | Northeast | New York | Mafic magmatic | Iron-titanium oxide | iron; phosphorus |
| MT-ID Alkalic Belt | Northwest | Montana | Alkalic porphyry | Fluorspar; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; feldspar; lead; gold; silver; vermiculite |
| 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 | Mafic magmatic | Chromite; Iron-titanium oxide; Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; phosphorus; selenium; silver |
| Entrada | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Mafic magmatic | Chromite; Iron-titanium oxide; Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; phosphorus; selenium; silver |
| Meeker | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | 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 |
| Poison Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; pyrite; selenium; 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 |
| 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 |
| Wet Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Mafic magmatic | Iron-titanium oxide; Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide | iron; phosphorus; silver |
| Magnet Cove District- Potash Sulphur Springs | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Gibellini and Carlin Vanadium | Southwest | Nevada | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; stone coal; uranium |
| Red Basin-Riley | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| San Gabriel Mountains anorthosite | Southwest | California | Mafic magmatic | Iron-titanium oxide | iron; phosphorus |