48 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darby-Hogatza REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Kokrines-Hodzana REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Northern Alaska Range REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Porcupine River REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphate; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Southeastern Alaska REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphate; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Western Alaska Range REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Yukon-Tanana REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Archean gneiss terranes | North Central | Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Humboldt Granite | North Central | Michigan | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Wausau Syenite Complex (WSC) | North Central | Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; yttrium |
| Wolf River Batholith | North Central | Wisconsin | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Catoctin Formation metavolcanics in Maryland | Northeast | Maryland | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Castle stock | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Crazy Mountain Volcanics | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Hall Mountain mineral district | Northwest | Idaho | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Highwood Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Little Belt Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Midnite | Northwest | Washington | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Moccasin Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Spokane Mountain | Northwest | Washington | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Sweet Grass Hills | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Centennial Cone Prospect | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; feldspar; mica; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Sierra Madre | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Sweetwater Arch | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| New Mexico Tertiary alkaline rocks and REE veins | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Gallinas Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium |
| La Paz | Southwest | Arizona | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| McDermitt Caldera | Southwest | Nevada; Oregon | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; 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 Proterozoic alkaline rocks and pegmatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Pajarito Mountain | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; iron; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Round Top | Southwest | Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Toiyabe Peaks | Southwest | Nevada | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Wind Mountain (Cornudas Mountains) | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |