213 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 |
| Central Alaska PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| 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 |
| Johnson River | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Northern Alaska Range SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| 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 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 |
| Western Alaska Range PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Western Alaska Range SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| 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 |
| Chamberlain district | North Central | South Dakota | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Crow Butte | North Central | Nebraska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Manganese (Mn) in iron-formations | North Central | Michigan; Minnesota; Wisconsin | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Pembine-Wausau and Minnesota Paleoproterozoic | North Central | Michigan; Minnesota; Wisconsin | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Turtle Mountains manganese | North Central | North Dakota | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| 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 |
| Edgemont | North Central; Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Aroostook County manganese | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Blue Hill manganese prospects | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Dover-Foxcroft manganese prospect | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Drew Hill antimony prospect | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Gouldsboro antimony prospect | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Greenfield manganese prospects | Northeast | Maine | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Massachusetts Hawley mineral belt | Northeast | Massachusetts | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Mitchell ore bed | Northeast | Vermont | Chemical weathering | Supergene iron; Supergene manganese | iron |
| Salisbury Mining District | Northeast | Connecticut; Massachusetts; New York | Chemical weathering | Supergene iron; Supergene manganese | iron |
| Shawangunk Mountains Area | Northeast | New York | Reduced intrusion-related | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Birch Creek | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Bull Mountain-Elkhorn | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Butte pegmatite belt | Northwest | Montana | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | copper; lead; silver; yttrium |
| California Coast Ranges massive sulfide | Northwest | California; Oregon; Washington | Volcanogenic seafloor | Copper-zinc sulfide; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| California-Oregon laterites | Northwest | California; Oregon | Chemical weathering | Nickel-cobalt laterite | (none) |
| 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) |
| Central Idaho bismuth-bearing veins | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Chelan Butte | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 |
| Idaho Critical Mineral Placers | Northwest | Idaho | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Garnet; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | garnet; thorium; yttrium |
| Ima mine (Blue Wing Mining District) | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; lead; silver |
| Lakeview mining district | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Lava Creek mining district | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; 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 |
| Mount Tolman | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| NW polymetallic Au-Ag veins | Northwest | Idaho; Montana; Oregon | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Olympic Peninsula deposits | Northwest | Washington | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| Oregon-Idaho tungsten province | Northwest | Idaho; Oregon | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | gold |
| 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 |
| Payette National Forest manganese | Northwest | Idaho | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| 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) |
| SE Idaho manganese | Northwest | Idaho | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| Sherwood | Northwest | Washington | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Silver Bow manganese/Lexington Mine | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Southeast Oregon lithium | Northwest | Idaho; Nevada; Oregon | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| 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 |
| Tobacco Root batholith | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Tungsten King area | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | molybdenum |
| Washington Heavy Mineral Placers | Northwest | Washington | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| White Cloud mineral district | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Yellow Pine/Stibnite Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; mercury; silver |
| 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 |
| Aspen Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen; High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite; Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; mercury; molybdenum; silver |
| Bear Lodge District and Broader Region | Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Alkalic porphyry | Low sulfidation; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper-gold | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Boulder County Tungsten district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; silver |
| Browns Canyon and Poncha Springs fluorite | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Fluorspar | copper; gold; lead |
| Central Colorado Mineral Belt carbonate-replacement deposits | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Climax-Sweet Home | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Climax-Sweet Home and Leadville Area Supergene System | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Chemical weathering | Supergene iron; Supergene manganese; Supergene silver | iron; silver |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Denver Basin | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Entrada | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Gas Hills | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Great Divide Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Hahns Peak | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Henderson-Urad | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Lithocap kaolinite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Ketchum Buttes | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Maybell | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Meeker | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Montezuma-Breckenridge polymetallic districts | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Mt. Emmons-Redwell Basin | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Northwestern Black Hills Uranium District | Northwest; Rocky Mountains | Montana; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| 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 |
| Rosita Hills | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| San Juan tungsten veins | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; lead; silver |
| Shirley Basin | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Sierra Madre | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Silverton | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Summitville | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Sweetwater Arch | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Algoma iron; Manganese-oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Tallahassee Creek | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Turkey Creek | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Winfield Peak-Antero | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF; Porphyry molybdenum | gold; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| Wyoming Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Belts | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; PGE; silver; titanium |
| Wyoming Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Belts | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; silver |
| Batesville cobalt-manganese District | South Central | Arkansas | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| Manganese in Igneous Rocks | South Central | Missouri | IOA-IOCG | Replacement manganese | iron |
| Manganese in Sedimentary Rocks | South Central | Missouri | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | iron |
| Ouachita manganese-cobalt district | South Central | Arkansas; Oklahoma | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| 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 |
| Hamme Tungsten Mining District | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; fluorspar; silver |
| Jumping Branch manganese | Southeast | North Carolina; South Carolina | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| Puerto Rico Ni-Co laterite | Southeast | Puerto Rico | Chemical weathering | Nickel-cobalt laterite | (none) |
| Puerto Rico volcanogenic Mn | Southeast | Puerto Rico | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| Valley and Ridge manganese | Southeast; South Central | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| Arizona and New Mexico lithium | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine |
| 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 |
| Artillery Mountains manganese | Southwest | Arizona | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| 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 |
| Big Bend alkaline rocks | Southwest | Texas | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Bonneville basin playas and salt lakes | Southwest | Utah | Lacustrine evaporite | Residual brine; Salt | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt (NaCl); soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Bonnie Claire lithium | Southwest | Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Borderlands Carbonate Replacement Deposits | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico; Texas | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | copper; gold; lead; 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 |
| Cameron area uranium | Southwest | Arizona | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Castle Dome fluorite | Southwest | Arizona | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | barite; copper; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Central Nevada tungsten skarns | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| 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 |
| Clayton Valley-Rhyolite Ridge lithium | Southwest | California; Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Colorado Plateau sandstone uranium | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | copper; molybdenum; 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 |
| Cooks Range-Fluorite Ridge fluorite-manganese | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | molybdenum |
| Deming-area mills (Asarco and Peru mills) | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Eagle Mountains fluorite | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 | 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 |
| Fish Springs | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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) |
| Kaiparowits placer | Southwest | Utah | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals; Wolframite/scheelite; Zircon | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Lake Mead/Muddy lithium | Southwest | Arizona; Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Little Florida Mountains district | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| Luis Lopez district | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| 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 | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| 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 Hope | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | 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 |
| Nevada lithium | Southwest | California; Nevada; Oregon | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| 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 |
| Northern Nevada tungsten skarns | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| 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 |
| Oreana mine area | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Organ Mountains District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; 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 |
| Petaca placers | Southwest | New Mexico | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Precambrian Franklin Mountain tin | Southwest | Texas | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Red Basin-Riley | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| Red Mountain, Arizona | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; kaolin; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Saddleback Mountain-Goat Camp (and Steeple Rock district) | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Climax-type | Fluorspar; High sulfidation; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Salton Trough lithium and potash | Southwest | California | Lacustrine evaporite | Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; gold; iodine; silver |
| Scraper Springs | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | 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) |
| Silver City (Chloride Flat) manganese deposits | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Southern Nevada Tungsten | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Teels Marsh | Southwest | Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| Texas Coastal Plain uranium | Southwest | Arkansas; Louisiana; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Three Kids district | Southwest | Nevada | Marine chemocline | Iron-manganese | iron |
| 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 |
| Trinity Range-Kamma Mountains | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Trout Creek district | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Greisen; Pegmatite NYF; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Victorio Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum; Skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 |
| White Basin | Southwest | Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| 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 | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Gorman tin district | Southwest | California | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver |