278 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 |
| Central Brooks Range Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Darby-Hogatza Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| Eastern Brooks Range-Old Crow PorphMo-W | Alaska | Alaska | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum; silver |
| Glacier Bay | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Kokrines-Hodzana Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| 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 REE | Alaska | Alaska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; gold; iron; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Kuskokwim-White Mountains Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Kuskokwim-White Mountains SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Lost River-Kougarok Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Northern Alaska Range Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Northern Alaska Range SsU-V-Co | Alaska | Alaska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Placer Au | Alaska | Alaska | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Placer Au and PGE | Alaska | Alaska | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Placer Au and Sn | Alaska | Alaska | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Placer Au and Ti | Alaska | Alaska | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Placer PGE and Au | Alaska | Alaska | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; PGE; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Porcupine River Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| Southeast Alaska Coast Mountains PorphMo-W | Alaska | Alaska | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum; silver |
| 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 Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| Animikie Red Ace Pegmatite | North Central | Wisconsin | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Archean gneiss terranes | North Central | Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Cretaceous weathering of Archean and Paleoproterozoic rocks | North Central | Minnesota; South Dakota | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| Crow Butte | North Central | Nebraska | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Elk Creek carbonatite | North Central | Nebraska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Elk Creek region | North Central | Kansas; Nebraska | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Humboldt Granite | North Central | Michigan | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Minnesota Quetico Province | North Central | Minnesota; North Dakota | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Neoarchean Greenstone Belts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota | North Central | Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Paleoproterozoic weathering beneath mature quartzites | North Central | Iowa; Minnesota; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| 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 |
| Southern Black Hills pegmatites | North Central | South Dakota | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica |
| Southern Complex pegmatites | North Central | Michigan | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Edgemont | North Central; Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Brunswick pegmatite field | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica |
| Catheart pluton | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Connecticut pegmatites | Northeast | Connecticut | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; gold; mica; silver |
| Grafton Pegmatite District | Northeast | New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; gold; mica; silver |
| Keene Pegmatite District | Northeast | New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; gold; mica; silver |
| Kennebec River barrier beaches | Northeast | Maine | Placer | Garnet; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | garnet gems and abrasives; thorium; yttrium |
| Knox Mountain pluton | Northeast | Vermont | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Lewiston area metasediments | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Massachusetts Hawley mineral belt | Northeast | Massachusetts | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Massachusetts pegmatite | Northeast | Massachusetts | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica |
| Oxford County pegmatite field | Northeast | Maine; New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar |
| Parker Mountain pegmatite | Northeast | New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica |
| Pennsylvania fluvial placers | Northeast | Delaware; Maryland; Pennsylvania | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| Port Leyden mine area | Northeast | New York | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Zircon | iron |
| Raymond Pegmatite District | Northeast | New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica |
| Tin in Eastern Maine | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen | (none) |
| Topsham pegmatite district | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; gems; gold; mica; silver |
| Topsham tungsten | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Western Maine scheelite | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| White Mountains pegmatites | Northeast | Maine; New Hampshire | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; yttrium |
| York County scheelite | Northeast | Maine; New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | lead; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 |
| Big Ben | Northwest | Montana | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Birch Creek | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | 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) |
| Chelan Butte | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Clearwater County beryllium | Northwest | Idaho | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Coastal Oregon beach placers | Northwest | Oregon | Placer | Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; PGE; Zircon | gold |
| 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 |
| Golden Horn batholith | Northwest | Washington | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Grass Range | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Gravel Range Mining District | Northwest | Idaho | Placer | Cassiterite; Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 |
| Johnson Ranch-Gold Butte-Froze to Death Butte | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Judith Mountains | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; gold; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Latah County beryllium | Northwest | Idaho | Reduced intrusion-related | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| 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 |
| Mazama | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Missouri Breaks diatremes | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Mount Tolman | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| MT-ID Alkalic Belt | Northwest | Montana | Alkalic porphyry | Fluorspar; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; feldspar; lead; gold; silver; vermiculite |
| NW Idaho-NE Washington beryllium | Northwest | Idaho; Washington | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Olympic Peninsula deposits | Northwest | Washington | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| Oregon stream placers | Northwest | Oregon | Placer | Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; PGE | gold |
| 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 |
| O'Toole Mountain | Northwest | Washington | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum; Skarn molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Payette National Forest manganese | Northwest | Idaho | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| Philips Lake | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Red Mountain Washington | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver |
| Roaring River beryllium | Northwest | Idaho | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Rock Creek-Lost Creek Mining Districts | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Sawtooth batholith | Northwest | Idaho | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | lead; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| Sheep Creek-Mineral Hill | Northwest | Idaho; Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Hybrid Th-REE-Fe veins and replacements | copper; iron; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Sherwood | Northwest | Washington | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Silver Hill tin | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | lead; silver |
| Smoky Butte | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Snowbird-Dry Creek | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Sweet Grass Hills | Northwest | Montana | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Fluorspar; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| 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 |
| White River | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | High sulfidation gold-silver; Lithocap alunite; Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silica; silver; uranium |
| 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 |
| Bald Mountain paleoplacers | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Placer | Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Bear Lodge District and Broader Region | Rocky Mountains | South Dakota; Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | gold; thorium; uranium |
| Blue Butte, Bonus Extension Group, Mica-Beryl Mine, Rock King Prospect, Silver Rocker Group | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Boulder County Tungsten district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; silver |
| Brown Derby | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | mica |
| Central Laramie Range | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Climax Mica Lode, Lower South Mine, Rose Dawn Mine, Star Girl Mine, Upper South Mine | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | yttrium |
| Climax-Sweet Home | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Coal REE deposits | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | coal |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; High sulfidation; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | copper; gold; silver |
| Copper Mountain | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Cretaceous-Paleocene coals, underclays, and interbeds | Rocky Mountains | Montana; North Dakota; South Dakota; Wyoming | Chemical weathering | Clay; Coal uranium, Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE; Surficial uranium | aggregate (coal clinker); clay; coal; molybdenum; uranium; yttrium |
| Crystal Mountain pegmatites | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; molybdenum; uranium; yttrium |
| Denver Basin | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Eight Mile Park district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; quartz; yttrium |
| Entrada | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Fox Hills Sandstone heavy mineral placers | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Placer | Garnet; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | garnet; thorium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Meeker | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| Meyers Ranch | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; mica; thorium; uranium |
| 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 |
| Pikes Peak, St. Peter’s Dome (Proterozoic) | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen-S-R beryllium; Pegmatite NYF | gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Pryor Mountains-Little Mountain | Northwest; Rocky Mountains | Montana; Wyoming | Meteoric recharge | Carbonate uranium | uranium |
| Rattlesnake Hills Alkali Intrusive Complex | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wet Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite; Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; phosphorus; thorium; vermiculite; uranium; yttrium |
| Winfield Peak-Antero | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF; Porphyry molybdenum | gold; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| Wyoming Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Belts | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Volcanogenic seafloor | Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; iron; silver |
| Arkansas River alluvial sands | South Central | Arkansas | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene | (none) |
| Central Kentucky Phosphate District | South Central | Kentucky | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | phosphate |
| Magnet Cove District- Potash Sulphur Springs | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Midwest Permian Ultramafic Dike District | South Central | Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Midwest Permian Ultramafic Dike District | South Central | Illinois; Indiana; Kentucky | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | phosphate |
| Rison anomaly | South Central | Arkansas | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Tokio Cretaceous placers | South Central | Arkansas; Oklahoma | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene | (none) |
| Alabama pegmatite zone | Southeast | Alabama | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Alleghanian-NeoAcadian regolith | Southeast | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| Blue Ridge placers | Southeast | Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Tennessee | Placer | Gold; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| Fall Zone Placers | Northeast; Southeast | Alabama; Delaware; Georgia; Maryland; New Jersey; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; South Carolina; Virginia | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| Hamme Tungsten Mining District | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; fluorspar; silver |
| Irish Creek Tin District | Southeast | Virginia | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen | (none) |
| Kings Mountain pegmatite district | Southeast | North Carolina; South Carolina | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Little Friar Mountain pegmatite | Southeast | Virginia | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Lower Shoreline Placers | Northeast; Southeast | Delaware; Florida; Georgia; Maryland; New Jersey; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| Middle Shoreline Placers | Northeast; Southeast | Georgia; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| Neoproterozoic granitoids | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| Neoproterozoic regolith | Southeast | Maryland; North Carolina; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| North Carolina pegmatite zone | Southeast | North Carolina; Tennessee | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Puerto Rico Ni-Co laterite | Southeast | Puerto Rico | Chemical weathering | Nickel-cobalt laterite | (none) |
| Puerto Rico shoreline placers | Southeast | Puerto Rico | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene | (none) |
| Puerto Rico volcanogenic Mn | Southeast | Puerto Rico | Volcanogenic seafloor | Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) | iron |
| Spruce Pine Area | Southeast | North Carolina | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; high purity quartz; mica |
| Virginia nelsonites | Southeast | Virginia | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene | (none) |
| Virginia pegmatite zone-Amelia County | Southeast | Virginia | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar; high purity quartz; mica |
| Zirconia Pegmatite Mining District | Southeast | North Carolina; South Carolina | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | feldspar |
| 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 |
| Birch Creek | Southwest | California | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Bound Ranch Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold |
| Buffalo Canyon | Southwest | Nevada | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold; Greisen-V tungsten | gold; molybdenum; silver |
| Butte Valley District | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Cameron area uranium | Southwest | Arizona | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | uranium |
| 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) |
| Central Texas pegmatites | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Clay Canyon | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap kaolinite | clay; gem-quality variscite; yttrium |
| Coal Cliffs | Southwest | Utah | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | iron; thorium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Granite Peak district | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Greisen; Pegmatite NYF | lead; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| Grants Uranium District | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; uranium |
| Grants Uranium District-Todilto | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Carbonate uranium | crushed stone; high-Ca limestone; 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 Bonneville Beach Gravels | Southwest | Utah | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | iron; thorium; yttrium |
| Lemitar Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite |
| Marysvale | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Lithocap alunite; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry molybdenum; Volcanogenic uranium | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| McCullough Butte | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| Mountain Pass | Southwest | California; Nevada | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; uranium; vermiculite |
| New Mexico carbonatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| Northern Nevada tungsten skarns | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | (none) |
| Northwest Arizona and southwest Utah uranium breccia pipes | Southwest | Arizona; Utah | Basin brine path | Uranium (unconformity and breccia pipe) | copper; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| 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 |
| 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 | Placer | Fluorspar; Gold; Wolframite/scheelite | gold; iron; silver |
| 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 |
| Peninsular Ranges pegmatites | Southwest | California | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | boron |
| 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 | Placer | Cassiterite | (none) |
| Questa-Log Cabin-Spring Gulch | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Red Basin-Riley | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Taylor Creek Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Placer | Cassiterite | (none) |
| Texas beach placer titanium | Southwest | Texas | Placer | Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene | (none) |
| Texas Coastal Plain uranium | Southwest | Arkansas; Louisiana; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | 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 |
| Thompson Knolls | Southwest | Utah | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Distal disseminated silver-gold; Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| 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 | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Trinity Range-Kamma Mountains | Southwest | Nevada | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| 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 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 | Placer | Fluorspar; Gold; Wolframite/scheelite | gold |
| White Oaks Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold; S-R-V tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum |
| White Picacho | Southwest | Arizona | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | copper; feldspar; gold; lead; mica; molybdenum; silver |
| 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) |
| Gorman tin district | Southwest | California | Placer | Cassiterite | (none) |