203 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Range Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 Alaska-Seward Peninsula Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| Central Alaska-Seward Peninsula Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Central Brooks Range Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Chugach Range Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Chugach Range Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| Darby-Hogatza Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Eastern Alaska Range (Alexandria-Wrangellia Terrane) PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Eastern Alaska Range-Talkeetna Mountains Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| Eastern Alaska Range-Talkeetna Mountains Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Eastern Brooks Range-Old Crow Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Eastern Brooks Range-Old Crow Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 |
| Johnson River | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Kokrines-Hodzana Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Kuskokwim Mountains Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| Kuskokwim Mountains PCD | 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 |
| Northern Alaska Range Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Porcupine River Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Seward Peninsula-St. Lawrence Island PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Seward Peninsula-St. Lawrence Island PorphMo-W | Alaska | Alaska | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold | copper; gold; molybdenum |
| Southeast Alaska Coast Mountains PorphMo-W | Alaska | Alaska | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum; silver |
| Southeast Alaska Orogenic Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Western Alaska Range Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold | gold; silver |
| Western Alaska Range PCD | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Yukon-Tanana Sn-W | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen; Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | molybdenum |
| Yukon-Tanana Upland Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Yukon-Tanana Upland Gold | Alaska | Alaska | Reduced intrusion-related | Gold; Skarn copper-molybdenum-tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver |
| Yukon-Tanana Upland Porphyry | Alaska | Alaska | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; selenium; silver; uranium |
| Archean gneiss terranes | North Central | Iowa; Michigan; Minnesota; Nebraska; South Dakota; Wisconsin | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT; Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| 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 | Volcanogenic seafloor | Algoma iron; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Neoarchean Greenstone Belts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota | North Central | Minnesota; North Dakota; South Dakota | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Blue Hill tungsten | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen | molybdenum |
| Catheart pluton | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| Catherine Mountain Prospect | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Greisen | molybdenum |
| Cuttingsville stock | Northeast | Vermont | Alkalic porphyry | Porphyry/skarn copper-gold | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver |
| Drew Hill antimony prospect | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Knox Mountain pluton | Northeast | Vermont | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Lewiston area metasediments | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Tin in Eastern Maine | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Greisen | (none) |
| Topsham tungsten | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| Washington County intrusive rocks | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Western Maine scheelite | Northeast | Maine | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | (none) |
| York County scheelite | Northeast | Maine; New Hampshire | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Potomac Terrane | Northeast; Southeast | Maryland | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Big Ben | Northwest | Montana | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Big Iron | Northwest | Washington | Reduced intrusion-related | Skarn copper-molybdenum-tungsten | copper; gold; iron; molybdenum; silver |
| Birch Creek | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; S-R-V tungsten | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Boise antimony | Northwest | Idaho | Orogenic | Antimony; Gold | gold; silver |
| Bull Mountain-Elkhorn | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; 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) |
| 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 |
| Clark Fork | Northwest | Idaho | Coeur d'Alene-type | Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; 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 |
| CuMo-Little Falls mineral districts | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; molybdenum |
| Elk City antimony | Northwest | Idaho | Orogenic | Antimony; Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 |
| Mazama | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn copper; Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; molybdenum; silver; uranium |
| 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 |
| NW polymetallic Au-Ag veins | Northwest | Idaho; Montana; Oregon | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| O'Toole Mountain | Northwest | Washington | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum; Skarn molybdenum | molybdenum |
| 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) |
| Sawtooth Sn | Northwest | Idaho | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Porphyry/skarn molybdenum | copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| Silver Bow manganese/Lexington Mine | Northwest | Montana | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Silver Hill tin | Northwest | Washington | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Porphyry/skarn | 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 |
| 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 |
| Warren district vein system | Northwest | Idaho | Orogenic | Antimony; Gold | gold; silver |
| 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 | Orogenic | Gold | gold; 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 |
| Boulder County Tungsten district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | gold; silver |
| Central Colorado epithermal Au-Ag | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Alkalic porphyry | High sulfidation; Low sulfidation | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cripple Creek district | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Alkalic porphyry | High sulfidation; Low sulfidation | copper; gold; silver |
| Crystal Mountain pegmatites | Rocky Mountains | Colorado | Climax-type | Greisen; Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; mica; molybdenum; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Medicine Bow Mountains | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; Wyoming | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | cadmium; copper; gold; lead; molybdenum; silver |
| 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 |
| Rattlesnake Hills Alkali Intrusive Complex | Rocky Mountains | Wyoming | Alkalic porphyry | High sulfidation; Low sulfidation | copper; gold; silver |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | Orogenic | Gold | copper; gold; mercury; silver |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Virginia metamorphic sulfide | Southeast | Virginia | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Apache Warm Springs (Ojo Caliente No. 2 district) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| Arizona and New Mexico lithium | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine |
| Bald Mountain mineral district | Southwest | Nevada | Reduced intrusion-related | Skarn copper-molybdenum-tungsten | copper; gold; molybdenum; 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Granite Peak district | Southwest | Utah | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Greisen; Pegmatite NYF | lead; molybdenum; silver; yttrium |
| 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 |
| Kaiparowits placer | Southwest | Utah | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Ilmenite/rutile/leucoxene; Monazite/xenotime; Uraninite, autunite-group minerals; Wolframite/scheelite; Zircon | thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Klamath Mountains orogenic Au | Southwest | California; Oregon | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Lake Mead/Muddy lithium | Southwest | Arizona; Nevada | Lacustrine evaporite | Lithium clay; Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; iodine; salt; soda ash; sodium sulfate |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | 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 |
| 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 |
| Questa-Log Cabin-Spring Gulch | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| Salton Trough lithium and potash | Southwest | California | Lacustrine evaporite | Residual brine | borax; boric acid; bromine; gold; iodine; 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 |
| Southeast Mojave Desert | Southwest | California | Orogenic | Antimony | copper; gold; lead; 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) |
| 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-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 |
| Trinity Range-Kamma Mountains | Southwest | Nevada | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| 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 |
| 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 | Placer | Fluorspar; Gold; Wolframite/scheelite | gold |
| 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) |