Central Seward Peninsula |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Coast Mountain Belt |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Eastern Alaska Range |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Eastern Interior |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Johnson River |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Kougruk Fault zone |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Nome belt |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Northern Brooks Range |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Prince William Sound |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Southeast Alaska VMS |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Southern Brooks Range-Ambler |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Southern Talkeetna Mountains |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Western Alaska Range |
Alaska |
Alaska |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
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 |
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 |
Barrett-Big Hill mining area |
Northeast |
Maine |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Callahan mine area |
Northeast |
Maine |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Catoctin Formation metavolcanics in Maryland |
Northeast |
Maryland |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Connecticut Valley-Gaspe trough volcanics |
Northeast |
Massachusetts; New Hampshire; Vermont |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Massachusetts Hawley mineral belt |
Northeast |
Massachusetts |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
New England Peri-Gondwanan Arc Systems |
Northeast |
Maine; New Hampshire |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; lead; mercury; silver; thallium |
New England Peri-Laurentian Arc Systems |
Northeast |
Connecticut; Maine; Massachusetts; Vermont |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Westminster Terrane |
Northeast |
Maryland |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide |
copper |
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 |
Central Washington massive sulfide |
Northwest |
Washington |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
North central California massive sulfide |
Northwest |
California |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Copper-zinc sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Northeast Oregon -Idaho massive sulfide |
Northwest |
Idaho; Oregon; Washington |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Northeastern Washington massive sulfide |
Northwest |
Washington |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Olympic Peninsula deposits |
Northwest |
Washington |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) |
iron |
Oregon Cyprus-type massive sulfide |
Northwest |
California; Oregon |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Payette National Forest manganese |
Northwest |
Idaho |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) |
iron |
Sierra Nevada foothills massive sulfide |
Northwest |
California |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Central Laramie Range |
Rocky Mountains |
Wyoming |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
Central Rocky Mountains VMS |
Rocky Mountains |
Colorado |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Medicine Bow Mountains |
Rocky Mountains |
Colorado; Wyoming |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
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 |
Wyoming Metasedimentary and Metavolcanic Belts |
Rocky Mountains |
Wyoming |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules); Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; silver |
Ducktown District |
South Central |
Georgia; Tennessee |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide |
copper; gold; iron; silver; sulfur |
Barite Hill mining district |
Southeast |
Georgia; South Carolina |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Blue Ridge VMS deposits |
Southeast |
Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Chopawamsic Ordovician VMS—Mineral, Valzinco district |
Southeast |
Virginia |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Kings Creek Mining District |
Southeast |
North Carolina; South Carolina |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Barite; Polymetallic sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Puerto Rico volcanogenic Mn |
Southeast |
Puerto Rico |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) |
iron |
Artillery Mountains manganese |
Southwest |
Arizona |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Manganese oxide (layers, crusts, nodules) |
iron |
Great Basin Central Nevada VMS |
Southwest |
Nevada |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Great Basin West VMS |
Southwest |
California; Nevada; Oregon |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; silver |
Sangre de Cristo VMS |
Southwest |
Colorado; New Mexico; Texas |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Southern Basin and Range VMS |
Southwest |
Arizona |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |
Southwest New Mexico VMS |
Southwest |
New Mexico |
Volcanogenic seafloor |
Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide |
copper; gold; lead; silver |