76 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Central Colorado sediment-hosted Cu | Rocky Mountains | Colorado; New Mexico | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; silver; uranium |
| Alum Mountain | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite; Lithocap kaolinite | gold; silver |
| Apache Warm Springs (Ojo Caliente No. 2 district) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; lead; silver; uranium |
| New Mexico Tertiary alkaline rocks and REE veins | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Aragon Hill | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite | gold |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Burro Mountains | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | (none) |
| Colorado Plateau sandstone uranium | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | copper; molybdenum; uranium |
| Colorado Plateau sediment-hosted copper | Southwest | Arizona; Colorado; New Mexico; Utah | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; gold; lead; 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 |
| 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 |
| Gallinas Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; uranium |
| 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 |
| Hansonburg district | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | copper; lead; silver |
| High Mg Dolomite (Florida Mountains) | Southwest | New Mexico | Marine evaporite | Sabka dolomite | dolomite as crushed stone |
| Iron Mountain (Sierra Cuchillo) | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Greisen; Greisen-S-R beryllium; Volcanogenic beryllium | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; uranium |
| Lemitar Mountains Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; lead; magnetite; phosphorus; silver; thorium; uranium; vermiculite |
| Little Florida Mountains district | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| Luis Lopez district | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |
| 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 |
| Mogollon-Wilcox-Gila fluorite districts | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | (none) |
| Mogollon-Wilcox-Gila fluorite districts | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Climax-type | High sulfidation | copper; gold; silver |
| New Mexico Cambrian alkaline rocks and REE veins | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; molybdenum; silver; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| New Mexico carbonatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Carbonatite | copper; magnetite; phosphorus; thorium; uranium; vermiculite; yttrium |
| New Mexico graphite | Southwest | New Mexico | Metamorphic | Graphite (coal or carbonaceous sed) | (none) |
| New Mexico Proterozoic alkaline rocks and pegmatites | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| New Mexico-Texas-Colorado sediment-hosted Cu | Southwest | Colorado; New Mexico; Oklahoma; Texas | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| Nogal-Bonito (Cedar Creek) | Southwest | New Mexico | Alkalic porphyry | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS; Porphyry/skarn copper-gold | 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 |
| Pajarito Mountain | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; iron; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Palm Park (Rincon district) | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | (none) |
| Pecos | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Mafic magmatic | Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide; PGE (low sulfide) | copper; gold; selenium; silver |
| 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 |
| Permian Basin Rustler Formation | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Marine evaporite | Potash; Salt | salt (NaCl) |
| Permian Basin Salado Formation | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Marine evaporite | Potash; Salt | salt (NaCl) |
| Petaca placers | Southwest | New Mexico | Placer | Columbite/tantalite; Monazite/xenotime; Zircon | thorium; yttrium |
| Picuris district (Copper Hill) | Southwest | New Mexico | Coeur d'Alene-type | Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Questa-Log Cabin-Spring Gulch | Southwest | New Mexico | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Porphyry molybdenum | molybdenum |
| Rattlesnake | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite | gold |
| Red Basin-Riley | Southwest | New Mexico | Meteoric recharge | Sandstone uranium | molybdenum; selenium; uranium |
| Rociada | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Pegmatite LCT | (none) |
| Saddleback Mountain-Goat Camp (and Steeple Rock district) | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | Lithocap alunite | kaolin; gold |
| 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 |
| Sangre de Cristo VMS | Southwest | Colorado; New Mexico; Texas | Volcanogenic seafloor | Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Silver City (Chloride Flat) manganese deposits | Southwest | New Mexico | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver |
| Southern High Plains Calcrete | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Calcrete uranium | caliche; uranium |
| 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 |
| Southwest New Mexico VMS | Southwest | New Mexico | Volcanogenic seafloor | Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 | Climax-type | Lithocap alunite; Rhyolite tin | (none) |
| Taylor Creek Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Placer | Cassiterite | (none) |
| Texas-New Mexico alkaline belt | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; gold; iron; lead; silver; thorium; 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 |
| Tierra Blanca Mining District | Southwest | New Mexico | Porphyry Cu-Mo-Au | S-R-V tungsten | copper; lead; gold; silver |
| Tortugas Mountains | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | (none) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Wind Mountain (Cornudas Mountains) | Southwest | New Mexico | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Zuni Mountains fluorspar | Southwest | New Mexico | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | (none) |
| Zuni Mountains PGE | Southwest | New Mexico | Mafic magmatic | PGE (low sulfide) | (none) |