27 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High Plains potash | South Central | Kansas; Oklahoma; Texas | Marine evaporite | Potash; Salt | salt (NaCl) |
| Pennsylvanian Phosphate, Black Shale, Underclay | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Phosphate | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| Pennsylvanian Phosphate, Black Shale, Underclay | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia | Chemical weathering | Clay | (none) |
| Pennsylvanian Phosphate, Black Shale, Underclay | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kansas; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Missouri; Nebraska; New York; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Texas; Virginia; West Virginia | Basin brine path | Zinc-lead (MVT and sedex) | cadmium; copper; lead; silver |
| Big Bend alkaline rocks | Southwest | Texas | Hybrid magmatic REE / basin brine path | Fluorspar | lead; silver |
| Borderlands Carbonate Replacement Deposits | Southwest | Arizona; New Mexico; Texas | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Brown County celestite district | Southwest | Texas | Basin brine path | Barite (replacement and bedded); Strontium (replacement and bedded) | (none) |
| Cave Peak | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Porphyry molybdenum | copper; molybdenum |
| Central Texas graphite | Southwest | Texas | Metamorphic | Graphite (coal or carbonaceous sed) | (none) |
| Central Texas pegmatites | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Pegmatite NYF | feldspar; yttrium |
| Eagle Mountains fluorite | Southwest | Texas | Climax-type | Fluorspar; Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| 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 |
| Pecos | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Mafic magmatic | Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide; PGE (low sulfide) | copper; gold; selenium; 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) |
| Precambrian Franklin Mountain tin | Southwest | Texas | Porphyry Sn (granite-related) | Polymetallic sulfide S-R-V-IS | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Precambrian Franklin Mountain tin | Southwest | Texas | Placer | Cassiterite | (none) |
| Round Top | Southwest | Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| Sangre de Cristo VMS | Southwest | Colorado; New Mexico; Texas | Volcanogenic seafloor | Copper-zinc sulfide; Polymetallic sulfide; Zinc-copper sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Smackover Formation lithium | Southwest | Alabama; Arkansas; Florida; Louisiana; Mississippi; Texas | Basin brine path | Basin brine | bromine; iodine; petroleum; salt |
| Southern High Plains Calcrete | Southwest | New Mexico; Texas | Meteoric recharge | Calcrete uranium | caliche; uranium |
| 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 Cretaceous intrusions | Southwest | Texas | Magmatic REE | Peralkaline syenite/granite/rhyolite/alaskite/pegmatites | copper; thorium; uranium; yttrium |
| 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 |