32 focus areas match these criteria.
| Focus area | Region | States | Mineral Systems | Deposit types | Commodities |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devonian Marcellus black shale | Northeast | Kentucky; Maryland; New York; Ohio; Pennsylvania; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale | copper; gold; molybdenum; petroleum; 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 | 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 |
| Upper Devonian Phosphate | South Central | Alabama; Arkansas; Georgia; Illinois; Indiana; Iowa; Kentucky; Maryland; Michigan; Mississippi; Missouri; Ohio; Oklahoma; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Marine chemocline | Black shale; Iron-manganese; Phosphate | copper; gold; iron; molybdenum; petroleum; phosphate fertilizer; stone coal; uranium |
| Alleghanian-NeoAcadian regolith | Southeast | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Chemical weathering | Regolith (Ion adsorption) REE | (none) |
| Blue Ridge VMS deposits | Southeast | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Volcanogenic seafloor | Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| CAMP event-Culpeper basin | Southeast | Virginia | Basin brine path | Copper (sed-hosted and replacement) | copper; lead; silver; uranium |
| CAMP event-Virginia, North Carolina Mesozoic basins | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | Mafic magmatic | Nickel-copper-PGE sulfide; PGE (low sulfide) | copper; gold; selenium; silver |
| Chopawamsic Ordovician VMS—Mineral, Valzinco district | Southeast | Virginia | Volcanogenic seafloor | Polymetallic sulfide | copper; gold; lead; silver |
| Eastern Blue Ridge graphite deposits | Southeast | Georgia; North Carolina; Virginia | Metamorphic | Graphite (coal or carbonaceous sed) | (none) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| Miocene-Pliocene phosphate strata | Southeast | Florida; Georgia; Maryland; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Marine chemocline | Phosphate | phosphate; uranium |
| 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) |
| Piedmont fluvial placers | Southeast | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; South Carolina; Virginia | Placer | Gold; Monazite/xenotime | gold; thorium; yttrium |
| SE Piedmont Rift Zones uranium (Coles Hill type) | Southeast | North Carolina; Virginia | IOA-IOCG | Albitite uranium | arsenic; barium; nickel; phosphorus; REE; scandium; uranium |
| Southeast Ultramafics Cr-Mg; Blue Ridge belt | Southeast | Georgia; North Carolina; Virginia | Mafic magmatic | Chromite | anthophyllite; asbestos; olivine; serpentine; talc-soapstone |
| Southeast Ultramafics Cr-Mg; Blue Ridge belt | Southeast | Georgia; North Carolina; Virginia | Meteoric recharge | Cryptocrystalline magnesite | (none) |
| Timberville and Austinville-Ivanhoe MVT districts | Southeast | Virginia | Basin brine path | Zinc-lead (MVT and sedex) | cadmium; copper; lead; silver |
| Virginia barite | Southeast | Virginia | Basin brine path | Barite (replacement and bedded) | (none) |
| Virginia bauxite | Southeast | Virginia | Chemical weathering | Bauxite | (none) |
| Virginia metamorphic sulfide | Southeast | Virginia | Orogenic | Gold | gold; silver |
| Virginia nelsonites | Southeast | Virginia | Mafic magmatic | Iron-titanium oxide | iron; phosphorus |
| 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 |
| Valley and Ridge manganese | Southeast; South Central | Alabama; Georgia; North Carolina; Pennsylvania; Tennessee; Virginia; West Virginia | Chemical weathering | Supergene manganese | (none) |