Most prolific type localities

This page lists the top 100 localities ordered by the number of minerals for which that locality is recorded as the type locality. Note that this does not include regional listings (unless the generic region itself is the only locality given in official type descriptions).

Rank	Locality (click to view page)	Type Minerals	Total Minerals
1.	Långban Mine, Långban Ore District, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	75	315
2.	Poudrette quarry (De-Mix quarry; Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire; MSH), Mont Saint-Hilaire, La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada	73	443
3.	Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia	72	346
4.	Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia	68	154
5.	Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland	51	182
6.	Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan	44	148
7.	Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	42	168
8.	Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo	38	133
9.	Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	37	188
10.	La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy	34	113
11.	Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	29	114
11.	Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany	29	203
13.	Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	26	116
13.	Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA	26	102
15.	Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	22	117
15.	Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia	22	64
17.	Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic	20	265
17.	Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	20	79
17.	Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA	20	241
20.	Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico	19	76
20.	Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile	19	136
22.	Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa	18	127
22.	Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Southern District (HaDarom District), Israel	18	61
24.	Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland	17	91
24.	Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy	17	70
26.	Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA	16	164
26.	Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	16	86
26.	Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia	16	61
26.	Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	16	83
26.	Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA	16	59
31.	Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany	15	474
31.	Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	15	220
31.	Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	15	90
31.	Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA	15	164
35.	Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy	14	79
35.	Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia	14	127
35.	Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	14	141
38.	Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo	13	53
38.	Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan	13	100
38.	Xenolith no. 1, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Baksan Valley, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia	13	30
38.	Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland	13	68
42.	Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	12	71
42.	Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia	12	128
42.	Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA	12	59
42.	Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA	12	101
42.	Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	12	80
42.	El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia	12	69
42.	Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	12	146
42.	Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia	12	69
42.	Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA	12	50
51.	Markey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA	11	80
51.	Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA	11	47
51.	Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA	11	68
51.	Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA	11	110
51.	Pereval marble quarry, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia	11	48
51.	Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China	11	123
57.	Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA	10	37
57.	Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic	10	29
57.	Packrat Mine, Beaver Mesa, Gateway Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA	10	34
57.	125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA	10	31
57.	Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy	10	104
57.	Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany	10	142
57.	Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	10	69
57.	Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia	10	43
57.	Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru	10	71
57.	Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden	10	117
57.	Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile	10	50
57.	Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA	10	62
57.	Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil	10	106
57.	Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada	10	81
71.	Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon	9	42
71.	Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia	9	84
71.	Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia	9	90
71.	Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China	9	31
71.	Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia	9	43
71.	Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada	9	43
71.	Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico	9	40
71.	Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France	9	57
71.	Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia	9	190
71.	Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy	9	114
71.	Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA	9	73
71.	Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	9	156
71.	Ragra Mine, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru	9	16
71.	In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany	9	143
71.	Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia	9	37
71.	Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	9	41
71.	Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany	9	103
71.	Punta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy	9	106
89.	Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan	8	82
89.	Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany	8	25
89.	Silver Coin Mine, Valmy, Iron Point Mining District, Humboldt County, Nevada, USA	8	143
89.	Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador	8	31
89.	Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria	8	89
89.	Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	8	74
89.	Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China	8	92
89.	Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	8	57
89.	Stetind pegmatite, Narvik, Nordland, Norway	8	65
89.	Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia	8	33
89.	Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK	8	70
89.	Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland	8	38