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 |