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Most prolific localities

This page lists the top 50 localities ordered by the number of minerals listed for that locality. Regional localities (or other localities with sublocalities) are excluded unless the checkbox for 'Include regions' is ticked.

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RankLocality (click to view page)Total Minerals
1.Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany464
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, Canada438
3.Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia342
4.Hilarion Mine, Kamariza Mines (Kamareza Mines), Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion Mining District, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece206
5.Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia189
6.Friedrichssegen Mine, Friedrichssegen, Lahnstein, Rhein-Lahn-Kreis, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany181
7.Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland177
8.Hatrurim Formation, Middle East176
9.Caldbeck Fells Mining Region, Cumbria, England, UK160
10.Genna zinc smelter slag locality, Letmathe, Iserlohn, Märkischer Kreis, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany159
10.Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA159
12.Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA155
13.Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia151
14.Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy148
14.Zálesí uranium deposit, Zálesí, Javorník, Jeseník District, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic148
16.Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan147
17.In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany142
17.Goldstrike Mines, Nevada, USA142
19.Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden141
19.Johann Mine, Burgfelsen, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany141
21.Vater Abraham Mine, Lauta, Marienberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany138
22.Uranus Mine, Kleinrückerswalde, Annaberg-Buchholz, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany136
22.Gabbro Quarry, Radau valley, Bad Harzburg, Goslar District, Lower Saxony, Germany136
24.Demix-Varennes quarry, Saint-Amable sill, Varennes & St-Amable, Lajemmerais RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada135
25.Christiana Mine, Mercati mines, Agios Konstantinos (Kamariza), Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece132
26.Anton Mine, Heubach Valley, Wittichen, Schenkenzell, Rottweil, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany131
27.Plaka Mine No. 80, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece130
28.Ste Barbe vein (Les Montmins), Montmins mining district, Échassières, Vichy, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France129
29.Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo128
30.North Bohemian Uranium District, Liberec Region, Czech Republic126
30.Vesuvius fumaroles, Mount Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy126
30.Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany126
30.Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa126
34.Adami Mine No. 2, Plaka Mines, Plaka, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece123
34.Răzoare, Târgu Lăpuș, Maramureș County, Romania123
36.Kawazu mine (Rendaiji mine; Rendaizi mine), Rendaiji, Shimoda City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan122
37.Dolomitic marble quarry, Rędziny, Gmina Kamienna Góra, Kamienna Góra County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland121
38.Eureka mine, Castell-estaó, La Torre de Cabdella, La Vall Fosca, El Pallars Jussà, Lleida, Catalonia, Spain119
38.Sauberg Mine, Ehrenfriedersdorf, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany119
40.Pira Inferida, Fenugu Sibiri Mine, Gonnosfanadiga, South Sardinia Province, Sardinia, Italy118
40.Udachnaya open-pit mine (Udachnaya-Vostochnaya pipe; Udachnaya pipe), Daldyn, Mirninsky District, Sakha, Russia118
42.Wildermann Mine, Müsen, Hilchenbach, Siegen-Wittgenstein, Arnsberg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany117
43.Palhal Mine, Branca, Albergaria-a-Velha, Aveiro, Portugal115
44.Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia114
45.Jeffrey Mine, Val-des-Sources, Les Sources RCM, Estrie, Québec, Canada113
45.Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy113
45.Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden113
48.Hundholmen, Narvik, Nordland, Norway112
48.Lichtenberg Absetzer dump, Kauern, Greiz District, Thuringia, Germany112
48.Sounion Mine No. 19, Cato Sounio mines, Sounion, Lavrion mining district, Lavreotiki, East Attica, Attica, Greece112
 
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