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. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 29 | 203 |
11. | Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 29 | 114 |
13. | Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 26 | 102 |
13. | Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 26 | 116 |
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. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 20 | 241 |
17. | Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 20 | 79 |
17. | Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 20 | 265 |
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 | 68 |
24. | Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy | 17 | 70 |
24. | Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland | 17 | 91 |
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. | Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA | 16 | 59 |
26. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | 16 | 164 |
26. | Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 16 | 83 |
31. | Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA | 15 | 164 |
31. | Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 15 | 220 |
31. | Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 15 | 474 |
31. | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 15 | 90 |
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 |
35. | Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 14 | 79 |
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. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 12 | 146 |
42. | Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 71 |
42. | El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia | 12 | 69 |
42. | Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 12 | 128 |
42. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 80 |
42. | Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA | 12 | 101 |
42. | Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA | 12 | 50 |
42. | Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA | 12 | 59 |
42. | Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 69 |
51. | Markey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 11 | 80 |
51. | Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China | 11 | 123 |
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. | Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA | 11 | 47 |
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. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 37 |
57. | Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 10 | 118 |
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. | Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 10 | 106 |
57. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 | 81 |
57. | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru | 10 | 72 |
57. | Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy | 10 | 104 |
57. | Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 10 | 50 |
57. | Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 10 | 43 |
57. | Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 62 |
57. | 125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | 10 | 31 |
71. | Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | 9 | 90 |
71. | Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia | 9 | 84 |
71. | Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China | 9 | 31 |
71. | Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 9 | 40 |
71. | Ragra Mine, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru | 9 | 16 |
71. | Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | 9 | 73 |
71. | Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 41 |
71. | Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 156 |
71. | Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 9 | 103 |
71. | Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | 9 | 43 |
71. | Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 190 |
71. | Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia | 9 | 37 |
71. | Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 | 42 |
71. | Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 9 | 57 |
71. | Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 9 | 43 |
71. | In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 9 | 144 |
71. | Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy | 9 | 114 |
71. | Punta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy | 9 | 106 |
89. | Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 8 | 25 |
89. | Gabe Gottes Mine, Sankt Jakob vein, Neuenberg, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France | 8 | 73 |
89. | Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland | 8 | 38 |
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. | Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania | 8 | 86 |
89. | Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria | 8 | 89 |
89. | Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 82 |
89. | Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 74 |
89. | Stetind pegmatite, Narvik, Nordland, Norway | 8 | 65 |
89. | Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK | 8 | 70 |
89. | Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 42 |