This page lists the top 50 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) | Minerals | | 1. | Långban, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | 70 |
| 2. | Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia | 64 |
| 3. | Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | 57 |
| 4. | Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 36 |
| 5. | Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) | 34 |
| 6. | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | 33 |
| 7. | Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | 29 |
| 8. | Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | 28 |
| 9. | Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 27 |
| 10. | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 24 |
| 11. | Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 22 |
| 12. | Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal) District, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic | 21 |
| 13. | Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 20 |
| 14. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | 19 |
| 15. | Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland | 17 |
| 16. | Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 16 |
| 16. | Lakargi Mt., Verkhnechegemskaya caldera (Verkhni Chegem caldera; Upper Chegem caldera), Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia | 16 |
| 18. | Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 15 |
| 19. | Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 14 |
| 19. | Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico | 14 |
| 19. | Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) | 14 |
| 22. | Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 13 |
| 22. | Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 13 |
| 22. | Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 13 |
| 22. | Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA | 13 |
| 26. | Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 12 |
| 26. | Narssârssuk pegmatite (Narsarsuk pegmatite), Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland | 12 |
| 26. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 12 |
| 29. | Oktyabr'skoe (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 11 |
| 29. | Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | 11 |
| 29. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 29. | Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia | 11 |
| 29. | Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 29. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | 11 |
| 35. | Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany | 10 |
| 35. | Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | 10 |
| 35. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 10 |
| 35. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | 10 |
| 35. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 |
| 35. | Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 10 |
| 41. | Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico | 9 |
| 41. | Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 9 |
| 41. | Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 9 |
| 41. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA | 9 |
| 41. | Taylor Pit (Concession XIV; Lot 13), Huntingdon Township, Madoc Area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada | 9 |
| 41. | Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 |
| 41. | Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine), Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA | 9 |
| 41. | Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA | 9 |
| 41. | Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay district, Pasco province, Pasco department, Peru | 9 |
| 41. | Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | 9 |
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