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 Region (Oshikoto), Namibia | 69 |
| 3. | Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry; Carrière Mont Saint-Hilaire), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | 58 |
| 4. | Mt Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 37 |
| 5. | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | 34 |
| 5. | Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) | 34 |
| 7. | Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | 31 |
| 8. | Darai-Pioz Glacier (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz), Alai Range (Alayskiy), Tien Shan Mtn, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | 30 |
| 9. | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 27 |
| 9. | Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 27 |
| 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. | Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 17 |
| 15. | Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland | 17 |
| 15. | Lakargi Mt., Verkhnechegemskaya caldera (Verkhni Chegem caldera; Upper Chegem caldera), Kabardino-Balkarian Republic, Northern Caucasus Region, Russia | 17 |
| 18. | Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 16 |
| 19. | Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 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 |
| 19. | Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirovskii Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 14 |
| 23. | Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 13 |
| 23. | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 13 |
| 23. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 13 |
| 26. | Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia | 12 |
| 26. | Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | 12 |
| 26. | Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho-fuka (Bicchu-cho-fuka), Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | 12 |
| 26. | Narssârssuk pegmatite (Narsarsuk pegmatite), Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa Province (West Greenland), Greenland | 12 |
| 26. | Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA | 12 |
| 26. | Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 12 |
| 26. | Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | 12 |
| 26. | Caspar quarry, Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 12 |
| 34. | Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 11 |
| 34. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | 11 |
| 34. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 34. | Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Rush Creek deposit, Big Creek-Rush Creek District, Fresno Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 34. | Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), Picacho Peak, New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 34. | Oktyabr'skoe (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 11 |
| 40. | Kombat Mine, Kombat, Grootfontein District, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | 10 |
| 40. | Allende meteorite (Pueblito de Allende meteorite; Qutrixpileo meteorite [NHM cat.]), Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico | 10 |
| 40. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg district, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | 10 |
| 40. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 10 |
| 40. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA | 10 |
| 40. | Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany | 10 |
| 40. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 |
| 47. | Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 9 |
| 47. | Pereval Marble Quarry, Slyudyanka (Sludyanka), Lake Baikal area, Irkutskaya Oblast', Prebaikalia (Pribaikal'e), Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 9 |
| 47. | Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico | 9 |
| 47. | Taylor Pit (Concession XIV; Lot 13), Huntingdon Township, Madoc Area, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada | 9 |
| 47. | Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia | 9 |
| 47. | Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Town of Ridgefield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA | 9 |
| 47. | Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 |
| 47. | Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco Department, Peru | 9 |
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