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 | 69 |
| 2. | Tsumeb Mine (Tsumcorp Mine), Tsumeb, Otjikoto (Oshikoto) Region, Namibia | 60 |
| 3. | Poudrette quarry (Demix quarry; Uni-Mix quarry; Desourdy quarry), Mont Saint-Hilaire, Rouville RCM, Montérégie, Québec, Canada | 57 |
| 4. | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | 37 |
| 5. | Shinkolobwe Mine (Kasolo Mine), Shinkolobwe, Central area, Katanga Copper Crescent, Katanga (Shaba), Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) | 34 |
| 6. | Darai-Pioz (Dara-i-Pioz; Dara-Pioz) Glacier, Alai (Alayskiy) Range, Tien Shan Mts, Region of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | 27 |
| 6. | Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 27 |
| 6. | Lengenbach Quarry, Im Feld (Imfeld; Feld; Fäld), Binn Valley, Wallis (Valais), Switzerland | 27 |
| 9. | Mt. Vesuvius, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 23 |
| 10. | Alluaiv Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 22 |
| 11. | Jáchymov (St Joachimsthal), Ostrov, Krušné Hory Mts (Erzgebirge), Karlovy Vary Region, Bohemia (Böhmen; Boehmen), Czech Republic | 21 |
| 12. | La Fossa Crater, Vulcano Island, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Lipari, Messina Province, Sicily, Italy | 20 |
| 13. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Franklin Mining District, Sussex Co., New Jersey, USA | 19 |
| 13. | Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 19 |
| 15. | Monte Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples Province, Campania, Italy | 17 |
| 15. | Ivigtut Cryolite deposit, Ivittuut (Ivigtut), Arsuk Firth, Arsuk, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland | 17 |
| 17. | Clara Mine, Rankach valley, Oberwolfach, Wolfach, Black Forest, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 15 |
| 18. | Kirovskii apatite mine (Kirovsky Mine; Kirov Mine), Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 14 |
| 18. | Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta Region, Chile | 14 |
| 18. | Moctezuma Mine (Bambolla Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico | 14 |
| 18. | Kobokobo pegmatite, Lusungu River District, Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaïre) | 14 |
| 22. | Narssârssuk pegmatite (Narsarsuk pegmatite), Narssârssuk (Narsarsuk), Igaliku (Igaliko), Narsaq, Kitaa (West Greenland) Province, Greenland | 12 |
| 22. | Tip Top Mine (Tip Top pegmatite), Fourmile, Custer District, Custer Co., South Dakota, USA | 12 |
| 22. | Yubileinaya (Yubileinoye; Jubilejnaja) pegmatite, Karnasurt Mt, Lovozero Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 12 |
| 22. | Cap Garonne Mine, Pradet, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 12 |
| 26. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite (Cornelia Mine; Hagendorf South Open Cut), Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Vohenstrauß, Oberpfälzer Wald, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 11 |
| 26. | Fuka mine, Bitchu-cho (Bicchu-cho), Takahashi, Okayama Prefecture, Chugoku Region, Honshu Island, Japan | 11 |
| 26. | Clear Creek claim (Clear Creek Mine), New Idria District, Diablo Range, San Benito Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 26. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino Co., California, USA | 11 |
| 26. | Great Fissure (Main Fracture) eruption, Tolbachik volcano, Kamchatka Oblast', Far-Eastern Region, Russia | 11 |
| 26. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine (Foote Mine), Kings Mountain District, Cleveland Co., North Carolina, USA | 11 |
| 32. | Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany | 10 |
| 32. | Zheleznyi Mine (Iron Mine), Kovdor Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 10 |
| 32. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 10 |
| 32. | Palermo No. 1 Mine (Palermo #1 pegmatite), Groton, Grafton Co., New Hampshire, USA | 10 |
| 32. | Taimyr (Oktyabr'skoye; Oktyabr'sky) Cu-Ni deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 10 |
| 32. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 |
| 32. | Caspar quarry, Ettringer Bellerberg Mt. (Bellberg Mt.; Bellenberg Mt.; Billenberg Mt.; Boilenberg Mt.), Bellerberg volcano, Ettringen, Mayen, Eifel Mts, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 10 |
| 32. | Wessels Mine (Wessel's Mine), Hotazel, Kalahari manganese fields, Northern Cape Province, South Africa | 10 |
| 32. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Filipstad, Värmland, Sweden | 10 |
| 41. | Mayak Mine (Majak Mine), Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Eastern-Siberian Region, Russia | 9 |
| 41. | Bambollita Mine (Oriental Mine), Moctezuma, Mun. de Moctezuma, Sonora, Mexico | 9 |
| 41. | Abija N. Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry), Branchville, Redding, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, USA | 9 |
| 41. | Taylor Pit (Lot 13; Con. XIV), Madoc, Huntingdon Township, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada | 9 |
| 41. | Buca della Vena Mine, Ponte Stazzemese, Stazzema, Apuan Alps, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 9 |
| 41. | Ragra Mine (Minasragra), Junín, Cerro de Pasco, Daniel Alcides Carrión Province, Pasco Department, Peru | 9 |
| 41. | Mounana Mine (Mouana Mine), Franceville, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 |
| 41. | Bastnäs mines, Riddarhyttan, Skinnskatteberg, Västmanland, Sweden | 9 |
| 49. | Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (Shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg District, Erzgebirge, Saxony, Germany | 8 |
| 49. | Sapucaia Mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Doce valley, Minas Gerais, Southeast Region, Brazil | 8 |
| 49. | Allchar (Alsar), Roszdan, Republic of Macedonia | 8 |
| 49. | Western ore field, Scheelite deposit, Felben valley, Hohe Tauern Mts, Salzburg, Austria | 8 |
| 49. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine (Mammoth-St Anthony Mine; Mammoth Mine; St. Anthony Mine), St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth District, Pinal Co., Arizona, USA | 8 |
| 49. | Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 8 |
| 49. | Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 8 |
| 49. | Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mt, Khibiny Massif, Kola Peninsula, Murmanskaja Oblast', Northern Region, Russia | 8 |
| 49. | Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Guillaumes, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 8 |
| 49. | Gabe Gottes Mine (incl. Giftgrube), Ste Marie-aux-Mines (Markirch), Haut-Rhin, Alsace, France | 8 |
| 49. | Sacarîmb (Sãcãrâmb; Szekerembe; Nagyág), Hunedoara Co., Romania | 8 |
| 49. | Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador | 8 |
| 49. | Bayan Obo (Bayun-Obo; Baiyunebo) deposit, Bayan Obo, Darhan Muminggan United Banner, Baotou League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China | 8 |
