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. | Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 22 | 64 |
| 15. | Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 22 | 117 |
| 17. | Torrecillas mine, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 20 | 79 |
| 17. | Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 20 | 265 |
| 17. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 20 | 241 |
| 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 | 61 |
| 24. | Mount Somma, Somma-Vesuvius Complex, Naples, Campania, Italy | 17 | 70 |
| 24. | Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland | 17 | 91 |
| 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 |
| 26. | Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 16 | 61 |
| 26. | Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 16 | 86 |
| 31. | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 15 | 90 |
| 31. | Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 15 | 220 |
| 31. | Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA | 15 | 164 |
| 31. | Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 15 | 474 |
| 35. | Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 14 | 79 |
| 35. | Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 14 | 141 |
| 35. | Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | 14 | 127 |
| 38. | Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo | 13 | 53 |
| 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 |
| 38. | Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan | 13 | 100 |
| 42. | Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 69 |
| 42. | Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA | 12 | 101 |
| 42. | El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia | 12 | 69 |
| 42. | Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 71 |
| 42. | Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 12 | 128 |
| 42. | Burro Mine, Slick Rock Mining District, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA | 12 | 59 |
| 42. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 12 | 146 |
| 42. | Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA | 12 | 50 |
| 42. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 80 |
| 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 |
| 51. | Markey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 11 | 80 |
| 51. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | 11 | 110 |
| 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 |
| 57. | Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 62 |
| 57. | Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 10 | 50 |
| 57. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 | 81 |
| 57. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 37 |
| 57. | Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy | 10 | 104 |
| 57. | Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 10 | 142 |
| 57. | Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 10 | 117 |
| 57. | Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 10 | 69 |
| 57. | 125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | 10 | 31 |
| 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. | Uchucchacua Mine, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru | 10 | 71 |
| 57. | Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 10 | 43 |
| 57. | Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 10 | 106 |
| 71. | Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 | 42 |
| 71. | Ragra Mine, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru | 9 | 16 |
| 71. | In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 9 | 143 |
| 71. | Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia | 9 | 84 |
| 71. | Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 41 |
| 71. | Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 9 | 103 |
| 71. | Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | 9 | 90 |
| 71. | Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Nice, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 9 | 57 |
| 71. | Punta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy | 9 | 106 |
| 71. | Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | 9 | 43 |
| 71. | Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 9 | 43 |
| 71. | Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 9 | 40 |
| 71. | Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy | 9 | 114 |
| 71. | Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District (Cengdou District), Suizhou, Hubei, China | 9 | 31 |
| 71. | Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia | 9 | 37 |
| 71. | Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | 9 | 73 |
| 71. | Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 156 |
| 71. | Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 190 |
| 89. | Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 42 |
| 89. | Stetind pegmatite, Narvik, Nordland, Norway | 8 | 65 |
| 89. | Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 82 |
| 89. | Kangerluarsuk Fjord, Ilímaussaq complex, Kujalleq, Greenland | 8 | 38 |
| 89. | Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania | 8 | 86 |
| 89. | Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK | 8 | 70 |
| 89. | Valletta Mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy | 8 | 60 |
| 89. | Izalco Volcano, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador | 8 | 31 |
| 89. | Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria | 8 | 89 |
| 89. | Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China | 8 | 92 |
| 89. | Gabe Gottes Mine, Sankt Jakob vein, Neuenberg, Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines, Colmar-Ribeauvillé, Haut-Rhin, Grand Est, France | 8 | 73 |
| 89. | Komsomol'skii Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Noril'sk, Putoran Plateau, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 8 | 52 |
