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 | 80 | 318 |
| 2. | Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia | 76 | 351 |
| 3. | 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 | 444 |
| 4. | Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 71 | 158 |
| 5. | Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland | 51 | 189 |
| 6. | Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | 46 | 151 |
| 7. | Mount Vesuvius, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy | 42 | 168 |
| 8. | Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo | 38 | 134 |
| 9. | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 37 | 189 |
| 10. | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy | 34 | 114 |
| 11. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 29 | 204 |
| 11. | Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 29 | 116 |
| 13. | Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 27 | 103 |
| 14. | 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. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 20 | 242 |
| 17. | Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico | 20 | 77 |
| 17. | Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 20 | 87 |
| 17. | Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 20 | 265 |
| 17. | Torrecillas mine, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 20 | 79 |
| 22. | Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile | 19 | 138 |
| 23. | Halamish wadi (Ẕuq Tamrur), Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel | 18 | 79 |
| 23. | Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 18 | 479 |
| 23. | Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa | 18 | 127 |
| 23. | Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA | 18 | 62 |
| 27. | Mount Somma, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy | 17 | 70 |
| 27. | Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland | 17 | 91 |
| 27. | Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture), Inner Mongolia, China | 17 | 137 |
| 30. | Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 16 | 61 |
| 30. | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 16 | 90 |
| 30. | Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 16 | 86 |
| 30. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | 16 | 165 |
| 34. | Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA | 15 | 164 |
| 34. | Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 15 | 220 |
| 36. | Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 14 | 80 |
| 36. | Burro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA | 14 | 66 |
| 36. | Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | 14 | 127 |
| 36. | Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 14 | 200 |
| 40. | Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo | 13 | 53 |
| 40. | Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan | 13 | 101 |
| 40. | Xenolith no. 1, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia | 13 | 30 |
| 40. | Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland | 13 | 68 |
| 44. | Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA | 12 | 102 |
| 44. | Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 69 |
| 44. | El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia | 12 | 72 |
| 44. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 80 |
| 44. | Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 12 | 129 |
| 44. | Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA | 12 | 50 |
| 44. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 12 | 145 |
| 44. | Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 71 |
| 52. | Pereval marble quarry, Slyudyanka, Lake Baikal area, Russia | 11 | 48 |
| 52. | Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 11 | 73 |
| 52. | Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 11 | 68 |
| 52. | Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA | 11 | 47 |
| 52. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | 11 | 110 |
| 52. | Markey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 11 | 81 |
| 58. | Taylor Pit, Huntingdon Township, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | 10 | 44 |
| 58. | Uchucchacua Mine, Uchucchacua area, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru | 10 | 72 |
| 58. | Packrat Mine, Beaver Mesa, Gateway Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA | 10 | 34 |
| 58. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 | 82 |
| 58. | 125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | 10 | 37 |
| 58. | Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 10 | 144 |
| 58. | Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 62 |
| 58. | Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 10 | 55 |
| 58. | Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 10 | 49 |
| 58. | Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 10 | 31 |
| 58. | In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 10 | 146 |
| 58. | Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy | 10 | 107 |
| 58. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 37 |
| 58. | Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 10 | 119 |
| 58. | Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 10 | 106 |
| 58. | Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | 10 | 229 |
| 58. | Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District, Suizhou, Hubei, China | 10 | 33 |
| 75. | Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia | 9 | 37 |
| 75. | Fillow Quarry (Branchville Quarry; Branchville Mica Mine; Smith Mine), Branchville, Redding (Reading), Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | 9 | 73 |
| 75. | Western end, Pusch Ridge, Pima County, Arizona, USA | 9 | 21 |
| 75. | Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 | 42 |
| 75. | Kukisvumchorr Mt, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 156 |
| 75. | Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy | 9 | 120 |
| 75. | Punta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy | 9 | 106 |
| 75. | Ragra Mine, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru | 9 | 16 |
| 75. | Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 76 |
| 75. | Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 9 | 57 |
| 75. | Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | 9 | 94 |
| 75. | Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 9 | 43 |
| 75. | Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 41 |
| 75. | Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 9 | 40 |
| 75. | Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 9 | 103 |
| 75. | Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia | 9 | 85 |
| 91. | Khaidarkan Sb-Hg deposit, Kadamjay District, Batken Region, Kyrgyzstan | 8 | 83 |
| 91. | Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria | 8 | 89 |
| 91. | Komsomol'skii Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 8 | 52 |
| 91. | Luobusha ophiolite ("Luobusa ophiolite"), Qusum Co. (Qusong Co.), Shannan Prefecture (Lhokha Prefecture; Lhoka Prefecture), Tibet, China | 8 | 92 |
| 91. | Valletta Mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy | 8 | 61 |
| 91. | Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 8 | 25 |
| 91. | Săcărâmb, Certeju de Sus, Hunedoara County, Romania | 8 | 113 |
| 91. | Stetind pegmatite, Narvik, Nordland, Norway | 8 | 65 |
| 91. | Vuonnemiok River Valley, Khibiny Massif, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 42 |
| 91. | Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK | 8 | 70 |
