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 | 82 | 326 |
| 2. | Tsumeb Mine (Ongopolo Mine), Tsumeb, Oshikoto Region, Namibia | 76 | 350 |
| 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 | 75 | 447 |
| 4. | Arsenatnaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 71 | 160 |
| 5. | Lengenbach Quarry, Fäld, Binn, Goms, Valais, Switzerland | 51 | 192 |
| 6. | Dara-i-Pioz Massif, Districts of Republican Subordination, Tajikistan | 48 | 154 |
| 7. | Mount Vesuvius, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy | 42 | 168 |
| 8. | Franklin Mine, Franklin, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 38 | 191 |
| 8. | Shinkolobwe Mine, Shinkolobwe, Kambove Territory, Haut-Katanga, DR Congo | 38 | 135 |
| 10. | La Fossa crater, Vulcano Island, Lipari, Eolie Islands (Aeolian Islands), Metropolitan City of Messina, Sicily, Italy | 34 | 115 |
| 11. | Hagendorf South Pegmatite, Hagendorf, Waidhaus, Neustadt an der Waldnaab District, Upper Palatinate, Bavaria, Germany | 29 | 208 |
| 12. | Koashva Open Pit, Koashva Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 27 | 115 |
| 12. | Blue Lizard Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 27 | 103 |
| 14. | Alluaiv Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 26 | 117 |
| 15. | Moctezuma Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 22 | 90 |
| 15. | Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 22 | 118 |
| 15. | Yadovitaya fumarole, Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 22 | 65 |
| 18. | Torrecillas mine, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 21 | 81 |
| 19. | Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 20 | 265 |
| 19. | Sterling Mine, Sterling Hill, Ogdensburg, Sussex County, New Jersey, USA | 20 | 247 |
| 19. | Allende meteorite, Pueblito de Allende, Chihuahua, Mexico | 20 | 78 |
| 22. | Chuquicamata Mine, Chuquicamata District, Calama, El Loa Province, Antofagasta, Chile | 19 | 139 |
| 22. | Clara Mine, Oberwolfach, Ortenaukreis, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 19 | 487 |
| 22. | Redmond Mine, Waterville Lake, Haywood County, North Carolina, USA | 19 | 63 |
| 25. | Bayan Obo deposit, Bayan Obo mining district, Baotou City, Inner Mongolia, China | 18 | 139 |
| 25. | Wessels Mine, Joe Morolong Local Municipality, John Taolo Gaetsewe District Municipality, Northern Cape, South Africa | 18 | 128 |
| 27. | Ivigtut Mine, Ivigtut stock, Arsuk Fjord, Sermersooq, Greenland | 17 | 91 |
| 27. | Wadi Halamish, Hatrurim Basin, Tamar Regional Council, Beersheba Subdistrict, Southern District, Israel | 17 | 79 |
| 27. | Mount Somma, Metropolitan City of Naples, Campania, Italy | 17 | 70 |
| 30. | Kirovskii apatite mine, Kukisvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 16 | 87 |
| 30. | Burro Mine, San Miguel County, Colorado, USA | 16 | 79 |
| 30. | Foote Lithium Co. Mine, Kings Mountain, Cleveland County, North Carolina, USA | 16 | 165 |
| 30. | Second scoria cone, Northern Breakthrough (North Breach), Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 16 | 62 |
| 30. | Kovdor Zheleznyi Mine, Kovdor Massif, Kovdorsky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 16 | 101 |
| 35. | Palermo No. 1 Mine, Groton, Grafton County, New Hampshire, USA | 15 | 164 |
| 35. | Caspar quarry, Ettringen, Vordereifel, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 15 | 220 |
| 37. | Buca della Vena Mine, Pontestazzemese, Stazzema, Lucca Province, Tuscany, Italy | 14 | 81 |
| 37. | Kombat Mine, Kombat, Otavi Constituency, Otjozondjupa Region, Namibia | 14 | 127 |
| 37. | Cap Garonne Mine, Le Pradet, Toulon, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 14 | 200 |
| 40. | Xenolith no. 1, Lakargi Mountain, Upper Chegem volcanic caldera (Verkhnechegemskaya caldera), Chegemsky District, Kabardino-Balkaria, Russia | 13 | 30 |
| 40. | Harstigen Mine, Pajsberg, Persberg ore district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 13 | 147 |
| 40. | Narssârssuk pegmatite, Narsaarsuk Plateau, Igaliku, Kujalleq, Greenland | 13 | 68 |
| 40. | Fuka mine, Fuka, Bitchū, Takahashi City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan | 13 | 102 |
| 40. | Kobokobo pegmatite, Mwenga Territory, South Kivu, DR Congo | 13 | 53 |
| 40. | 125 foot level, Rowley Mine, Theba, Painted Rock Mining District, Painted Rock Mountains, Maricopa County, Arizona, USA | 13 | 40 |
| 46. | El Dragón mine, Porco Municipality, Antonio Quijarro Province, Potosí, Bolivia | 12 | 75 |
| 46. | Tip Top Mine, Fourmile, Custer Mining District, Custer County, South Dakota, USA | 12 | 103 |
| 46. | Yubileinaya pegmatite, Karnasurt Mountain, Lovozersky District, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 71 |
| 46. | Oktyabrsky Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 12 | 133 |
| 46. | Rasvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 82 |
| 46. | Mochalin Log, Kyshtym, Chelyabinsk Oblast, Russia | 12 | 69 |
| 46. | Clear Creek claim, Goat Mountain, San Benito County, California, USA | 12 | 50 |
| 53. | Aga Mine, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 11 | 65 |
| 53. | Esquire No. 7 claim, Big Creek, Big Creek-Rush Creek Mining District, Fresno County, California, USA | 11 | 47 |
| 53. | Geschieber vein, Svornost Mine, Jáchymov, Karlovy Vary District, Karlovy Vary Region, Czech Republic | 11 | 35 |
| 53. | Taylor Pit, Madoc, Centre Hastings Municipality, Hastings County, Ontario, Canada | 11 | 46 |
| 53. | Pereval marble quarry, Slyudyanka, Slyudyansky District, Irkutsk Oblast, Russia | 11 | 48 |
| 53. | Markey Mine, Red Canyon Mining District, San Juan County, Utah, USA | 11 | 81 |
| 53. | Mammoth-Saint Anthony Mine, St. Anthony deposit, Tiger, Mammoth Mining District, Pinal County, Arizona, USA | 11 | 110 |
| 53. | Jas Roux, La Chapelle-en-Valgaudemar, Gap, Hautes-Alpes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 11 | 73 |
| 53. | Bird Nest drift, Otto Mountain, Baker, Soda Mountains, Silver Lake Mining District, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 11 | 70 |
| 62. | Uchucchacua Mine, Uchucchacua area, Oyón District, Oyón Province, Lima, Peru | 10 | 72 |
| 62. | In den Dellen quarries, Mendig, Mendig, Mayen-Koblenz, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany | 10 | 144 |
| 62. | Molinello Mine, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy | 10 | 107 |
| 62. | Mayak Mine, Talnakh Cu-Ni Deposit, Norilsk-Talnakh Mining Region, Taimyr Peninsula, Taymyrskiy Autonomous Okrug, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia | 10 | 49 |
| 62. | Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 10 | 145 |
| 62. | Searles Lake, San Bernardino County, California, USA | 10 | 37 |
| 62. | Suizhou meteorite (Suizhou L6 chondrite), Xihe, Zengdu District, Suizhou, Hubei, China | 10 | 33 |
| 62. | Jakobsberg Mine, Jakobsberg ore field, Nordmark mining district, Filipstad, Värmland County, Sweden | 10 | 120 |
| 62. | Sapucaia mine, Sapucaia do Norte, Galiléia, Minas Gerais, Brazil | 10 | 106 |
| 62. | Francon quarry, Montréal, Québec, Canada | 10 | 82 |
| 62. | Western end, Pusch Ridge, Pima County, Arizona, USA | 10 | 22 |
| 62. | Vorontsovskoe deposit (Vorontsovsk gold deposit; Vorontsovka deposit), Tur'insk, Turya river, Serovsky District, Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia | 10 | 240 |
| 62. | Packrat Mine, Beaver Mesa, Gateway Mining District, Mesa County, Colorado, USA | 10 | 34 |
| 62. | Pabellón de Pica, Chanabaya, Iquique, Iquique Province, Tarapacá, Chile | 10 | 55 |
| 76. | Great Fissure eruption (Main Fracture), Tolbachik Volcanic field, Milkovsky District, Kamchatka Krai, Russia | 9 | 43 |
| 76. | Allchar, Ržanovo, Kavadarci Municipality, North Macedonia | 9 | 85 |
| 76. | Johanngeorgenstadt, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 9 | 103 |
| 76. | Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif, Northern Karelia, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 76 |
| 76. | Vasin-Myl'k Mt, Voron'i Tundry, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 44 |
| 76. | Roua Mines (Clue de Roua), Daluis, Nice Arrondissement, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France | 9 | 57 |
| 76. | Block 14 opencut, Broken Hill, Broken Hill district, Yancowinna Co., New South Wales, Australia | 9 | 96 |
| 76. | Cerchiara Mine, Borghetto di Vara, La Spezia Province, Liguria, Italy | 9 | 120 |
| 76. | Punta de Su Seinargiu (Su Seinargiu; Su Senargiu), Sarroch, Metropolitan City of Cagliari, Sardinia, Italy | 9 | 93 |
| 76. | Bambollita Mine, Moctezuma, Moctezuma Municipality, Sonora, Mexico | 9 | 40 |
| 76. | Khatyrka meteorite, Iomrautvaam massif, Anadyrsky District, Chukotka Autonomous Okrug, Russia | 9 | 37 |
| 76. | Mounana Mine, Mounana, Léboumbi-Leyou Department, Haut-Ogooué Province, Gabon | 9 | 42 |
| 76. | Ragra Mine, Huayllay District, Pasco Province, Pasco, Peru | 9 | 16 |
| 76. | Fillow Quarry, Branchville, Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA | 9 | 73 |
| 76. | Kukisvumchorr Mt, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 9 | 156 |
| 76. | Valletta Mine, Vallone della Valletta, Canosio, Cuneo Province, Piedmont, Italy | 9 | 62 |
| 92. | Freedom No. 2 Mine, Marysvale Mining District, Piute County, Utah, USA | 8 | 37 |
| 92. | Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 57 |
| 92. | Western ore field, Mittersill Scheelite deposit, Mittersill, Zell am See District, Salzburg, Austria | 8 | 89 |
| 92. | Krunkelbach Valley Uranium deposit, Menzenschwand, St Blasien, Waldshut, Freiburg Region, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 8 | 130 |
| 92. | Vuonnemiok River Valley, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 43 |
| 92. | Torr Works Quarry, Cranmore, Mendip, Somerset, England, UK | 8 | 70 |
| 92. | Material'naya Adit, Yukspor Mountain, Murmansk Oblast, Russia | 8 | 33 |
| 92. | Walpurgis Flacher vein, Weißer Hirsch Mine (shaft 3), Neustädtel, Schneeberg, Erzgebirgskreis, Saxony, Germany | 8 | 25 |
| 92. | Gambatesa Mine, Reppia, Ne, Genoa, Liguria, Italy | 8 | 163 |
