Commodity	Associated Localities	Total Localities	% Association (commodity)	% Association (Rare Earths)
Thorium	128	687	18.63% of all Thorium deposits have Rare Earths.	17.66% of all Rare Earths deposits have Thorium.
Uranium	98	9,144	1.07% of all Uranium deposits have Rare Earths.	13.52% of all Rare Earths deposits have Uranium.
Niobium (Columbium)	90	365	24.66% of all Niobium (Columbium) deposits have Rare Earths.	12.41% of all Rare Earths deposits have Niobium (Columbium).
Tantalum	62	357	17.37% of all Tantalum deposits have Rare Earths.	8.55% of all Rare Earths deposits have Tantalum.
Gold	59	33,881	0.17% of all Gold deposits have Rare Earths.	8.14% of all Rare Earths deposits have Gold.
Tungsten	52	3,270	1.59% of all Tungsten deposits have Rare Earths.	7.17% of all Rare Earths deposits have Tungsten.
Zircon	48	174	27.59% of all Zircon deposits have Rare Earths.	6.62% of all Rare Earths deposits have Zircon.
Copper	47	17,400	0.27% of all Copper deposits have Rare Earths.	6.48% of all Rare Earths deposits have Copper.

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Afghanistan
Helmand Reg District Khanneshin complex
Central Khanneshin deposit

Angola
Huambo Province Longonjo Longonjo carbonatite intrusion

Australia
New South Wales Gordon Co. Toongi Dubbo Zirconia Project	[commodity:Yttrium]
Railway Rare Earth deposit
Northern Territory Central Desert Region Nolans Bore Nolans Bore prospect
Queensland Cloncurry Shire Rosebud Station Mary Kathleen district Mary Kathleen Mine
Gold Coast City Shire North Stradbroke Island
South Australia Pastoral Unincorporated Area Yellabinna Regional Reserve Barton (Barton Siding) Lake Ifould Jacinth-Ambrosia mine
Tasmania Meander Valley municipality Deep Leads project
Victoria Gannawarra Shire Goschen Mineral Sands Project
Rural City of Horsham Horsham WIM 150 deposit
Western Australia Coolgardie Shire Marvel Loch East Project
East Pilbara Shire Crean Carbonatite
Esperance Shire Belgian prospect
Butch prospect
Cascade prospect
Circle Valley deposit
Condingup 1 prospect
Condingup prospect
Cowalinya deposit
Jimmie prospect
Jody prospect
Lance prospect
Logans prospect
Lort River prospect
Marvin prospect
Matilda South prospect
Mia prospect
Ned's Corner Road prospect
Northern Cascade prospect
O'Connor prospect
Pyramid Road prospect
Salazar deposit
Fullback prospect
Newmont prospect
Splinter prospect
Scandan prospect
Scrum prospect
Splinter Rock deposit
Centre prospect
Prop prospect
Winston prospect
Gingin Shire Boonanarring Project
Halls Creek Shire Kundat Djaru Community Browns Range REE deposits Area 5 deposit
Banshee deposit
Cyclops deposit
Dazzler deposit
Gambit Central deposit
Gambit West deposit
Wolverine Mine
Laverton Shire Mount Weld Station Mount Weld Mine
Ngaanyatjarraku Shire Mount Squires REE Project

Brazil
Amazonas São Gabriel da Cachoeira Morro dos Seis Lagos
Goiás Iporá Fazenda Buriti alkaline complex
Minas Gerais Araxá Barreiro Araxá complex Araxá mine
Sergipe Brejo Grande Jiboia deposit

Burundi
Bujumbura Rural Province Gakara Project
Gasagwe deposit
Gashirwe occurrence
Kiyenzi deposit
Masenga hill

Canada
British Columbia Kamloops Mining Division Blue River carbonatites Lempriere carbonatite
Verity claim
Omineca Mining Division Mansoon Lakes Lonnie carbonatite
Vergil carbonatite
Revelstoke Mining Division Boulder Mountain Pegmatite Group Prof pegmatite
Newfoundland and Labrador Labrador Pope's Hill
Northwest Territories North Slave Region Blachford Lake alkaline complex Thor Lake syenite complex Nechalacho deposit
Nova Scotia Colchester Co. Debert Lake prospect
Ontario Lanark County South Sherbrooke Township Orser-Kraft occurrence (Maberly)
Québec Nord-du-Québec Jamésie Montviel carbonatite complex
Nunavik Eldor Carbonatite Complex (Eldor carbonatite)
Ashram Zone Ashram REE deposit
Saskatchewan Alces Lake
Strange Lake Alkalic Complex (Strange Lake Complex; Lac Brisson Complex)

China
Gansu Jiuquan Aksai Co. Yushishan Nb–Ta ore deposit
Guangdong Meizhou Mei Co. Bachi REE deposit
Shaoguan Nanxiong Co. Nanmu mining area
Wengyuan Co. Xinfeng deposit
Zhaoqing Huaiji County Gucheng REE deposit
Guangxi Guigang Pingnan Co. Liuchen granite
Qinzhou Lingshan Co. Jiaping REE deposit
Guizhou Bijie Nayong County ZK10 borehole
Zhijin County Xinhua P-REE deposit
Henan Luoyang Luanchuan County Longwangzhuang pluton Longwangzhuang REE deposit
Song County Huangshui'an Mo-(Pb) deposit
Nanyang Xixia County Taiping town deposit (Taipingzhen deposit)
Hubei Shiyan Shennongjia Forest District Shaxiongdong carbonatite
Zhushan Co. Miaoya carbonatite
Zhuxi Co. Tianbao Nb(-REE) deposit
Inner Mongolia Baotou City (Baotou Prefecture) Bayan Obo mining district Bayan Obo Bayan Obo deposit
Abandoned pit
Dulahala
Ordos City (E'erduosi Prefecture) Jungar Banner (Zhunge'er Co.) Jungar coal field (Zhunge'er coal field)
Tongliao City (Tongliao Prefecture) Jarud Banner (Zalute Co.) Baerzhe complex
Jiangxi Ganzhou Anyuan Co. Shitouping Ion-Adsorption Heavy REE Deposit
Dayu Co. Xihuashan ore field Xihuashan Mine
Dingnan Co. Zhaibei deposit
Gan Co. Dabu HREE deposit
Huichang Co. Shuitou pluton
Longnan Co. Longnan REE deposits Wenlong mine
Zudong Mine
Ningdu Co. Getengzui Ion-Adsorption REE Deposit
Quannan Co. Dajishan Mine (Tachishan Mine)
Qinghai Haixi Mongol and Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture Delhi (Delingha Co.) Balegenluole LREE occurrence
Gaotelameng REE occurrence
Dulan County Dagelegouxi carbonatite-hosted REE-Nb deposit
Hatuzhongyou REE deposit
Mangnai City (Mangya Co.) Lenghu Co. Jiaolesayi pegmatite	[commodity:Yttrium]
Tianjun County Chakabeishan rare-element pegmatites
Wulan Co. (Ulan Co.) Xiaerdawu Nb-REE occurrence
Shaanxi Shangluo Luonan County Dashigou
Jialu carbonatites
Weinan Huayin City Huanglongpu Mo-(Pb) deposit
Huayangchuan U-Nb-Pb deposit
Shandong Jining Weishan County Weishan Mine (Chisan Mine; Chishan alkaline complex; Xishan Mine; Deposit No. 101)
Linyi Lanling County Longbaoshan Mine
Zaozhuang Guandimiao REE deposit
Sichuan Liangshan Yi Dechang County Dalucao REE deposit
Kuanyu Township Mosuoying granite
Huili County Lalachang Cu deposit (Lala Cu deposit)
Mianning County Baozi Hill
Maoniuping Mine
Dagudao pit
Guangtoushan pit
Muluozhai REE deposit (Muluo REE deposit)
Diaoloushan camp
Fangjiabao camp
Zhengjialiangzi camp
Xinjiang Akesu Prefecture Baicheng Co. Yilanlike pegmatite
Hotan Prefecture Hetian Co. (Khotan Co.; Hotan Co.; Hoten Co.) Longmenshan pegmatite
Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture Altay Prefecture (Aletai Prefecture) Aletai Co. (Altay Co.) Dakalasu Mine (Dahalasu Mine) Dakalasu No.1 pegmatite deposit
Bu'erjin Co. (Burqin Co.; Burchin Co.) Hailiutan-Yeliuman pegmatite field
Yunnan Baoshan Longling County Jianshanjiao REE deposit
Jieyeba REE deposit
Tengchong County Tuguanzhai REE deposit
Chuxiong Bailongtan phosphorite deposit
Wuding County Yinachang Fe-Cu-REE deposit
Dehong Damanbie REE deposit
Lianghe County Shilingka REE deposit
Tuganzhai iREE deposit
Long’an REE deposit
Yingjiang County Xinpaoshan REE deposit
Yingpanshan REE deposit
Yiwanshui REE deposit
Honghe Gejiu City Honghe REE deposit
Jianshui County Puxiong Puxiong regolith-hosted REE deposit
Zhaotong Yongshan County Xuanwei Formation
Zhejiang Lishui Qingyuan County Hedi ion-adsorption REE deposit

Egypt
Red Sea Governorate El-Baroud granitic intrusion	[commodity:Yttrium]
Wadi Sikait Emerald mines

Equatorial Guinea
Rio Muni Wele-Nzas Province Bibabijop river

Finland
Kainuu Kajaani Katajakangas deposit

Greenland
Avannaata Niaqornakavsak REE deposit
Kujalleq Igaliku Complex Motzfeldt Centre MSC Altered Syenite
Ilímaussaq complex Kuannersuit Plateau (Kvanefjeld)
Tanbreez Rare Earth Project
Northeast Greenland National Park Kap Simpson Complex
Qeqqata Isortoq Fjord (Søndre Isortoq) Sarfartoq region Sarfartoq carbonatite complex Sarfartoq Rare Earth Elements Project	Hudson Resources Inc.

India
Chhattisgarh Dantewada District Kawadgaon-Challanpara pegmatite field
Meghalaya East Khasi Hills District Sung Valley complex
Odisha Puri District Brahmagiri beach sand placer deposit
Rajasthan Jodhpur Division Barmer District Kamthai deposit

Indonesia
West Sulawesi Province Mamuju Regency Rantedoda-Taan

Iran
East Azerbaijan Province Astamal skarn deposit
Yazd Province Ardakan County Kharanaq District Rabatat Rural District Saghand Saghand Anomaly No. 2
Saghand Anomaly No. 5

Japan
Fukushima Prefecture Date District Kawamata Iizaka Village (Iisaka) Suishoyama pegmatite (Suishouyama; Suisyoyama; Suishyoyama)
Tokyo Metropolis Ogasawara Subprefecture Minami-Tori-shima

Kazakhstan
Akmola Region Zerendi District Donetskoye mine
Almaty Region Raiymbek District Qaraghaily Aqtas mine
Karaganda Region Balkhash Konyrat East deposit
Shet District Verkhnee Qairaqty mine
North Kazakhstan Region Aiyrtau District Syrymbet ore field
Shok-Karagay REE deposit
Ualikhanov District Kundybay deposit

Kyrgyzstan
Chuy Region Kemin District Aq-Tyuz ore Field Kutessay-II REE deposit

Laos
Houaphanh Province

Madagascar
Amoron'i Mania Ambatofinandrahana District Ambatofinandrahana Commune Andoharano
Ankazohambo
Itremo Marovoalavo
North Ifasina area Lesada
Vohiniariana
Manandriana District Andakatany Ambatoarina
Ambohimiary
Andakatany Deposit
Diana Ambanja District Antsirabe Ambohimirahavavy Alkaline Complex
Befitina Rare Earths Prospect
Betaimboay Unnamed caldera Rare Earth prospect

Malawi
Southern Region Balaka Kangankunde Carbonatite Complex
Machinga Machinga Machinga Deposit
Phalombe Songwe Hill REE Project (Songwe Hill carbonatite)	Mkango Resources

Malaysia
Johor Mersing District Besar Island

Mauritania
Adrar Region Aoujeft El Gleitat Bou Naga Est
Assaba Region Kankossa Samban Goma
Tiris Zemmour Region Bir Moghrein Tabatanet
Trarza Region Bir Allah Bou Naga

Mongolia

Bayan-Ölgii Province Nogoonnuur District Ulaan Uul Mine (Kyzyl-Tau mine)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Ulaankhus District Ulandryk iron oxide-Cu-REE zone
Bulgan Province Khutag-Öndör District Bayangol 415 occurrence
Dornogovi Province Khatanbulag District Lugeengol REE deposit
Mandakh District Ulgei Khid Complex
Khovd Province Myangad District Khaldzan Buragtag massif
Khalzan Buregte Zr–Nb–REE deposit (Khalzan Buregtei deposit)
Ömnögovi Province Khan khongor District Khotgor
Khanbogd District Khan Bogd Peralkaline Granite
Mandal-Ovoo District Bayan Khoshuu Complex
Shara Hulasa Hiid Mushgai Khudag carbonatite complex
Sühbaatar Province Tüvshinshiree District Olziit deposit	[commodity:Cerium]
Uvs Province Malchin District Ulaan Tolgoi deposit

Morocco
Dakhla-Oued Ed-Dahab Region Oued Ed-Dahab Province Terghat carbonatite structure

Mozambique
Sofala Province Nhamatanda District Xiluvo Hills
Zambezia Province Moebase mineral sands deposit	Pathfinder Minerals plc
Naburi mineral sands deposit	Pathfinder Minerals plc

Namibia
Erongo Region Dâures Constituency Eureka Farm 99 Eureka carbonatite	[commodity:Cerium]
Ondundu Ondundu gold deposit
Sandamap North Farm 115
Kunene Region Khorixas De Rust Pegmatite
Draaihoek Farm 527 Unnamed Sn occurrence [1]
Unnamed Sn occurrence [2]
Goedgenoeg Farm 526 Goantagab prospect
Unnamed Sn occurrence
Lofdal-Bergville REE deposit
Oas Intrusion
Ousis Pegmatite
Ugab River Pegmatite
Unnamed Sn occurrence [1]
Unnamed Sn occurrence [2]
Unnamed Sn occurrence [3]
Vegkop Farm 528 Gamigab prospect
ǁKaras Region Berseba Constituency Heigums Farm 105
Karasburg East Hogeis Farm 83 Bokkiesbank Tin
Keetmanshoop Rural Constituency Dassiefontein Farm 87
Goibib Farm 96
Oranjemund Constituency Ai-Ais pegmatite [1]
Ai-Ais pegmatite [2]
Ai-Ais pegmatite [3]
ǃNamiǂNûs Constituency Aus Aus Townlands Farm 36 Aus Skarn
Kubub Farm 15 Unnamed prospect
Kieshöhe carbonatite
Kokerboomkloof Farm 65
Nu Harris Farm 141

North Korea
Chagang Province Songwon County Buhung carbonatites
North Hamgyong Province Kimchaek city Ssangryong carbonatites
North Pyongan Province Sakchu County Pungnyon carbonatite
Pyongyang City Sunan County Yongyu carbonatites
South Hwanghae Province Songhwa County Ryeonsan mine
Wolbong mine

Norway
Agder Evje og Hornnes	[commodity:Yttrium]
Landsverk
Landsverk 1 Feldspar Quarry (Jokeli)
Iveland Frikstad Frikstad 07 Feldspar Quarry
Ljosland Knipan (Knipane)
Setesdal	[commodity:Yttrium]
Telemark Nome Fen Complex

Romania
Harghita County Ditrău Complex Jolotca (Orotva)
Joseni Belcina Creek (Belcina)	[commodity:Yttrium]

Russia
Buryatia Mama River Basin Maigunda River Burpala alkaline massif
Chelyabinsk Oblast Kyshtym Mochalin Log
Murmansk Oblast Lovozersky District Keivy Mountains Yel’skie Lakes deposits
Northern Karelia Vuoriyarvi alkaline-ultrabasic massif Petyayan-vara carbonatite
Tukhta-Vara carbonatite
Primorsky Krai Mikhaylovsky District Pavlovskoe REE-coal deposit	[commodity:Yttrium]
Republic of Karelia Loukhsky District Chreroe deposit	[commodity:Cerium]
Sakha Selennyakh range Tommot river Tommotskii Massif
Zabaykalsky Krai Kalarsky District Katugin Ta-Nb deposit

Slovakia	[commodity:Cerium]

Košice Region Gelnica District Helcmanovce Hutná dolina U-REE occurrence
Rožňava District Betliar U-REE occurrence	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
Čučma Kutačka U-REE occurrence	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
Majerská valley U occurrence	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
Spišská Nová Ves District Hnilčík Zr-REE-Nb occurrence

South Africa
Limpopo Mopani District Municipality Ba-Phalaborwa Local Municipality Phalaborwa Bosveld Mine
Waterberg District Municipality Thabazimbi Local Municipality Thabazimbi Glenover carbonatite
North West Bojanala Platinum District Municipality Moses Kotane Local Municipality Groenfontein Farm
Western Cape
West Coast District Municipality Matzikama Local Municipality Komkans Farm
Unnamed REE occurrence
Steenkampskraal Mine

South Korea
North Chungcheong Province Chungju City Joongwon-gun Mt. Eorae Chungju deposit	[commodity:Yttrium]

Sweden
Örebro County Nora Rödberg Mines Jakob Elas copper mine
Östra Gyttorp
Rödbergsgruvan
Södra Repabergsgruvorna
Västmanland County Norberg Elisabetgruvorna mine
Hästbäck mine
Häste ore field Stripåsen pegmatite
Korsstensgruvorna mine
Lilla Kallmoragruvorna mine
Malmkärra Mine	[commodity:Cerium]
Röberg ore field Östanmossa mine
Skinnskatteberg Riddarhyttan Bastnäs Mines
Gamla Bastnäs deposit
Nya Bastnäs deposit
St Görans Mine	[commodity:Cerium]
Hans Urbansson mine field
Högforsgruvorna mine
Källfall Mine
Lerklockan railway siding
Skärsjön mine
Stålklockan mine
Storgruvan
Västra Långgruvorna mine

Tanzania
Songwe Region Ngualla Hill Mine

Thailand
Phuket Province Kathu District
TungTong mine

Tunisia
Béja Oued Belif deposit

Turkey
Çanakkale Province Arıklı Zone A
Zone B
Zone C
Eskişehir Province Beylikova District Kizilcaören REE deposits (Kyzylkaoren)
Isparta Province Aksu Diamas project
Malatya Province Kuluncak District Kuluncak-Hasançelebi feldspathic lava

Ukraine
Dnipropetrovsk Oblast Synelnykove Raion Dibrova mineral deposit

USA
Alaska Bethel Census Area Aniak Mining District Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM005; northeast of head of Getmuna Creek)	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SM037; northeast of lower Sue Creek)	[commodity:Cerium]
McGrath Mining District Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - LH006; near Swift River)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - LH007; near Swift River)
Dillingham Census Area Bristol Bay Mining District Shotgun; Mose Prospect	[commodity:Cerium]
Fairbanks North Star Borough Fairbanks Mining District Banner Creek Mines
Buckeye Creek; Martha; Moore Creek Mines
Hope Creek Prospect
Haines Lucky Six; William Henry Prospect
Hoonah-Angoon Census Area Monarch No. 1 and No. 2 Mine
Juneau Mining District Glacier Bay Mining District Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - JU008; east of Berg Mountain)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Yentna Mining District Kahiltna River Mine (ARDF - TY027)
Kahiltna River Mine (ARDF - TY028)
Kahiltna River Mine (ARDF - TY029)
Nome Census Area Council Mining District Cape Darby Occurrence
Kwiniuk River Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO159; east of Eagle Creek)
Koyuk Mining District Clear Creek Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO038; tributary to Clear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO039; tributary to Clear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO040; tributary to Clear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO041; tributary to Clear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO042; tributary to Clear Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO043; tributary to Vulcan Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SO044; on Rock Creek)
Northwest Arctic Borough Selawik Mining District Uranium 3 Prospect (in Selawik Hills)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Petersburg Borough Kupreanof Mining District Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - PE021; near Totem Bay)	[commodity:Cerium]
Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area Ketchikan Mining District Prince of Wales Island Bokan Mountain Boots Prospect
Carol Ann; Carol Ann No. 1; Carol Ann No. 2; Carol Ann No 3; Dotson Prospects	[commodity:Yttrium]
I and L; I and L Nos. 3-5 Prospects	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
I Prospect	[commodity:Yttrium]
Irene-D Prospect	[commodity:Yttrium]
Ross-Adams Mine
Sunday Lake Prospect	[commodity:Yttrium]
Wennie Prospects
Cholmondeley Sound Dora Bay Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - CR172)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Kendrick Bay West Arm of Kendrick Bay Cheri & Cheri No. 1 prospects	[commodity:Yttrium]
Geoduck Occurrences	[commodity:Yttrium]
Upper Cheri Occurrence	[commodity:Yttrium]
Stone Rock Bay Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - DE042)	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - DE043)	[commodity:Cerium, commodity:Yttrium]
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area Ben Creek Mine
Delta River Mining District Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - MH116; west side of Broxson Gulch)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Eagle Mining District American Creek; Teddys Fork; Discovery Fork; Alder Gulch Mines
Ruby Creek Occurrence
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - EA037; on Slate Creek)
Wrangell City and Bourough Petersburg Mining District Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BC004; near Cone Mountain)	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Prospect (ARDF - BC090; near Black Crag)	[commodity:Cerium]
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area Chandalar Mining District Big Creek Mine
St. Marys Creek Mine (Gulch)
Tobin Creek Mine
Circle Mining District Hot Springs Creek Occurrence
Ketchem Creek; Holdem Creek Mine
Roy Creek; Little Champion Creek Prospect
Eudialyte Prospect
Hot Springs Mining District Cache Creek Mine
Deep Creek and tributaries Mine
Idaho Gulch Mine
Karshner Creek Occurrence
Miller Gulch Mine	[commodity:Cerium]
Sullivan Creek Mine
Tofty Ridge Prospect	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Mines (ARDF - TN078; near junction of Boulder Creek and Little Boulder Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - TN083; upper Idaho Gulch)	[commodity:Cerium]
Hughes Mining District Boston Ridge Prospect
Hogatza; Hog River; Bear Creek Mine
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HU011; northeast ridge of Caribou Mountain)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - HU016; in Zane Hills; south of upper Caribou Creek)
Koyukuk Mining District Gold Bench Mine
Rye Creek Mine
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - WI041; south of Mt. Hecht)	[commodity:Yttrium]
Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - BT018; southeast of Sithylemenkat Lake)
Shungnak Mining District Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - SH010; northeast of Solsmunket Lake)
Tolovana Mining District Lucky Creek Mine (also known as Goodluck Creek)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MD002)	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MD003)
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MD004)	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MD005)	[commodity:Cerium]
Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MD012)	[commodity:Cerium]
Windy Fork Placer Occurrence	[commodity:Cerium]
Arizona Apache County Black Mountain Mining District (Black Mesa Mining District) Taasahdi Dzil Unnamed Ti-Zr-Th-U-REE occurrence [1] (Unnamed E)
Unnamed Ti-Zr-Th-U-REE occurrence [2] (Unnamed F)
Greenlee County Morenci Morenci Mine
Mohave County Aquarius Cliffs Aquarius Cliffs pegmatites
Aquarius Mountains Bolo Creek Frank Kayser deposit
Hackberry Mining District Hackberry A.G. Alm claim
Rare Metal Mine area Columbite prospect
Rare Metals Mine (Waldren Mining Company Mine)
Unnamed dike locality [1]
Wagon Bow pegmatites
Blendina Mine (Plendina Mine)
Buck Mountains Chemehuevis Mining District Chemehuevis placers
Cerbat Mountains Kingman Mining District Mineral X claim (Mineral X deposit)
Unnamed REE occurrence [2]
Wallapai Mining District Kingman Feldspar Mine (Kingman Feldspar Quarry)
Hillside claim
Lost Basin Mining District Garnet Mountain Unnamed REE occurrence [3]
Mesquite Creek
Unnamed REE occurrence [1]
Unspecified Bi-REE occurrence [1]
Navajo County Hugh Barton's claim
Pinon Unnamed U-Ti-Th-Zr-REE occurrence [1] (Unnamed I)
Pima County Dollar Bill claims
Yavapai County Eureka Mining District Hillside Bagdad Mine area 7U7 Ranch (7-U-7 Ranch)
California Del Norte County Crescent City Unspecified Cr-Cu-REE occurrences [1]
Marin County Sausalito
Sausalito Road Quarry
San Bernardino County Clark Mts (Clark Mountain Range) Mountain Pass District Mountain Pass Mountain Pass Mine	[commodity:Cerium]
Sulfide Queen Mine
Landers Rock Corral Unnamed REE occurrence
San Diego County Pala Mining District Pala Tourmaline Queen Mountain (Pala Mtn; Queen Mtn)
Colorado Boulder County Jamestown Mining District Black Hope No. One Mine
Chaffee County Crystal No. 8 Mine
La Plata Mining District (Winfield Mining District) Middle Mountain complex
Newett Quarries
Trout Creek Pass Pegmatite Mining District
Turret Mining District Lucky John No. 2 Mine
Mica-Beryl Mine (MRDS - 10013705)
Shirley group
Unidentified Monazite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018145)
Unidentified Monazite Occurrence (MRDS - 10018146)
Clear Creek County Floyd Hill Floyd Hill pegmatites
Grover Mine (Grover pegmatite; Windsor)
Lower Clear Creek Area Snyder; Saddleback Mtn.
Custer County Anna Lee Lode Occurrence
Beardsley Deposit (Zabel-Beardsley Lease)
Franklin Mine (Frankland Mine; Francklyn Mine)
Haputa Ranch (Haputa Extension)
McKinley Mountain Area Atomic Mountain Claim (Atomic Mountain; Starbuck; General Ike; Thorium Mountain Claims; Nightengale; Mystery; Lucky Find)
Darby Extension Occurrence (Derby Extension)
Little Maud Claim
Twenty Grand Claim
Sewell Ranch Occurrence
Swartz Ranch Occurrence (D.P. Van Nouhuys Property)
Unknown REE - Thorium (MRDS - 10016555)
Douglas County Devils Head Pegmatite Mining District California Mine
El Paso County Cheyenne Mining District (St. Peters Dome Mining District)
Stove Mountain Mineral Locality (Cook Stove Mountain Mineral Locality)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10091376)
Fremont County Cotopaxi Area Occurrence
Cotopaxi Mining District Colorado Feldspar Pegmatite
Cottonwood Creek Area Benton Prospect (Hilltop prospect)
Dreamers Hope Claim
Gem Park complex Letha Lee Prospect
Homestake No. 2 Claim (Homestake No. 6; Homestake Claims)
Hot Shot Claims
Iron Mountain complex McClure Mountain Brown Lava Lode Occurrence (Serpant; Pink Lady)
Lookout Mountain Area Horsepasture Pegmatites Occurrence
Ilmenite Pegmatite Occurrence (MRDS - 10010868)
Jim 3 Mine
Jim 8 Occurrence
McKinley Mountain Area Tuttle Ranch Occurrence (Willis Tuttle Ranch)
Unknown Thorium - REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10018410)
Gilpin County Central City Mining District (Central Mining District) Dolores Occurrence
Fourmile Gulch; Baltimore Occurrence
Illinois Gulch Area Occurrence
Jasper Cut Area
Grand County Grand Lake Mining District (Wolverine Mining District) Unknown REE (MRDS - 10017867)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10017868)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10017869)
Gunnison County Goose Creek Mining District Lucretia Mine (George Nos. 1-3; Marion Nos. 1-2; Unpatented Claims: Lucretia Nos. 1-5; 7; 9)
Unnamed Thorium Prospects (MRDS - 10014452)
Whitney Prospect
Quartz Creek Pegmatite Mining District Brown Derby Mine
Brown Derby No. 1
Unidentified Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10094767)
White Earth Mining District (Powderhorn Mining District) Iron Hill deposit
Unnamed Thorium Prospects (MRDS - 10014575)
Unnamed Thorium Prospects (MRDS - 10087971)
Huerfano County Wet Mountains Prospect
Jackson County Fielder Prospect (Agua Fria Lake Prospect)
Jefferson County Clear Creek Pegmatite Province Strang pegmatite occurrence (S. B. Strang Ralston Creek pegmatite)
Swede - Kerr Gulches Pegmatites
Long Scraggy Orthite No. 1 & Sunset Groups
Ralston Buttes Mining District Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10016138)
South Platte Pegmatite Mining District Judy Ann Mine
Lake County Climax Mining District Climax Climax Mine	Freeport-McMoRan
Larimer County Boulder Ridge Area Sheep Creek Prospect
Spencer Heights-Poudre Falls Area Unnamed Bismuth - Lead - Silver - Zinc Prospect (MRDS - 10013863)
Micanite Mining District (Currant Creek Mining District) Famous Lode Mica Prospect (Famous Lodge Pegmatites; Little Joe From Kokomo Claim Adjoining)
Mineral County Creede Mining District Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10016965)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10091204)
Moffat County Fourmile Mining District (Timberlake Creek Mining District) Joker Pit
Park County Guffey Mining District Baumer Pegmatite Prospect
East-West Pegmatite Occurrence (West-West Pegmatite)
Guffey District; West Occurrence
Lake George Beryllium area (Badger Flats Beryllium area; Mountain Dale)
McGuire pegmatite (Lone Lode; Lonesome pegmatite)
Routt County Slavonia Mining District Temple Prospect
Teller County Pikes Peak batholith Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10017498)
Quartz Lode; Dands No. 2 Feldspar Quarry
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10017497)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10017696)
Washington County Akron area
Connecticut Middlesex County Haddam Long Hill prospects (Turkey Hill prospects)
Florida Putnam County Northeast Florida Clay Mining District Green Cove Springs Deposit
Georgia Glynn County Brunswick Deposit (Altamaha Plantations Deposit)
Idaho Adams County Thorn Creek Placers
Bingham County SE Idaho Phosphate Mining District Westvaco Mine (Gay Mine)
Blaine County Camas Mining District Rock Creek Placer
Camp Creek Placer (Johanson and Thamm)
Boise County Garden Valley Placer Area
North Fork Canyon Creek Prospect (Lost Cabin Placer)
Quartzburg Mining District Boise Basin
Wash Creek Area Unorganized District Mica Dome Prospect (Van Dissel)
Caribou County SE Idaho Phosphate Mining District Conda Prospect (Woodal Mountain; N. Trail Canyon)
Henry Mine (Monsanto; North Wooley Range)
Soda Springs Area Diamond Creek Proposed Mine
Cassia County Almo Area Almo Basin-Circle Creek No. 1
Almo Basin-Circle Creek No. 2
Almo Basin-Circle Creek No. 3
Almo Basin-Raft River No. 2
Almo Basin-Edwards Creek
Almo Basin-Graham Creek
Almo Basin-Raft River No. 1
Almo Basin-Raft River No. 3
Goose Creek Mining District Trapper Creek No. 2
Clearwater County Cavendish Summit Occurrence
Cedar Creek Placer Deposit
Craig Black Sands
Lucky Bell Mining Group
Lucky Deadwood Prospect (Moose Creek Deposit No. 2; Pb; Sara Poo; Mac; Trails End)
Moose Creek Deposit No. 1 (Dry Run; Boulder Beach; Golden Fleece; Moose Creek Deposit No. 1; Easy Does It)
Teakean Butte Area Teakean Butte Occurrence
Weippe Mining District (Musselshell Mining District) Jim Brown Creek
Musselshell Creek Placer
Custer County Bench Creek Placer
Biggs Ranch Placer
Cape Horn Creek Placer
Gold Creek Area Unorganized District Gold Creek Placer
Slate Creek Mining District Slate Creek Placer
Swamp Creek Placer
Thatcher Creek Placer
Unorganized Mining District Williams Creek Placer Williams Creek Placer
Valley Creek Mining District Stanley Lake Creek Placer
Elmore County Alexander Flats Occurrence
Red Warrior Mining District Feather River Placer
Gem County Johnson Creek Occurrence
Idaho County Burgdorf Mining District Kelly Meadows Occurrence
Chamberlain Mining District Haypress Meadow Placer
Moose Meadow Placer
River of No Return Wilderness Chamberlain Meadow Placer
Root Ranch Placer
Charity Occurrence
East Fork Moose Creek
Elk City Mining District American Eagle Placer Claims
Tyee Mining Company Porperty Occurrence
Upper Red River Placers
Florence Mining District (French Creek Mining District) Gross Creek Placer
Katy Occurrence
Lower Ramey Meadows Placer
Ruby Placer (Ruby Meadows; Blue Bucket; Lucky Strike; Mountain Meadows; Katy; Mile High)
Stover-Nelson Monazite Property
Lemhi County Eureka Mining District Contact Claim Group (Diamond Creek Area; Bell)
Unnamed Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10013477)
Evans-Esker Occurrence
Gibbonsville Mining District Dahlonega Creek Heavy Mineral Placers (Dalonega Creek; Anderson Mtn.)
H. R. Roberts' Claims
Last Chance Prospect
Leadore Mining District Leadore Kay Claims
Lee - Buck No. 4 Claim
Lee Buck No. 3 Claim
Lemhi Pass Mining District
Black Bear Prospect
No. 4 Thorium Prospect
No. 5 Thorium Prospect
Mackinaw Mining District Crazy Creek Prospect
McDevitt Mining District Agency Claim
Black Bull Group Claims (Black Bull No. 2 and No. 3 and Fraction Claims)
Buffalo Mine (Stenson S)
Lone Star No. 2 Occurrence (Idaho Thorium Showing No. 1)
Lucky Horseshoe Claim Group
Silver Queen No. 35 Occurrence (Idaho Thorium Showing No. 4)
Sparky Prospect
Wonder Mine (Wonder Lodes Nos. 1 to 5 and Buckhorn Claims)
Mineral Hill
Mineral Hill Mining District Monazite Queen Claims
Monazite Prospect
Silver King Claims (Uncle Sam; Calera Mine)
Squaw Creek Prospect
White-Hutchinson Occurrence
Wiley Evans - Reese Esker Claims
Owyhee County Murphy Area Brockman Monazite Property
Twin Buttes Group (Whelchel Mines Company)
Valley County Bear Valley Area Bear Valley Placers (Lower Bear Valley; Big Meadows; Central Bear Valley)
Casner Creek Occurrence
Crystal Occurrence
Geronimo
Gilt Edge
Lucky Boy Occurrence
Moscow Mine (Moscow Mule Occurrence)
Porter Placer
Unorganized District Bear Valley Placers
Fir Creek Placers
Half Moon Claims Nos. 2 & 3
Heavy Mineral Placer
Hull's Big Creek Placer
Lake Fork Creek
Long Valley Mining District Callender Monazite Property (Beaver Creek)
Cascade Area Long Valley Monazite Placer
Gold Fork-Little Valley Placers (Upper Gold Fork Placers; Lower Gold Fork Placers; Little Valley Placers)
Pearsol Creek Prospect
Paddy Flat Placer Deposit (Cosumnes Placer Deposit)
River of No Return Wilderness Edna Claims
Thunder Mountain Mining District Monumental Summit Rare - Earth Prospect
West Mountain Placers
Yellow Pine Mining District Rare Earth Occurrence (MRDS - 10071029)
Illinois Hardin County Hicks Hicks Dome Hicks Dome REE-Th prospects
Montana Beaverhead County Lemhi Pass Mining District
Trail Creek Placer
Carbon County Thom Property
Granite County Sapphire Mountains Area Sand Basin Occurrence
Hill County Bowery Peak carbonatite complex
Madison County Sappington deposit
Unnamed Rare Earth Deposit (MRDS - 10124778)
Unnamed Rare Earth Deposit (MRDS - 10221333)
Unnamed Rare Earth Deposit (MRDS - 10232343)
Meagher County Iron-Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10221581)
Pondera County Iron-Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10124762)
Ravalli County Mineral Point Mining District Puff Ball No. 1-17 Prospect
Sheep Creek
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10159492)
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10246060)
Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10294324)
Unknown REE - Thorium - Uranium - Niobium (Columbium) Occurrence (MRDS - 10019901)
Woods Creek Deposits
Rye Creek Mining District Rye Creek Prospect
Sula Mining District Cameron Creek Placer
Silver Bow County Janney pegmatite occurrence (Janney Station)
Price Placer
Silver Bow Placer
Unnamed Rare Earths Occurrence (MRDS - 10173172)
Teton County Iron-Titanium Occurrence (MRDS - 10124345)
Nevada Carson City Carson City Mining District Carson City Monazite-Bearing Placer
Humboldt County Jackson Mountains Mining District NBMG Sample Site 2242
Quinn River
New Jersey Morris County Mine Hill Scrub Oaks Mine
Ocean County Jackson Township Van Hiseville Glidden-Durkee Titanium Mine (Glidden Mine; Nord Industries site)
Manchester Township ASARCO titanium mine (Heritage Minerals Mine)
New Mexico Bernalillo County Alpha Mine
Colfax County Laughlin Peak Mining District Laughlin Peak Prospects
Grant County White Signal Mining District South Big Burro Mountains Euxenite Deposit
Unnamed prospect [10014664]
Hidalgo County Three J's Claims
Lincoln County Capitan Mountains Capitan Mining District Barlejon No. 2 prospect
Barry prospect
El Tigre Prospect
Fuzzy Nut 1-18 Claims
Red Cloud District All American Prospect
Eagle Nest Prospect
M & E No. 13 Prospect
Old Hickory prospect
Pride Prospect
Red Cloud fluorite mine
Otero County Pajarito Mountain
Rio Arriba County American
Petaca Mining District Cribbenville area Bluebird No. 2 deposit
Capitan deposit
North Cribbenville deposit (Old Cribbenville; Cribbens deposit)
La Madera-Paloma Canyon area Aztec deposit
Persimmon Peak-Las Tablas Group
New York Essex County Mineville Mining District
North Carolina Burke County Bailey Fork Placer
Blue Ridge Mining District White Mill Creek Placer
Brindletown Brindletown Placers-Mills
Clear Creek Placer
Double Branch placer
Hall Creek placer
Hancock Placer
James C. Chapman Mine
Morganton Hunting Creek Tributary Placer
Unnamed Gold Placer (MRDS - 10089503)
Silver Creek Silver Creek placer
Caldwell County Blue Ridge Mining District Kinkaid Prospect
Madison County Ledford Allanite Prospect
McDowell County Alexander Branch Placer
Cane Creek placer
High Shoals and South Muddy Creeks Gold Placer Belt
Hoppers Creek Placer
Huntsville Branch Placer
Katy Creek Placer
Long Branch placer
Second Broad River Placer
South Muddy Creek Headwater Placer
South Muddy Creek Lower Course Placer
Waltons-Neighbors and Caleb Branch placers
Rutherford County First Broad River Headwaters Gold Placers
Stony Creek Placer
T. T. Erwin Mine
South Carolina Aiken County Horse Creek (Hollow Creek)
Unidentified Mine (Horse Creek Mine; MRDS - 10080088)
Charleston County Charleston County Mine (Charleston County Deposits)
Cherokee County Gaffney Area Headwaters Cole Creek Monazite Placer
Headwaters Irene Creek Monazite Placer
Northern Triburary Cherokee Creek Monazite Placer
Northern Tributary Ross Creek Monazite Placer
Sarratt Creek Monazite Placer
Southern Trib Cherokee Creek Monazite Placer
Thicketty Creek Monazite Placer Eastern Tributary
Upper Cole Creek Monazite Placer
Tennessee Benton County Western Tennessee Mining District Kerr-McGee Deposit (North Camden)
Carroll County Western Tennessee Mining District Natchez Trace Deposit
Henry County Western Tennessee Mining District Oak Grove Deposit (Ethyl Corp. Deposit)
Texas Burnet County Clear Creek pegmatite
Dorbrant
Rare-Earth Mine
Hudspeth County Sierra Blanca Peaks Round Top prospects
Llano County Bluffton Baringer Hill Mine	[commodity:Yttrium]
Llano Badu Hill quarry
Utah Grand County John Brown Occurrence (Mud Lake)
Juab County Lake Bonneville Sediments Occurrence (MRDS - 10055165)
Spring Creek Mining District Lake Bonneville Sediments Occurrence (MRDS - 10090138)
Tooele County Columbia-East Erickson Mining District Sheeprock Area Occurrence
Virginia Henry County Chestnut Knob Prospect
Washington Ferry County Covada Mining District (Enterprise Mining District) Wilmont Bar Placer	[commodity:Cerium]
Deadman Creek Mining District Mary Jane Claims
Wyoming Albany County Platt Mine
Unknown REE Prospect (MRDS - 10181610)
Carbon County Big Creek pegmatite District Platt Pegmatite Mine	[commodity:Yttrium]
King Claims (MRDS - 10018834)
King Claims (MRDS - 10132766)
Unknown REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10278977)
Unknown Thorium - REE Occurrence (MRDS - 10205739)
Unknown Thorium Prospect (MRDS - 10254630)
Crook County Bear Lodge alkaline igneous complex Bull Hill nepheline-syenite deposit (Bull Hill carbonatite; Bear Lodge carbonatite)
Carbon Hill
Taylor Ridge
Taylor Ridge South
Whitetail Ridge
Bear Lodge Mining District Bear Lodge Mountains Occurrence
Park County Unknown Thorium - REE (MRDS - 10133007)
Sheridan County Big Horn Mining District Bald Mountain Thorium-Rare Earth deposit
Rainbow Claims

Vietnam
Lai Châu Province Phong Tho District Mt Fansipan Nâm Xe REE deposit

Zimbabwe
Mashonaland East Mudzi District Donsa pegmatite

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