| Types | Major ore Minerals | Examples |
| Mafic host rocks | ||
| Sulfide nickel deposits | po, pn, py, cpy, vio | Sudbury, Ontario Canada |
| Besshi-type massive sulfides | py, cpy, sph, gn | Japan |
| Felsic host rocks | ||
| Zinc-lead skarns | py, sph, gn | Ban Ban, Australia |
| Copper skarns | py, cpy | Carr Fork, Utah, USA |
| Polymetallic veins | py, cpy, gn, sph, ttd | Camsell River, NWT, Canada |
| Felsic & mafic host rocks | ||
| Creede-type epithermal | py, sph, gn, cpy, ttd, asp | Creede, CO, USA veins |
| Kuroko-type | py, cpy, gn, sph, ttd, asp | Japan |
| Sedimentary host rocks | ||
| Quartz pebble | U-gold py, uran, gold | Witwatersrand, RSA |
| Sandstone-hosted lead-zinc | py, sph, gn | Laisvall, Sweden |
| Sedimentary exhalative lead-zin | py, sph, gn, cpy, asp, ttd, po | Sullivan, BC, Canada |
| Carbonate host rocks | ||
| Mississippi Valley type | py, gn, sph | Missouri, USA |