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It is nearly impossible to list all locatable minerals because of the complex legal requirements for discovery. Locatable minerals include both metallic minerals (gold, silver, lead, etc.) and nonmetallic minerals (fluorspar, asbestos, mica, etc.).

Mining claims are staked for locatable minerals on public domain lands. There are three basic types of minerals on federally-administered lands: locatable, leasable, and salable.

This right does not include exclusive surface rights (see Public Law 84-167).

Collaborative Action and Dispute ResolutionĪ mining claim is a parcel of land for which the claimant has asserted a right of possession and the right to develop and extract a discovered, valuable, mineral deposit.