Types of Mining Claims Lode and placer claims are the primary categories of mining claims, and their distinction lies in the type of mineral deposits they pertain to. Lode Claims: These claims are ...

Mining companies rapidly took advantage of the lapsed protections and have filed more than 20 new placer mining claims on the Hassayampa River and its primary tributary, Groom Creek. In addition, the ...

one patented federal placer claim, and one patented federal mill site and 22,432 acres of unpatented State of Alaska mining claims. The company was formerly known as Little Squaw Gold Mining ...

The Yukon and federal governments have rejected a proposed placer mine along Stony Creek outside Whitehorse, after local ...