Notice Regarding Unpatented Mining Claims for Sale
Unpatented Mining Claims
Unpatented mining claims are claims in which the claim holder owns the mineral rights to the property but not the surface land. The surface belongs to the U.S. government and is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and/or the U.S. Forest Service. Surface access for the mineral rights owner is gauranteed under the 1872 mining law but rules and regulations do apply. The county in which the claim is located maintains claim records of unpatented mining claims as required by law and collects a fee for this service. Claim requirements very by state a complete list of state and federal laws and regulations is available on our website by clicking the button below.
Location Certificates
Location Certificates have been filed for all mineral claims with the County Recorder where the claims are located. The Federal Mining Claim numbers are listed on the respective properties or are pending and will be completed prior to the closing of the sale. Each mining claim or group of claims has been thoroughly researched to confirm that it is located on lands that are open to claim staking and that there are no conflicts of record or on the ground with other existing claims.
Payment Methods
Payment is accepted by PayPal, cash, personal check, cashiers’ check or wire transfers. Upon successful verification of funds, the claim or claims will be transferred to the new owner by Quitclaim Deed recorded in the County in which the claim is situated and the BLM State Office in the State where the claims are located. A $100 closing fee is assessed per transaction (not per claim). Financing and terms are available on a case by case basis.
All Sales are Final
All sales are final the claim owner is responsible for all subsequent filings, including the Proof of Assessment Work or Notice of Intent to Hold on claim groups of 10 claims or less with a single owner, on claim groups over 10 claims the BLM charges an annual maintenance fee of $155 due on September 1st of each year. Check with your state BLM office for more information regarding claim fees and due dates. Kurt J. Hoffman Mining Services can be retained to maintain your annual filings. Geological and technical support is also available contact us regarding fees
The Silver Strand Mine Available
The Silver Strand Claims
20 unpatented mining claims covering 400 acres. Approximately 18 miles north Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho and 7 miles from paved roads.
Located 30 miles west of the Coeur d’ Alene Mining District that has producing silver mines and infrastructure including contract mining and drilling services, geological consulting and engineering services, qualified labor, mining equipment suppliers and milling operations.
The Silver Strand Mine
Developed Underground with reserves of 17,500 tons grading .089 ounces per ton Gold and 10.77 ounces per ton Silver.
The Silver Strand occurs in a mineralized zone up to 60 feet wide.
Work on the property includes underground development, drilling, geo-chem surface sampling, geophysics, metallurgical test work, mapping and underground sampling included on several hundred digitized files.
Mining Potential
Unique opportunity for both a small-scale underground mine and the discovery and development of 100-million-ounce silver equivalent ore body.
Small scale mining possible of 17,500 tons of ore containing 188,475 ounces of Silver and 1557 ounces of Gold.
At $15 silver and $1400 gold gross metal value is $7,457,625 with substantial potential to develop reserves many-fold.
Geology
Unique Silver & Gold Occurrence in the Revett Formation of the Belt Rocks.
The Revett formation is the primary source of production in the nearby Coeur d’ Alene Mining District which has produced over One Billion ounces of silver.
Stratabound deposits in the Revett formation in western Montana (40 miles northeast) contain resources in excess of 300 million ounces of silver.
Past Production
As the oldtimers like to say the best place to look for ore is where somebody's already found it.
Past Production grades of .093 ounces per ton Gold and 9.6 ouncers per ton Silver.
Price and Terms
Asking price of US $50,000. Owner will carry a note with 25% down and balance paid over 5 years in quarterly installments and 9% interest buy out for qualified buyers. Seller to retain 1.0% Net Smelter Royalty with $100,000. Seller may consider payment in shares in a publicly traded mining company.
The Granite Peak Cobalt-Copper-Nickel-Gold Property Available
North Idaho Polymettalic Prospect
Cobalt Mining Claims
The property is located in North Idaho. Sampling revealed mineralized zones with as much as 2.3% Copper, .21 % Cobalt, .38% Nickel, and .06 oz. per ton Gold.
Geology
The dominant rock types are fine to coarse-grained, garnet-bearing muscovite schist on the ridge top, underlain by thin-bedded siltstone/quartzite. Both foliation in the schist and bedding in the siltstone/quartzite strike northeasterly and dip at low angles to the northwest. Crosscutting these structures is a steeply- to vertically-dipping shear zone containing pockets of massive sulfides (pyrrhotite, and very small amounts of chalcopyrite and pentlandite). The zone contains massive carbonates (calcite and siderite/ankerite), large green trelolite crystals, and minor quartz, talc, sericite, chlorite, magnetite, and biotite. Cobalt and nickel are associated with the pyrrhotite. At the surface, these minerals are in a red-orange iron oxide zone (pictured above). Also, present are subparallel massive quartz veins that are up to 10 ft thick, strike N. 65" W., and dip near vertical.
Exploration of the area has proved that copper, cobalt, nickel, and gold bearing minerals are present. The prospect is to early stage to identify economic deposits, although it appears to have high potential. The most likely deposit-model types will be vein or stratabound, possibly fitting Blackbird-type cobalt-copper model. The presence of rocks and mineralization similar to that in the Idaho cobalt belt indicates that the belt may extend much farther north than previously thought. Both the subject property and an unnamed prospect in a nearby drainage contain significant amounts of cobalt associated with pyrite and other sulfides. This should result in exploration beyond the bounds of the presently identified Idaho cobalt belt area.
The property is currently available for purchase, joint venture or earn-in agreement with qualified exploration and mining companies. Interested parties should be prepared to sign a confidentiality and area of interest agreement. Inspection of data and site visit can be arranged after documents are signed by both parties. Seller makes no representations either expressed or implied. All interested parties should conduct due diligence efforts by a qualified registered professional geologist. Contact Kurt J. Hoffman at 208-661-7517.
