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Fact mine-003

newrecordconfirmed Emery County: 1,706 open claims on BLM's map; 1,136 created since 2024, mostly large lode blocks near Green River
2026-09-29 · mine-003 · Bureau of Land Management, Emery County

The same query for Emery County returned 1,706 open claims (1,390 lode, 316 placer; 563 'Active', 1,143 'Filed') and 354 claims closed within the last year. Claims created in BLM's system since 1 January 2024: 968 still open and 168 closed, 1,136 in all, in 32 name groups. The largest: 'SS' (341 lode claims, January to April 2024, mostly T23S R15E with some in T23S R14E and T22S R15E); 'GP' (90 placer, August 2025, T22S R8E-R9E); 'GREEN' (83 lode, January 2024, all now closed); 'SAB' (71), 'ECC' (70) and 'SWG' (63), lode claims of May to August 2024 in T22S R15E; 'J' (56 lode), 'GRU' (56 placer, August 2025), 'WB' (54 lode); 'BH' (43 lode, February 2026, T18S R10E-R11E) and 'BIG BODY' (31 lode, February-March 2026, T22S R14E). None of the 1,136 names points to Valar or its product names. The public layer shows neither the claimants nor the mineral sought.

In plain termsEmery County is where claim staking is active, mostly in big numbered blocks south and west of Green River. Nothing in the names ties any of it to Valar. Who is behind each block can be looked up by serial number (mine-031).
verified 2026-09-29: Re-run 2026-09-29: all counts, group sizes, dates and townships reproduced; wording on the SS block's townships made exact.

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