Fact mine-034
newrecordconfirmed Land around the Wellington parcel is federal (BLM); the lease section itself is state trust land
BLM's Surface Management Agency map, queried at the centers of the surrounding sections of T14S R11E on 29 September 2026, shows Section 16 managed by the State and Sections 10, 15, 17, 20, 21 and 22 managed by BLM (Sections 8 and 9 were not returned by the survey-grid query). The lease map in the September Trust Lands packet shows the parcel with a legend of Bureau of Land Management, private and state trust lands. The surrounding BLM land is the kind of land where federal mining claims can be staked unless it has been withdrawn; BLM's public claim layer shows none there (mine-002).
In plain termsThe square mile approved for leasing to Valar is state land, ringed by federal land. Someone could stake mining claims on the federal land next door, but none appears on BLM's map. The RW 453 notice places that claim in Section 28, where county parcel records show a 200-acre federal parcel in four pieces and private land covering most of the section, including about 63% of its north half (dir-002).
- BLM National Surface Management Agency (SMA), limited scale, layer 1 (point queries) (Bureau of Land Management) primary government
- BLM National PLSS CadNSDI, PLSS Section layer (Bureau of Land Management) primary government
- 09.17.2026 TLA Board Packet (Notification Item 10A: SULA 2095-OBA memorandum, Carbon County letter, lease map) (Utah Trust Lands Administration (Utah Public Notice Website), 2026-09-17) primary government
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