New rules for hunting meteorites |
New rules for hunting meteorites |
Oct 15 2012, 08:16 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 637 Joined: 5-April 11 From: All of Colorado Member No.: 15,615 |
Looks like the Feds are stepping up and placing restrictions on collecting meteorites. I recognize the interest and benefit science might have but the way I interpret this means more regulations placed on our public lands and activities. This might be a bit of a rant on my part but I hate all these rules and regulations on our public lands. I am reminded about the last time I was in the California N.F. I wanted to spend a couple of days in the back country camping. I found out that I needed a permit in order to even have a campfire. Here is another extreme, I was in Germany a few years ago and got an annual fishing license. It cost about 100$. However, if you actually wanted to use it you had to go down to the county court house before the last business day, and pay an additional cost for each and every day you planned on fishing. It was about 10$ extra per day. This kind of suggest the same thing, you can’t go out hunting meteorites unless you buy a permit. http://www.foxnews.com/science/2012/10/15/...intcmp=features -------------------- Proud CP Lifetime Member
(currently working hard in the procurement department) |
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Aug 17 2016, 05:32 PM
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Shovel Buster! Group: Members Posts: 107 Joined: 23-September 14 Member No.: 118,169 |
It is a simple fact that the mining law only makes one distinction in the origin of valuable mineral deposits. That is clearly the distinction between valuable mineral found in place (represented by lode claims) or valuable mineral detached and found in float (represented by placer claims). There are no other source distinction under the mining law.
It makes perfect sense to me that Barringer would make placer claims on his found mineral deposit. Considering the source of the minerals I don't know how he could justify a lode claim. |
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