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<br />Claims are Sl]-~CL'..i313tE t.'~ :11° C.ZRi41TLt~' p1t . 3! M
<br />DZ'J:Y'.'S1'r' I[HV OreC~:. i'ic a Iill`L'7~ Clamant frt[:l COn011CL-
<br />ing miring op~~aLias ~,~~.~^_ :tie ~i*_ z_~ea unt== the
<br />oit d2signatic: is te_-m,ated, and if miring c~ F-
<br />tiors a_~ alio'.a2d, 3iM cal rem-2 a msn7 ci~ra*~t
<br />to establish that ~7e mi_*L~! minim ~-rzn L_}le claims is
<br />to b` sold for ~ualif~-,z~ uses.
<br />PB?~ic~b].r5: :cooe~,.:r-a.-~_~~, ?sg. , Clenw~d S`o _*~as, Colota3c, for Appel-
<br />lants, ',_JAe11 L. Ai'3~"LS°.'., CSC. , ~J_f~te O: L"le rt,~1CS121 S'J_iC1 -Cr, 1~3}S_,
<br />Co_'oray;, for .7s ~a_*-ea.: ~f ~^_ N~a~°*[e_z.,.
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<br />Mi.d-Conti*~*it Resa`roes, Inc. (MCc2) and Pitk;n Irrn Corxratia7
<br />(Pitxin) have' at+peaied f_'-an a Fsbrua."v 2~, _994, letter (herei,afte_r Deci-
<br />sianl i ssu~ 2n- t_*ie G1ern~raxi S`or`*k^s, ^oio~, Area Manaa~-, 3~s~..au of
<br />L371.'1 NJc-Tla4°[~^.t (~~) , _: ~~'Se L.^. ~?Ccirr Of IVT'J`..'_C°S Of ~:2`.iCCl fOr
<br />the Calcite No. 1 throw 7 place- mir ng claims (Q~fC 246344 - Q,Y' 246350)
<br />dated Jarnaaw• 2 E , 1994 , w:ii~'~ MCn f i led on r`'ebrua-y 22 , i 94 . The seve7
<br />C~].cite claims cover essentially the same grtirand as t:7° Lion Nos. 2 through
<br />4 asLd I;vnx Nos. 3 ;srou~i 6 mirino claims (CNl~ 38073 - Q~ 36G75 and QvY'
<br />38090 -~ Q~ 38093) , whiC:~ were aeclared aran-~r,+,~ an3 void wh.~ no rental
<br />fC~ We:Ce Sl1IIiltLed }JJ A:lgllst 31, 1993, a5 rt~Ol~"'ed by a pY J4^_51'•]Il Of the
<br />Detar'C<s~~1t of Interior and Relate3 A_aencies A~orvoriations Act for Fiscal
<br />Year 1993 (the Act), Pub. L. No. i02-3"cl, 106 Stat. 137&-79 (1992). J
<br />The' Calcite claims enca~ass the limestone quarry an3 three stoclmiles
<br />of litre~sttuSe that had bmn qua.-ried and nrocesssi while the Lion an3 Lymc
<br />claims were valid. 4._T.M aeterm nP"' :hat two of the twee stocY~iles con-
<br />tained locatable li~resta7e, while the triad did not. The stockmiles con-
<br />sist of mste_rial that is 1/4 inch or less in size (fines), mate_*-ial that
<br />is less than 1 inch bat not irore than 1/4 inch in size, an3 msterial tY~at
<br />is less than 3 =ncnes but trore than 1 inch in size. Grab saa~les fran
<br />the stockmiles w=.se ~*+^~~~Pntly assayed. The results of the assay showed
<br />that ttL fines contained slightly less than 95 peirent total cari~~ates,
<br />while th=_ two rs~ining stockpiles contained total c=*'TM~~~tes that exceed.
<br />that standatt3. In making its determination that one stocJmile did not
<br />J The claims were declaiz1 a}-sanr7~na9 and void by a decision dated
<br />Oct. 22, 1993, frun which no appeal was taken.
<br />198 TRTA 371
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