Washington (USA) Mining Claim History on Public Lands
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Resource Abstract:
This dataset depicts Public Land Survey section polygons that contained mining claims on federal land during the period 1976
to 2005, as recorded by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management. This dataset can be used to track changes in the number of mining
claims in a particular area over time, or to evaluate relative mining claim pressure between areas at a given point in time.
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Title Washington (USA) Mining Claim History on Public Lands