The RW 453 notice names no vein and no mineral; federal and Utah law tie a lode claim to a discovered vein

The Notice of Location for Valar Atomics Inc's RW 453 lode claim (mine-453) never uses the word 'vein' and names no mineral. It sets the claim at 'approximately 1500 feet long and 600 feet wide': 1,490 feet east and 10 feet west of its monument, and 300 feet on each side of the monument and the 'center line of the Claim'. Federal law: 'No location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located' (30 U.S.C. 23). Utah law (Utah Code 40-1-2) requires a lode notice to give the length claimed along the course of the vein each way from the point of discovery, the width claimed on each side of the center of the vein, and the general course of the vein 'as near as may be'. The notice measures from its monument and the claim's center line instead. Whether the claim is valid is for BLM or a court to decide; this record sets the notice's words beside the statutes (see also mine-027).

• 30 U.S. Code § 23: Lode claims; length, width and end lines (Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School (U.S. Code)) primary government “No location of a mining claim shall be made until the discovery of the vein or lode within the limits of the claim located”
• Utah Code Title 40, Chapter 1, Mining Claims (40-1-1 to 40-1-12), section 40-1-2 (Utah State Legislature, 2025-05-07) primary government “as near as may be”