Mineral resources from public lands can be acquired under three basic mechanisms: 

• Locatable Minerals (mining claims)
• Leasable Minerals (through a lease, e.g., coal, geothermal and oil and gas)
• Saleable Minerals (through a contract)

• Abandoned Mines Program

• Paleontology including information on the world class Garden Park Fossil Area 

• Geology

• Placer Mining

• Rock Hounding