What is the Difference between a patented and an unpatented mining claim?

Patented Mining Claim - is one for which the Federal Government has passed it title to the claimant making it private property. A person may mine and reemove minerals without a patent. A mineral patente gives exclusive title to the locatable minerals as well as the land. THIS MEANS YOU OWN THE LAND as well as the minerals.

Unpatented claim - is a particular parcel of Federal land, valuable for minerals and mineral deposits. It is a parcel for what an indvidual has asserted a right of possession. The right is for the extraction of the mineral deposit. The claimant has a right to only valuable mineral deposits. THIS MEANS YOU DO NOT OWN THE LAND. You only have the right to extract minerals.