PERMFILE49486

• Permit No: M2002003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 1/28/2002
• Doc Name: TOPAZ MT GEM MINE FN M-2002-003 RECEIPT 110 2 HARD ROCK/METAL MINING RECLAMATION PERMIT APPLICATION
• From: DMG
• To: WALT RUBECK
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Figure 3. List of the BLM and Forest Service
Offices Where Mining Claim and Site
Documents May Be Filed.
BLM
State Office
-Location Notice
-Amendment or
Transfer of Interest
- Notice of
Abandonment or
Relinquishment
- Affidavit of
Assessment Work
-Notice of Intention
to Hold
-Petition for
Deferment of
Assessment Work
-Patent Application
FOREST SERVICE
Regional Office
-None. Recordation
and patent
docttments are only
filed with the BLM.
Forest Supervisor's
Office
-None. On National
Forest lands notice
and plans of
Operd[IOnS are filed
in the Ranger
District Office.
District Office
-Notice of Intent to
Operate
- Plan of Operations
Resource Area Office
- In many States the
District Office has
delegated acceptance
of a notice or plan to
the Resource Area
Office. Call the
District Office
to find out where So
file notices or plans.
Ranger District Office
-Notice of Intent
- Plan of Operation
NOTE: Tn some States the BLM, the Forest Service, and
the State may have signed a memorandum of understand-
ing or a cooperative agreement. The agreement may
allow a Slate agency or a county depamnem to be the
lead for approving a plan of operations oa Federal lands.
The operator would sulmti[ a plan of operations m the
State or county agency, rather that[ to the BLM or the
Forest Service. Contact the appropriate BLM State
Office or Forest Service Regional Office to de[erm'vte the
lead agency in a particular State.
Figure 4. List of Fees for Filing Mining Claim
and Site Documents with the BLM (effective
~~ as of January 3,1989).
New Location Notice
(per claim/site)
Amendments/I'ransfer of Ownership
(per claim/site)
Affidavit of Annual Assessment Work
' (perclaim/site)
Notice of Intention to Hold
(per claim/site)
Petition for Deferment of
Assessment Work
(per petition)
Mineral Patent Application
(first claim)
Filing for each additional
claim/site in one patent application
(per additional claim/site)
MAINTENANCE OF A MINING
CLAIM OR SITE
Annual Assessment Work
$10
$5
$5
$5
$25
$250
$50
To keep a possessory interest
in the claim or site, the
claimant must perform a
minimum amount of labor or
make improvements worth
$]OOeach year. Assessment
work is work or labor per-
formed in good faith that tends to develop the
claim and directly helps in the extraction of
minerals. Geological, geophysical, and geo-
chemical surveys may qualify as assessment
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