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

patent" on the claim or site and publish it in a
local newspaper fora 60-day period; (3) pay the
BLM a nonrefundable $250 application fee (and
an additional $50 filing fee for each additional
claim site in the application); (4) show the BLM
evidence of a right of title to the claim or site; (5)
show the BLM proof of discovery of a valuable
mineral deposit; and (6) show the BLM proof
that not less than $500 worth of development
work or improvements have been made to benefit
each claim.
A Federal mineral examiner K ill examine the
application and the claim(s) to verify that a
discovery of a valuable mineral has been made.
If all the requirements of the mining laws and
regulations have been satisfied, the law allows
the applicant to purchase the claim(s) or site(s) at
the following rates: lode claims at $S per acre,
placer claims at $2.50 per acre, custom mill sites
and mill sites associated with lode claims at $5
per acre, and mill sites associated with placer
claims at $2.50 per acre.
THE APPROPRIATE BLM STATE OFFICE
IS THE ONLY OFFICIAL FII,ING OFFICE
FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT,
except for the BLM Fairbanks Support Center in
Alaska, which is also an acceptable filing office
(see Figure 3). See Figure 4 for filing and
patenting fees.
BLM LAND AND MINERAL RECORDS
The Federal Government office
with the most complete set of
land and mineral rewrds for
Federal lands in a particular
Slate is the BLM STATE
OFFICE. The BLM State
Office is also the only office in
which the actual hard copy mining claim records
are on file and available for public inspection.
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The Forest Service does not keep the official land I+
and mineral records for the National Forests. ~i
Federal land reconls include land status plats (i.e.,
Master Tide Plats or MTP'S), land survey notes,
and mineral survey notes and maps. Mining claim
records include the actual hard copy files, orga-
nized by mining claim serial number, and micro-
fiche abstracts available in four separate fomtats.
Formats for the microfiche include a geographic
index by legal description, a claim name index, a
claimant name index, and a BLM mining claim
serial number index. Also, the BLM publishes a
series of multicolored surface and mineral man-
agement maps (except for Alaska). These maps
depict the ownership pattern of Federal lands.
They may be purchased at most BLM offices.
MORE INFORMATION
Mining Claims, Mining Plans,
and Lands Open to Mining
BLM: The BLM has the pri-
mary responsibility for adminis-
tering the laws and regulations
regarding the disposal of locat-
able minerals from all federally
administered ]ands, The BLM'S
statutory authority is derived
from the Mining Law of 1872, as amended (30
U.S.C. 22 et seq.), the original public land author-
ity in 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201 and 1457, and FLPMA
(43 U.S.C. ]701 et seq.).. These statutes, together
with the regulations (43 CFR 3800) and numerous
judicial and administrative decisions that have
interpreted them, make up the body of the mining
law system. The law itself may be examined in
most BLM State Offices or in public libraries.
For infomtation concerning BLM regulations and
public lands open to mining in specific areas,
contact the proper BLM State or local office. The
BLM State Office locations are listed at the back
of this pamphlet.
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