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1• orest Service: For information regarding. <br />Federal land within the National Forest System <br />and Forest Service surface management regula- <br />tions (36 CFR 228(A]), contact the appropriate <br />.Forest Service Regional or local Ranger District <br />Office. Forest Service Regional Office locations. <br />aze also listed at the back of this pamphlet. <br />rate: Information on State and local require- <br />ments and cooperative agreements between the <br />State, the BLM, and the Forest Service may be . <br />obtained at local BLM and Forest Service offices. <br />Otherwise, contact the appropriate State or local <br />agency. <br />Gedlogy and Minerals, Topographic Maps, <br />and Mining Techno[ogp <br />U.S. Geological Survey: The Interior <br />Deparmtent's Geological Survey (GS) publishes <br />many topographic maps and geologic maps and <br />reports. The central source of information about <br />these maps and related materials is the Earth . <br />Science Information Center, Geological Survey, <br />National Center, Reston, Virginia 22092. Maps <br />and reports are available forpurchase from the <br />Branch of Distribution; Box 25286, Geological <br />Survey; Federal Center, Denver, Colorado 80225. <br />)a addition, GS publications can be obtained <br />over-the-counter at the Eartrt Science Information <br />Centers in Alaska (2), California (3}, Colorado <br />(1},-Utah (1); Virginia (1), Washington (1), and <br />Washington, DC (1). <br />CONTENTS: <br />Page <br />INTRODUCTION ...............c.::..:.::.:...::. 4 <br />EXPLANATION OF <br />`°DISCOVERY" :.............::.:...::.....:.:.. 5 <br />Locatable Minerals ...........:. 5 <br />"Discovery" of aValuable <br />Mineral Deposit .........:....:....:...:...::.::.: 6. <br />EXPLANATION OF <br />"LOCATION" <br />.............:......::...:......:..:: 8 <br />Mining Claims and Sites .:............::.::.. 8 <br />Federal Lands Open to Mitring .....:..... 12 <br />Staking a Mining Qaim oi• Site::.:.:::.:.. 13 <br />Claimant's Rights .............:.......:.:....... 15 <br />RECORDING A MOVING <br />CLAM OR SITE .......:..:.:......:...:.......: 15 <br />MAINTENANCE OF A <br />MINING CLAIM OR SITE ...:..........:.. 19 <br />Armual Assessment Work .........:.....:.... 19 <br />U.S: Bureau of Mines: The Department of the <br />Interior's Bureau of Mines publishes many <br />reports about specific mineral commodifles - ' <br />(including annual mineral commodity statistics <br />by commodity and by State), mining and milling <br />techniques, mine safety, and environmental <br />research. The central source of this information <br />is the Bureau of Mines, Office of Publi¢ <br />Information, Washington, D.C. 20241. <br />Surface Management .:.::.........:........... 22 <br />MINERAL PATENTS ...::.......:::..::....:.: 27 <br />BLM LAND AND <br />MINERAL RECORDS .....:.:.:.............: 28 <br />MORE INFORMATION ............:....... 29 <br />30 3 <br />