GENERAL41570

• Permit No: M2002003
• IBM Index Class Name: General Documents
• Doc Date: 2/19/2002
• From: TOPAZ MOUNTAIN GEM MINE
• To: SOUTH PARK RANGER DISTRICT
• 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
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 fmd out when; to
file notices or plans.
FOREST SERVICE
Regional Office
-None. Recordation
and patent
documents are only
filed with the BLM.
Forest Supervisor's
Office
-None. On National
Forest lands notice
and plans of
operations are filed
in the Ranger
District Office.
Ranger District Office
- Notice of Intent
- Plan of Operation
NOTE: In some States the BLM, the Forest Service, and
the State may have signed a memorandum of tmderstand-
ing or acooperative agreement. The agreement may
allow a State agency or a county department to be the
lead for approving a plan of operations on Federal lands.
The operator would submi[ a plan of operations [o the
State or cotmty agency, rather than [o the BLM or the
Forest Service. Contact the appropria[e BLM State
Office or Fores[ Service Regional Office to detemtine the
lead agency in a particulaz State.
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Claimant's Rights
If a claim or site meets all the Federal and State
requiremenu, the claimant has a possessory right
to develop and extract the minerals. However,
the claim or site cannot be used for other pur-
poses. The claimant has the right to use so much
of the surface of the claim or site as is reasonably
necessary for mining and milling purposes,
including (1) access across federally managed
surface to and from the claim, (2) use of as much
of the timber on the claim as isitecessary for the
mining operation, and (3) construction of fences
and gates to protect the immediate area of
operations and equipment. Also allowed are
temporary and pemtanent stmctures for storing
equipment, housing forfull-time employees, and
testing and processing facilities. See the ap-
proval requirements for stmctures and occupancy
in the Surface Management section of this
pamphlet.
Mining claims and sites are considered real
property. The interests in them and associated
rights maybe bought, sold, transferred, leased,
rented, willed, or inherited.
RECORDING A MHYING
CLAIM OR SITE
Claims and sites must be
recorded with both the county
and the proper BLM.STATE
OFFICE. In Alaska, claims
may also be recorded with the
BLM office in Fairbanks.
C :State laws usually require filing the
original location notice or certificate in the
county recorder's or the county clerk's office.
The proper county is generally the one in which
the claim is located. Each State has its own
requirement for when a location notice must be
filed and recorded. This period is usually within
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