PERMFILE122881

• Permit No: M2002003
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 2/19/2002
• Doc Name: Response to Joel & Margaret Wehkings letter
• From: Georgia Rubeck - Walt Rubeck
• To: DMG
• 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
Defemtent of
Assessment Work
-Patent Application
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.
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 tc
the Resource Area
Office. Call the
District Office
to fmd out where to
file notices or plans.
Ranger District Otiice
-Notice of Intent
- Plan of Operation
NOTE: In 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 State agency or a county department to be the
lead for approving a plan of operations on Federal lands.
The operator would submit a plan of operations to the
State or county agency, rather than ro the BLM or the
Forest Service. Contact the appropriate BLM State
Office orForest Service Regional Office [o determine [he
lead agency in a particular State,
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Claimant's Rights
If a claim or site meets all the Federal and State
requirements, 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 isrrecessary for the
mining operation, and (3) constmction of fences
and gates to protect the immediate area of
operations and equipment. Also allowed are
temporary and permanent stmctttres for storing
equipment, housing forfull-time employees, and
testing and processing facilities. See the ap-
proval requirements for swctures 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 may be bought, sold, transfen•ed, leased,
rented, wiIIed, or inherited.
RECORDING A MINING
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.
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County: State laws usually require filing the
original location notice or certificate in the
county rewrder'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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