Chapter I: Front Matter

Mineral Survey Procedures Guide

As the Nation’s principal conservation agency, the Department of the Interior has basic responsibilities for water, fish, wildlife, mineral, land, park, and recreational resources. Indian and Territorial affairs are other major concerns of this department of natural resources.

The Department works to assure the wisest choice in managing all our resources so that each shall make its full contribution to a better United States now and in the future.

MINERAL SURVEY PROCEDURES GUIDE

_1980_

This _Mineral Survey Procedures Guide_ does not and is not intended to supersede the Bureau Manual or appropriate Federal, State, or Mining District law which is concerned with mineral surveys and mining claims. The _Manual of Instructions for the Survey of the Public Lands of the United States_ is the official Bureau of Land Management document regarding mineral surveys, and any real or apparent contradictions with this _Guide_ should be referred to the _Manual_ for final assessment.

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Table of Contents

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CHAPTER I—MINING LAWS
Mining Districts 1
Federal Mining Laws 2
State Mining Laws 5
Abstract of State Laws 6
Survey—Legal Interrelationships 14

CHAPTER II-DISCOVERY AND LOCATION
Lode Claims 19
Placer Claims 25
Mill Sites 25
Tunnel Sites 26
General 26

CHAPTER III—MINERAL SURVEYORS
Appointments 29
Qualification 30
Duties of the Mineral Surveyor 30
Contract for Surveys 31
Restrictions 32

CHAPTER IV—APPLICATION AND ORDER FOR SURVEY

CHAPTER V—THE PATENT SURVEY
Field Work 39
Office Work 50
Processing the Survey 52
Departures From the Normal Procedure 54

CHAPTER VI—RESURVEYS

GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS

APPENDIX

INDEX