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Title 43Public Lands: InteriorPart / Section
Subtitle BRegulations Relating to Public Lands400 – 10099
Chapter IIBureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior1000 – 9999
Subchapter CMinerals Management (3000)3000 – 3936.40
Part 3832Locating Mining Claims or Sites3832.1 – 3832.91
Subpart ALocating Mining Claims or Sites3832.1 – 3832.12
§ 3832.1What does it mean to locate mining claims or sites?
§ 3832.10Procedures for locating mining claims or sites.
§ 3832.11How do I locate mining claims or sites?
§ 3832.12When I record a mining claim or site, how do I describe the lands I have claimed?
Subpart BTypes of Mining Claims3832.20 – 3832.22
§ 3832.20Lode and placer mining claims.
§ 3832.21How do I locate a lode or placer mining claim?
§ 3832.22How much land may I include in my mining claim?
Subpart CMill Sites3832.30 – 3832.34
§ 3832.30Mill sites.
§ 3832.31What is a mill site?
§ 3832.32How much land may I include in my mill site?
§ 3832.33How do I locate a mill site?
§ 3832.34How may I use my mill site?
Subpart DTunnel Sites3832.40 – 3832.45
§ 3832.40Tunnel sites.
§ 3832.41What is a tunnel site?
§ 3832.42How do I locate a tunnel site?
§ 3832.43How may I use a tunnel site?
§ 3832.44What rights do I have to minerals within my tunnel site?
§ 3832.45How do I obtain any minerals that I discover within my tunnel site?
Subpart EDefective Locations3832.90 – 3832.91
§ 3832.90Defects in the location of mining claims and sites.
§ 3832.91How do I amend a mining claim or site location if it exceeds the size limitations?