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43 C.F.R. PART 3860--MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS

TITLE 43--Public Lands: Interior

Subtitle B--REGULATIONS RELATING TO PUBLIC LANDS

CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

SUBCHAPTER C--MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)

PART 3860--MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS

Subpart 3860--GENERAL

�3860.1

Fees.

Subpart 3861--SURVEYS AND PLATS

�3861.1

Surveys of mining claims.

�3861.1-1

Application for survey.

�3861.1-2

Survey must be made subsequent to recording notice of location.

�3861.1-3

Plats and field notes of mineral surveys.

�3861.2

Surveys: Specific.

�3861.2-1

Particulars to be observed in mineral surveys.

�3861.2-2

Certificate of expenditures and improvements.

�3861.2-3

Mineral surveyor's report of expenditures and improvements.

�3861.2-4

Supplemental proof of expenditures and improvements.

�3861.2-5

Amended mineral surveys.

�3861.3

Mineral surveyors.

�3861.3-1

Extent of duties.

�3861.3-2

Assistants.

�3861.4

Contract for surveys.

�3861.4-1

Payment.

�3861.5

Appointment and employment of mineral surveyors.

�3861.5-1

Appointment.

�3861.5-2

Employment.

�3861.6

Plats and notices.

�3861.6-1

Payment of charges of the public survey office.

�3861.7

Posting.

�3861.7-1

Plat and notice to be posted on claim.

�3861.7-2

Proof of posting on the claim.

Subpart 3862--LODE MINING CLAIM PATENT APPLICATIONS

�3862.1

Lode claim patent applications: General.

�3862.1-1

Application for patent.

�3862.1-2

Fees.

�3862.1-3

Evidence of title.

�3862.1-4

Evidence relating to destroyed or lost records.

�3862.1-5

Statement required that land is unreserved, unoccupied, unimproved, and unappropriated.

�3862.2

Citizenship.

�3862.2-1

Citizenship of corporations and of associations acting through agents.

�3862.2-2

Citizenship of individuals.

�3862.2-3

Trustee to disclose nature of trust.

�3862.3

Possessory rights.

�3862.3-1

Right by occupancy.

�3862.3-2

Certificate of court required.

�3862.3-3

Corroborative proof required.

�3862.4

Publication of notice.

�3862.4-1

Newspaper publication.

�3862.4-2

Contents of published notice.

�3862.4-3

Authorized officer to designate newspaper.

�3862.4-4

Charges for publication.

�3862.4-5

Proof by applicant of publication and posting.

�3862.4-6

Payment of purchase price and statement of charges and fees.

�3862.5

Entry and transfers.

�3862.5-1

Allowance of entry; transfers subsequent to application not recognized.

�3862.6

Diligent prosecution.

�3862.6-1

Failure to prosecute application with diligence.

�3862.7

Application processing upon contest or protest.

�3862.7-1

Resumption of patent proceedings after suspension due to adverse claim or protest.

�3862.8

Patents for mining claims.

�3862.8-1

Land descriptions in patents.

�3862.9

Public availability of information.

Subpart 3863--PLACER MINING CLAIM PATENT APPLICATIONS

�3863.1

Placer mining claim patent applications: General.

�3863.1-1

Application for patent.

�3863.1-2

Proof of improvements for patent.

�3863.1-3

Data to be filed in support of application.

�3863.1-4

Applications for placers containing known lodes.

Subpart 3864--MILLSITE PATENTS

�3864.1

Millsite patents: General.

�3864.1-1

Application for patent.

�3864.1-2

Millsites applied for in conjunction with a lode claim.

�3864.1-3

Millsites for quartz mills or reduction works.

�3864.1-4

Proof of nonmineral character.

�3864.1-5

Fees.