Non-Energy Minerals 

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Geologic Resources

Recreational Mining

• Keyesville Recreational Area
• Keyesville Recreational Area Map
• BLM - California Recreational Mining Areas
• BLM - California Metal Detecting Policy

Locatable Minerals

• Mining Claims FAQs
• General Letter to Miners (pdf)
• Mining Law-Surface Management
• Mining Claim Patent Information
• Brochure: Mining Claims and Sites on Federal Land
• Surface Management Regulations (pdf)
• Mining Claim Hand Book (California)
• Mining Claim Hand Book (Alaska)

Locatable Minerals Regulations 43 CFR 3800

• Lands Subject to Location (part 3810)
• Locating Mining Claims on Lands Patented under the Stockraising Homestead Act (subpart 3814)
• Exploration and Mining on lands under Wilderness Review (subpart 3802)
• Exploration and Mining on Public Lands (Surface Management (subpart 3809)

Salable Minerals (Mineral Materials) 43 CFR 3600

• BLM Mineral Materials

• Mineral Materials in California

Solid Leasable Minerals

• BLM Solid Leaseable Minerals
• Solid Leaseable Minerals In California

Other Information

• USGS on-line Mineral Resource Information
  http://tin.er.usgs.gov/

• California State Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA)
  http://www.consrv.ca.gov/OMR/index.htm

Bonds

• State of California
  http://www.consrv.ca.gov/OMR/financial_assurances/index.htm

Abandoned Mine Lands 

• BLM California AML Site
• National BLM Abandoned Mine Sites