California
Bakersfield Field Office Non-Energy Minerals
Geologic Resources
Recreational Mining
Locatable Minerals
- 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)
Salable Minerals (Mineral Materials)
- Mineral Materials in California
Solid Leasable Minerals
Other Information
- Anatomy of a Mine
http://imcg.wr.usgs.gov/usbmak/anatmine.html - 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
Earthquake Information
- California Department of Conservation, Earthquakes
http://www.consrv.ca.gov/CGS/geologic_hazards/earthquakes/index.html - USGS, States of California and Nevada Current Earthquake Map
http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.html - Southern California Earthquake Center: Current Earthquake Map
http://www.data.scec.org/recenteqs.html
Abandoned Mine Lands
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