DOCUMENT | FEE |
Notice of Location
Processing Fee
Location Fee (recording fee)
Maintenance Fee
(per claim/site)
NEW - INCREASED MAINTENANCE FEE FOR PLACER CLAIMS:
a) Recording a mining claim or site location (part 3833): A total sum which includes:
(1) The processing fee for notices of
location found in the fee schedule in
§ 3000.12 of this chapter;
(2) A one-time $34 location fee; and
(3)(i) For lode claims, mill sites and tunnel sites,
an initial $140 maintenance fee; or
(ii) For placer claims, an initial $140
maintenance fee for each 20 acres of
the placer claim or portion thereof.
| Claim with date of location
on or after 9/1/2009:
$ 15
$ 34
$140
$189 Placer fee chart: PLACER 20-ACRE NOL FEE | PLACER ACRES | $189 | UP TO 20 | $329 | 20.001 TO 40 | $469 | 40.001 TO 60 | $609 | 60.001 TO 80 | $749 | 80.001 TO 100 | $889 | 100.001 TO 120 | $1,029 | 120.001 TO 140 | $1,169 | 140.001 TO 160 |
Any claims over 160 acres will
have to be reduced to
160 acres or less. |
Amendment (per claim/site) (Amended NOLs must be recorded at the proper county recorder's office prior to recordation with the BLM (Regulation 43 CFR 3833.22). You must record amended NOLs with the BLM within 90 days after you record the amended NOL in the local/county recording office. BLM will not recognize any amendment to your mining claim until you file it properly.) | $10 |
| Map (Must submit map for all claims/sites that shows the claim/site name and boundaries, and boundaries of Section(s), one map may be submitted for two or more claims/sites as long as each claim/site is clearly identified.) | No fee |
Transfer of Interest
(each transferee must pay per claim/site per document) | $10 |
Change of Address (per claim/site) | No fee |
Notice of Abandonment/Relinquishment (all or part of claim) (all closes the claim)
| No fee |
Notice of Relinquishment of Ownership
| No fee |
Notice of Intent to Locate a Lode or Placer Mining Claim(s) and/or a Tunnel Site(s) on Lands Patented under the Stock Raising Homestead Act of 1916 as Amended by the Act of April 16th, 1993
| $30 |
Maintenance Fee (per claim/site) --
Must be paid on or before Sept. 1st. NEW - INCREASED MAINTENANCE FEE FOR PLACER CLAIMS: (d) Maintaining a mining claim or site for one assessment year (part 3834). (1) For lode claims, mill sites and tunnel sites, an annual annual maintenance fee of $140 must be paid on or before September 1 each year. (2) For placer claims, a $140 annual
maintenance fee for each 20 acres of the
placer claim or portion thereof must be
paid on or before September 1 each year. Notice to Claimants with Placer Claim: In the Department of the Interior's annual appropriations act for Fiscal Year 2012, Congress changed the way that maintenance fees for placer mining claims are assessed. Instead of charging the maintenance fee on a per-claim basis, Congress stated that the fee (currently $140) should be assessed on each 20-acre parcel of a placer claim or portion thereof. The BLM is currently working on regulations to implement this change in the maintenance fee statute for new and existing placer claims. Until these regulations are published, the BLM would prefer that you do not voluntarily send in initial or annual maintenance fee payments at the adjusted rate. If these regulations are published before September 1, 2012, the BLM will notify holders of placer mining claims who timely filed their maintenance fees for the 2013 assessment year and give them an opportunity to pay the adjusted fees or relinquish the acreage in excess of 20 acres. Please note that in order to be given the opportunity to cure, you must timely pay the maintenance fees for your placer mining claims for the 2013 assessment year.
| $140 PLACER FEE CHART: PLACER 20-ACRE MF FEE | PLACER ACREAGE | $140 | UP TO 20 | $280 | 20.001 TO 40 | $420 | 40.001 TO 60 | $560 | 60.001 TO 80 | $700 | 80.001 TO 100 | $840 | 100.001 TO 120 | $980 | 120.001 TO 140 | $1,120 | 140.001 TO 160 |
If over 160 acres, call BLM office. |
Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification -- If you qualify --
Must be filed on or before Sept. 1st. | No fee |
Affidavit of Annual Assessment Work (per claim/site) -- If you submitted a waiver, file POL on or before Dec. 30th. | $10 |
Notice of Intention to Hold (per claim/site) -- Filed usually for the first year claim was located, if filing a waiver. | $10 |
Deferment of Assessment Work | $100 |
Adverse Claim
| $100 |
Protest
| $60 |
Mineral Patent Application
(more than 10 claims)
(10 or fewer claims) Currently BLM is not accepting MPA due to a Congress moratorium.
|
$2820
$1410
|
3809 Surface Management Financial Guarantee (Bonds) -- Must use BLM forms if posting with the BLM and submit financial instrument, see bond information.
| No fee |
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