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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT

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Information Packet & Links

BLM Establishes New Policy for Suction Dredging
Federal Register Notice
Mining Claim Fee Requirements
Wyoming Dept of Environmental Quality-Land Quality Division Guidelines and LQD’s noncoal permitting forms, bonds, reports
Stock Raising Homestead Act - Public Information Handout
Public Law 103-23 - To amend the Stock Raising Homestead Act to resolve problems regarding subsurface states, etc.
How to Obtain Mineral Materials
Mining Claims and Sites on Federals Lands Brochure
Unexploded Military Munitions Brochure
Fossils on America's Public Lands

Directives

43 CFR 3800 Regulations - Mining Claims Under the General Mining Laws; Surface Management
30 US Code: Sec. 299 - Reservation of Coal and Mineral Rights

Abandoned mine hazards on mining claims/sites

Outreach to Mining Claimants about Abandoned Mine Hazards
WO IM 2010-211 - Procedures for Identifying and Notifying Claimants on Active Mining Claims when Mitigating Abandoned Mine Hazards on Active Mining Claims
WY-2011-005 - Mass Mailing of Notices to Claimants of Record Regarding Potential Abandoned Mine Hazards on Active Mining Claims
Attach 1 – List of mining claimants/ claims identified in WY as “abandoned” hazard areas

Forms

Form 3830-002 (September 2010) - Maintenance Fee Waiver Certification

Form 3830-003 (September 2010) - 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 16, 1993

The Nevada State Division of Minerals and the State of Arizona Department of Mines and Mineral Resources have sample mining claim forms and can be downloaded from their websites. When using forms from either one of these sites, you will need to edit the forms to conform to Wyoming mining claims."

General BLM Information

WYNF-0004 - Rockhounding on Public Lands
WYNF-0005 - Where to Get More Information
WYNF-0006 - Schedule of Available Records and Products
WYNF-0007 - BLM Offices in Wyoming
WYNF-0008 - BLM State Offices
WYNF-0011 - Public Land Terms
WYNF-0012 - Requirements for Locating and Maintaining Unpatented Mining Claims
WYNF-0014 - Surface & Mineral Management Maps for Wyoming & Nebraska
WYNF-0016 - Wyoming County Clerk Offices
WYNF-0019 - Camping on Public Lands
WYNF-0031 - Special Recreation Permits on Public Lands in Wyoming
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