Cadastres -- United States; Mineral resources conservation -- United States
Lode, Placer and Mill Site Claims:
_Location notice_: Containing name of claim; name and address of
locator(s); date of location; length and width of claim and distance
from the location monument to each end of the claim, in feet; the
general course of the claim; a reference to some natural object or
permanent monument; the section, township and range, if known, shall be
posted on a conspicuous monument of stones not less than three feet in
height, or a post at least four feet above ground, at one corner within
the boundaries of the claim.
_Monumentation_: Within 90 days erect six substantial posts projecting
at least 4 ft. above ground or substantial stone monuments at least 3
ft. high, one at each corner and one at the center of each end line of a
lode, marked to identify the corner or end center; posts may be of any
material readily distinguished as monuments and shall be no less than 1½
inches in cross section.
_Location Work_: None required after September 3, 1978.
_Recording_: Within 90 days record in the office of the County Recorder
a copy of the location notice containing the section, township and range
(protracted, if unsurveyed), to which has been attached a map based upon
a survey commensurate with the ability of the locator, no more than 8½
by 14 inches in size at a scale of one inch equals not more than 2000
feet, containing:
1. The name of the claim.
2. Whether the claim is a lode, placer or mill site.
3. The locality, giving the section, township and range with tie to a
monument of the public survey, or if unsurveyed to a survey
monument of a U.S. Government Agency or U.S. Mineral Monument,
or, if none can be found, to a prominent natural object or
permanent monument.
4. The scale of the map.
5. The county in which the claim is situated.
6. A north arrow.
7. The type of corner and location monuments used.
8. Bearing and distance between corners.
9. If a placer or mill site described by legal subdivisions, the map
shall give the legal description instead of items 3 and 8 above.
Other:
_Abandonment_: Failure to perform all the acts of location within the
specified time constitutes abandonment.
_Annual Assessment Work_: Same as Federal, with form of affidavit given,
to be recorded by December 31 of the assessment year.
_Relocation_, by owner and of abandoned claims, provided for, using the
map instead of location work.
_Existing claims_: Owner may file map by October 21, 1980 which shall
constitute a rebuttable presumption that the claim was monumented on the
ground so that its boundaries could readily be traced.
1–30 ARKANSAS
No state laws.
1–31 CALIFORNIA
Lode Claims:
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