How Do I Avoid Claim Jumping?, Seeking the best techniques for prospecting "open" land |
How Do I Avoid Claim Jumping?, Seeking the best techniques for prospecting "open" land |
Jul 18 2009, 04:11 PM
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Diggin' In! Group: Members Posts: 11 Joined: 4-December 08 Member No.: 6,821 |
Hi everybody.
HELP! What's the easiest and most accurate way to view or to plot active mining claims? My goal is to preview claims from a birds-eye-view on a map so that while I'm prospecting I will not trespass on mineral rights. Geocommunicator.com is not accurate, title master platts don't show un-patented claims and LR2000 provides serial numbers that when entered into Geocommunicator.com gives all coordinates (each corner of the claim) in "decimal" format (not degree, minutes and seconds). The area I'm prospecting shows a claim density of 50 - 100 claims and I KNOW there has to be an easier way to identify/view claim bounderies without me: 1) Converting decimal coordinated to degrees, minutes and seconds (for EACH corner of EACH claim). 2) Ploting those coordinates on a topographical map. In other words... What's the best technique for prospecting while at the same time avoid trespassing? THANKS! |
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Jan 28 2017, 10:05 AM
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Rock Bar! Group: Members Posts: 875 Joined: 25-July 14 From: Westminster, CO Member No.: 117,949 |
That's a decent rule of thumb, but it's not always true. For instance if you have the Estes mineral map, you can see Fairview peak and west of North Sheep Mountain aren't open to exploration (no vertical line markings), despite being managed by the FS with lands open to exploration around them both. Keep in mind, this map is also from 2010; if I were interested in those two areas, I would research further to see what the specific situation is there for mining.
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