UtahRockHound
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Sometimes your the Windshield, sometimes your the Rock.
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Post by UtahRockHound on Dec 12, 2008 10:46:42 GMT -5
Here is a great tool when researching hounding locations. Ever wonder who owns the land when you are investigating a area. This is the official US government web site for all government land, and mining claims. Operates similar to Google Earth. www.geocommunicator.gov/blmMap/Map.jsp?MAP=MC
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88pathoffroad
spending too much on rocks
Oregon ROCKS!
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Post by 88pathoffroad on Dec 12, 2008 13:40:29 GMT -5
I've messed with the GeoCommunicator and it really surprises me how few active gold claims there are in minor gold-bearing areas in Oregon. Good stuff!
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UtahRockHound
spending too much on rocks
Sometimes your the Windshield, sometimes your the Rock.
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Post by UtahRockHound on Dec 12, 2008 18:56:05 GMT -5
If you know the name on the claim, once you find it on GeoCommunicator, then you can go to that County Seat, and see who owns it, and if it's current. Our county list active claims online. I found a lot of other counties do as well.
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1rockhound
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Post by 1rockhound on Dec 13, 2008 1:10:54 GMT -5
You can also find that information about who owns the claims and if they are current on the geocommunicator site. You can also look up expired and prospect claims as well. That is actually a really go way to rediscover a material that has been forgotten.
If you look at my stomping ground the Owyhee Mountains it is mind boggling how many claims there are.
I really wish that BLM would integrate the geocommunicator site with google earth it would be an even more powerful tool than it already is.
Jason
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UtahRockHound
spending too much on rocks
Sometimes your the Windshield, sometimes your the Rock.
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Post by UtahRockHound on Dec 14, 2008 3:18:28 GMT -5
If you look at the bottom right corner of the map page. There is options to turn on/off Satellite image, Topo, or plain map. There are so many options to explore, I still find something new each time I look. Not really as good as google earth, but close.
One the right/top is the option to turn on/off active, and non-active claims as well.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Dec 14, 2008 9:50:39 GMT -5
Weird but I looked at the area of our old ranch where I know there's a pile of claims and nothing showed. I'm wondering if it even lists patented claims where the lands are inholdings within Federal blocks of land or other privately held claims. There should have been like 20 gold mines in the area I searched but none at all were shown....Mel
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Post by Michael John on Dec 14, 2008 15:59:54 GMT -5
I tried that proggy before and found that it's not in-sync with other sources of info. Who knows which is right or wrong. In general, it seems like the government is really bad at maintaining records. Unfortunately for active claim holders, this government inadequacy gives jumpers a pretty easy excuse to use if they get caught red-handed ... "From what I could make-out from government records, it didn't seem there was an active claim here. Sorry for the misunderstanding. Here's your stuff that I collected. I'll be on my way and promise I won't return." ... it provides "reasonable doubt", enough-so that a claim holder would probably let the jumper go rather than press charges. Pretty crappy system if you ask me, considering all of the money that the government charges for claims and all of the red tape envolved to obtain and hold claims. A single, frequently and meticulously updated database is sorely needed and long-past due.
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cdfcal
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Post by cdfcal on Nov 5, 2012 10:15:54 GMT -5
Thanks for info, nice website!
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Don
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Post by Don on Nov 5, 2012 10:54:54 GMT -5
Too bad they took the mining info off of the GeoCommunicator app. I guess too many people where educating themselves.
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Post by johnjsgems on Nov 7, 2012 19:11:46 GMT -5
I once looked up a nice jasper area near Hector. It showed it as owned by Southern Pacific RR. Pretty current information if this was the 1800's.
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Post by paulshiroma on Nov 7, 2012 20:19:17 GMT -5
This looks like the BLM site where I downloaded a bunch of topo maps for my GPS. Maybe I'm just imagining things ... thanks for posting this though ... interesting to mess around with.
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hand2mouthmining
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Post by hand2mouthmining on Nov 9, 2012 1:10:15 GMT -5
GeoCommunicator used to be a useful tool. It was "crippled" shortly after the current anti-access policy started back in '09. Look for denial of information to increase, and more roadblocks to access in the coming years.
Do your best to befriend private landowners, my friends. Quietly.
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