[Rockhounds] BLM & Forest Service Geocommunicator: Do you use it?

[Lanny R]

Hi David,

I'm not really sure what you are referring to exactly about mines and  
mine data not being in Geocommunicator, but thought I might clarify a  
point.

Geocommunicator does not list mines, unless I've been missing  
something. It lists mining records which includes mining claims, plans  
of operation, leases, sales and the like that the BLM has active or  
inactive records of. Most of the old mines had no recordation or  
permitting through the federal government and  thus have no record for  
Geocommunicator. Of course, if an old mine has an active claim or  
recent (post 1976) inactive claim, then it will be there, the claim  
record will be available, not necessarily "the mine."

If you know of an active mine on federal land, thus there should be an  
active claim and an active plan of operations, then that should be in  
Geocommunicator. If not, then it would indicate that the records have  
not yet all made it to the digital world and I can't find anything in  
the information that explains if it is all supposed to be available or  
if some of the data is still being transferred to digital records.

Regards,

Lanny


On Jun 10, 2009, at 5:07 PM, OnyxCollector at aol.com wrote:

> I've been using the GeoCommunicator for awhile, and find it quite  
> useful in
> rockhounding.  I find the location of closed mines to collect at. I  
> find
> the names and addresses of open claim owners which lets me contact  
> them for
> permission to access the claim.  It's not all inclusive - there's a  
> whole
> lot more mines and prospects that have never been noted than have  
> been, but
> it's  still good, and whoever runs it keeps improving it.  It's a  
> lot better
> than  a year ago.
> David
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