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

[Tim]

How fast they get the info up depends on the district, the Vale District
here in OR gets their claim info up in days, they had 2009 renewed claims
which were due on Oct. 1 2008 online less than a week later. If you really
want to know all the nitty gritty details and want to look for clues such as
mill sites which would indicate a fairly active past or present mine, I
suggest you use the BLM's LR2000 site which is where Geocommunicator pulls
the claim records from. 

Tim Fisher 
Ore-ROCK-On! 
Email address at http://OreRockOn.com


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it?

I use the topo maps as a base, and find mines using the identify  button.  
This shows you where mines are and their names. Then if I'm  interested I'll

look at the records.  But if there is a claim recorded,  active or not, the 
mine location is identified on whatever map base you use.  Yes, the mines 
not in BLM records are old or simply never were recorded. It is  my 
experience that BLM claiim records are months behind being listed  online.  
David