# 43 CFR § 3861.1-1: Application for survey

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.1-1

## Section

- **Citation:** 43 CFR § 3861.1-1
- **Heading:** Application for survey
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 43—Public Lands: Interior > Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands > CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR > SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000) > PART 3860—MINERAL PATENT APPLICATIONS > Subpart 3861—Surveys and Plats

## Text

The claimant is required, in the first place, to have a correct survey of his claim made under authority of the proper cadastral engineer, such survey to show with accuracy the exterior surface boundaries of the claim, which boundaries are required to be distinctly marked by monuments on the ground. He is required to have a correct survey where patent is applied for and where the mining claim is in vein or lode formation, or covers lands not surveyed in accordance with the U.S. system of rectangular surveys, or where the mining claim fails to conform with the legal subdivisions of the federal surveys. Application for authorization of survey should be made to the appropriate land office (see § 1821.2-1 of this chapter).
[Circ. 2220, 31 FR 16785, Dec. 31, 1966]

## Nearby sections

- [43 CFR § 3860.1 § 3860.1 Fees.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3860.1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.1-1 § 3861.1-1 Application for survey.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.1-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.1-2 § 3861.1-2 Survey must be made subsequent to recording notice of location.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.1-2.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.1-3 § 3861.1-3 Plats and field notes of mineral surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.1-3.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.2-1 § 3861.2-1 Particulars to be observed in mineral surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.2-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.2-2 § 3861.2-2 Certificate of expenditures and improvements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.2-2.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.2-3 § 3861.2-3 Mineral surveyor's report of expenditures and improvements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.2-3.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.2-4 § 3861.2-4 Supplemental proof of expenditures and improvements.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.2-4.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.2-5 § 3861.2-5 Amended mineral surveys.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.2-5.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.3-1 § 3861.3-1 Extent of duties.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.3-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.3-2 § 3861.3-2 Assistants.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.3-2.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.4-1 § 3861.4-1 Payment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.4-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.5-1 § 3861.5-1 Appointment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.5-1.md)
- [43 CFR § 3861.5-2 § 3861.5-2 Employment.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-43-3861.5-2.md)

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