Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.003
“Division” defined
As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “Division” means the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources.
Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 517 — Mining Claims, Mill Sites and Tunnel Rights
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Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.010
Person entitled to locate; requirements for location
Any person who is a citizen of the United States, or who has legally declared his or her intention to become a citizen of the United States, who discovers a vein or lode may locate a lode mining claim thereon by: 1. Defining the boundaries of the claim in the manner and within the time prescribed by NRS 517.030; 2. Ere…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.030
Monumenting of claim; required removal of plastic monuments
1. Within 60 days after posting the notice of location, the locator of a lode mining claim shall distinctly define the boundaries of the claim by placing a valid legal monument at each corner of the claim. A valid legal monument may be created by: (a) Blazing and marking a tree, which has a diameter of not less than 4…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.040
Map: Specifications; filing; distribution; use of filing fee
1. Within 90 days after posting the notice of location, the locator of a lode mining claim shall prepare two copies of a map of the claim on a scale of not less than 500 feet to the inch, which sets forth the position of the monuments in relation to each other and establishes numbers of the boundary monuments. If the l…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.050
Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency
1. When the locator files his or her map pursuant to NRS 517.040, the locator shall present to the county recorder for recording, together with the usual recording fees, duplicate certificates of location which contain: (a) The name of the lode or vein. (b) The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address. (c)…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.080
Relocation of abandoned lode claim
1. The relocation of an abandoned lode claim must be made by preparing two copies of a map of the claim as provided by NRS 517.040, and erecting new boundaries or adopting the old boundaries by renewing the monuments if they have been removed or destroyed. In either case, a new monument of location must be erected. 2.…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.090
Requirements for location
1. The location of a placer claim shall be made in the following manner: (a) By posting thereon, upon a monument meeting the requirements of NRS 517.030, erected at any point along the north boundary, a notice of location containing: (1) The name of the claim; (2) The name of the locator or locators, together with the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.100
Map: Specifications; filing; use of filing fee
Within 90 days after posting the notice of location of a placer claim, the locator shall: 1. Prepare two copies of a map of the claim which must be of a scale of not less than 500 feet to the inch. If the United States survey has been extended over the land embraced in the location, the claim may be taken and described…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.110
Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency
1. When the locator files his or her maps pursuant to NRS 517.100, the locator shall present to the county recorder for recording, together with the usual recording fees, duplicate certificates of location which state: (a) The name of the claim, designating it as a placer claim. (b) The name of the locator and the loca…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.115
Evidence of abandonment; acquisition after abandonment
1. Whenever the tailings of any mining claim or the waste of any mine has been deposited upon the unappropriated public domain and remains unworked for a period of 10 successive years, it is prima facie evidence of abandonment of title or the right of possession thereto. 2. After abandonment, the right of possession or…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.120
Location of nonmineral land as mill site
The proprietor of a mine or mining claim or the owner of a mill or reduction works, may locate 5 acres of nonmineral land as a mill site.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.130
Requirements for location
The locator of a mill site shall locate his or her claim by: 1. Posting a notice of location thereon, which must contain: (a) The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address; (b) The name of the mine or mining claim of which the locator is the proprietor, or the name of the mill or reduction works of which th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.140
Certificate of location: Recording; contents; effect of insufficiency
1. Within 90 days after the date of his or her location, the locator of a claim or location of a mill site shall record his or her location with the county recorder of the county in which the location is situated, by duplicate certificates of location. 2. When the locator records his or her certificates of location the…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.150
Requirements for location
The locator of a tunnel right or location shall locate his or her tunnel right or location by posting a notice of location at the face or point of commencement of the tunnel, which notice must contain: 1. The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address. 2. The date of the location. 3. The proposed course or d…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.160
Definition of boundaries; erection of monuments
1. Within 60 days after the posting of the notice of location, the locator of a tunnel right or location shall define the boundaries of the tunnel by monuments placed at intervals of not more than 300 feet from the face or point of commencement of the tunnel to the terminus of 3,000 feet therefrom. 2. The monuments mus…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.170
Recording of certificate of location; filing of map; effect of insufficiency
1. Within 90 days from the date of the location, the locator of a tunnel right or location shall record his or her location with the county recorder of the county in which the location is situated. 2. When the locator records his or her certificate of location the locator shall file two copies of a map that complies wi…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.180
Location of blind or unknown lode or vein in tunnel
All blind lodes, or veins or lodes not previously known to exist, discovered in a tunnel run for the development of a vein or lode, or for the discovery of mines, and within 3,000 feet from the face of such tunnel, shall be located upon the surface and held in like manner to other lode claims under the provisions of th…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.185
Fee for each document filed; disposition
1. In addition to any recording fee, each filing pursuant to NRS 517.050, 517.080, 517.110, 517.140, 517.170, 517.200 and 517.230 must be submitted with a filing fee in an amount established pursuant to subsection 2. The county recorder shall collect the filing fee and, on or before the fifth working day of each month,…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.190
Notice of location: Filing; evidentiary effect
A locator of a mining claim or a claim for a mill site or tunnel right may file with the county recorder a notice of location which is prima facie evidence in all courts of justice of the first location of that claim.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.195
Separate notices and certificates of location; effect of combining locations in notice or certificate
1. A locator shall: (a) Post a separate notice of location; and (b) Record a separate certificate of location, Ê for each location of a lode or placer claim or of a claim for a mill site or tunnel right. 2. Where a notice or certificate of location includes more than one location, it is void as to all locations except…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.200
Validation of defective certificate of location or change of boundaries: Filing of amended certificate of location; effect of amendment; correction of common error
1. If at any time the locator of any mining claim located before, on or after March 16, 1897, or the locator’s assigns, apprehends that the locator’s original certificate of location was defective or erroneous, or that the requirements of the law had not been complied with before filing, or if he or she is desirous of…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.210
Survey of location; evidentiary effect of survey and surveyor’s certificate
Where a locator, or a locator’s assigns, has the boundaries and corners of his or her claim established by a United States Mineral Surveyor, or a licensed surveyor of this state, and his or her claim connected with a corner of the public or minor surveys of an established initial point, and incorporates into the record…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.213
Inclusion of patented mines and mining claims on county map; conformity of discrepancy between county map and record of survey showing location of mine or claim; duty of county recorder to provide map to county assessor
1. The county recorder shall include all patented mines and mining claims in the county on the county map of mining claims in a manner which clearly distinguishes the patented mines and mining claims from the unpatented claims. 2. When a record of survey filed with the county by a registered surveyor shows the location…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.215
Comparison of record of survey to county map of mining claims; notice of proposal to change county map; change to county map if no hearing requested; hearing upon request
1. When a record of survey filed with the county recorder by a professional land surveyor shows the location of a mining claim, the county recorder shall compare that record of survey to the county map of mining claims and ascertain whether the location of the claim is accurate according to the record of survey. 2. If…
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.230
Affidavit of work performed or improvements made; affidavit of owner or claimant; evidentiary effect of affidavits
1. On or before November 1 of the year for which labor is performed or improvements are made as required by law for a mining claim annually, the person in whose behalf the labor was performed or improvements made, or someone in the person’s behalf, shall make and have recorded by the county recorder, in books kept for…
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