43 CFR 3836.12 - What work qualifies as assessment work?

Regulations last checked for updates: Feb 10, 2026

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Dec 18, 2025

View all text of Subpart A [§ 3836.10 - § 3836.15]

§ 3836.12 - What work qualifies as assessment work?

Assessment work includes, but is not limited to—

(a) Drilling, excavations, driving shafts and tunnels, sampling (geochemical or bulk), road construction on or for the benefit of the mining claim; and

(b) Geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys.

authority: 30 U.S.C. 22,28,28b-28e; 43 U.S.C. 2,1201,1457,1701

source: 68 FR 61077, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 3836.12