how do i get a geological mineral survey of my area.?
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It is a good site: http://minerals.er.usgs.gov/
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Also check out the " Four Peaks Amethyst Mine", its in Arizona. It will give you additional information which you are seeking.
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You might check the Dept. of Energy, or the Virginia Geological Survey.
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There are some pay to dig sites in  Marion County. Fluorite and Galena near El Dorado, Near Cave in the Rock there are some Fluorspar mines, and some Calcite near Golconda. This is from the GPAA mining guide. Lots of luck, hope you find a bunch.
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zonealarm rock lol\nnd beware of the web
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Fred,\nCheck out this website. I live in rural Nevada where over half the United States gold is mined so I use this site quite a bit.  Here's the link\nhttp://minerals.usgs.gov/minerals/pubs/mapdata/
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look here http://www.rocksandminerals.adventuresinodyssey.be/
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Try\nhttp://www.topozone.com\nHas wonderful maps, etc.\nYou should be able to find what you need there.
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You can type in geomorphology and use the various terms in a search engine.\nYou could read your Geology 101 text book.
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u can try with www.geocites.com
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Try Wikipedia, or perhaps your local library has a general Geology book that you can reference
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Must be another geologist!\n\nLook up the paper in GeoRef.\n\nFind it in the library or get it on interlibrary loan.\n\nLet us know if you find gold or diamonds!
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You have an Abstract of Title showing copies of the documents affecting title to the land which you are the surface owner of, I take it? But the Abstract is pretty old, I imagine and not up to present day because getting Abstracts nowadays is very expensive. It used to be easy and we did it all the time. \nThere are a ccuple of different routes you can take here, but be aware, neither is inexpensive. \n\nThe first is to find a lawyer who specializes in real property law. Bring your abstract to the lawyer, and tell him or her that you want to know who is the current mineral owner under your surface.  The lawyer can run or have run a title search to bring the title of the Abstract current and then can render an opinion as to who the owner is.\n\nAnother method is to go to a title company and see if you can pay them to bring the Abstract current and tell you who they think owns the minerals. Usually title companies nowadays only like to work where real property is being bought or sold and they can sell title insurance, but they might be able to steer you to someone who knows how to search and research title if they are not willing to do it.\n\nOtherwise, your only choice is going to be to go yourself to the records of the county clerk and recorder, get someone there to show you how the grantor/grantee index works and try to do it yourself. I don't recommend this method.\n\nPossibly, you could try to find a Petroleum Landman (these people are also women sometimes) who do these types of title searches for a living.  Again, this is expensive, a good "field" landman, as this type of expert is called can easily ask for $450/day as a rate.\n\nGood luck in your search.
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I would go to www.usgs.gov  this is the site for the united states geological survey
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You might try contacting the Wyoming Geological Survey.
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You could start here:\n\nhttp://webmineral.com/data/Magadiite.shtml
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I suggest looking at mapquest.com