AGENCY: San Juan County (Utah). County Recorder

SERIES: 23584
TITLE: Mining records index (locators)
DATES: 1955-1994.
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by name of locator or owner, thereunder chronological by filing date.

DESCRIPTION: The San Juan County recorder created this index to provide reference to notices of location and other mining documents by the names of individuals or corporations locating or owning the claim. Documents referenced in this index include notices of location, maps, deeds, mining and mineral leases, amendments to notices of location, agreements, assignments, court decrees, liquidations, mortgages, mortgage releases, affidavits showing proof of labor, etc. Information provided in the index includes the name or names of locators or owners, the name of the claim, the kind of document, the date it was filed, and the book and page number where recorded. It sometimes indicates the mining district or township in which the claim is located. These are legal instruments recorded by the county recorder concerning mining. They include the following: Notices of locations, Mining deed records, Mining claims records, Proof of labor records, Mining mortgages, Mining abstract records, Mining transfers and relocations. In some counties mining records are compiled separately, while in others they are part of the "Official records."

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is authorized by Archives general schedule County official records, GRS-305

AUTHORIZED: 09/04/2019

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office permanently after being microfilmed.

Microfilm master: Retain in State Archives permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in Office permanently.

Microfilm duplicate: Retain in State Archives permanently with authority to weed.

APPRAISAL

Historical Legal

This mining records index provides summary information about mining in San Juan County as well as reference to original mining documents.

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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