{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3836.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3836.11","heading":"What are the general requirements for performing assessment work?","body":"(a) Beginning in the assessment year that begins after you locate your mining claim, you must expend $100 in labor or improvements for each claim for each assessment year preceding the date on which you file for a small miner waiver.\n(b) You may perform assessment work on:\n(1) Each individual claim;\n(2) One or more claims in a group of contiguous lode or placer claims that you own or hold an interest in and that cover the same mineral deposit; or\n(3) Adjacent or nearby lands if the work supports development of the minerals on the claim(s).\n(c) Your total expenditure must equal at least $100 per claim.","path":["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 3836—ANNUAL ASSESSMENT WORK REQUIREMENTS FOR MINING CLAIMS","Subpart A—Performing Assessment Work"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"e124edab0f1180509d629b012bce7d503695325bd4471c98aaf60889afd055d1","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3836.10","next":"us/43-cfr-3836.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}