Department of the Interior

BLM Locatable Mineral Plans of Operations

Plans of operations for locatable mineral cases are sourced from Legal Land Descriptions (LLD) within the US Bureau of Land Management's (BLM) Mineral and Land Record System (MLRS) and include geocoded locations. Each record covers details such as the case number, associated Legal Land Descriptions (LLD), mineral type, plan status, and geographic coordinates.

Example records
Namelegal entityCityaddressStateaddressZIP CodeaddressStreet AddressaddressEmailwebsiteCi Responsibleparty.Contactinfo.Ci Contact.Address.Ci Address.Country.Country.#TextaddressCi Responsibleparty.Contactinfo.Ci Contact.Address.Ci Address.Country.Country.@Codelistadditional dataCi Responsibleparty.Contactinfo.Ci Contact.Address.Ci Address.Country.Country.@CodelistvaluegeographicCi Responsibleparty.Contactinfo.Ci Contact.Address.Ci Address.Country.Country.@Codespaceadditional dataCi Responsibleparty.Contactinfo.Ci Contact.Hoursofservice.Gco:Characterstringadditional dataCi Responsibleparty.Individualname.Gco:Characterstringperson
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Use cases

Mining Operator KYB Verification

A fintech lender evaluating a loan application from a mining company checks whether the applicant holds an active BLM plan of operations, confirming the business has a legitimate federal authorization to extract locatable minerals on public land before extending credit.

NameStreet AddressStateZIP CodeEmail

Insurance Underwriting for Extractive Industry Clients

A commercial insurer underwriting a general liability or environmental policy for a mining operation uses plan records to verify the operator's identity, confirm the geographic footprint of permitted activity, and assess exposure concentration across multiple active plans.

NameStateCityStreet AddressCi Responsibleparty.Individualname.Gco:Characterstring

Vendor Due Diligence for Mining Supply Chain

A procurement team at a metals refinery vetting a new ore supplier cross-references the supplier's claimed federal mining authorization against BLM plan records to confirm the entity name and contact details match before entering a purchase agreement.

NameStreet AddressStateZIP CodeEmail
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