ClaimWatch is a professional research platform for U.S. unpatented mining claims. Built on BLM MLRS records, USGS mining district polygons, and BLM CadNSDI PLSS data, ClaimWatch generates six intelligence report types — from claim-level title examination to multi-township regional prospecting — purpose-built for the fragmented U.S. system that has no centralized national cadastre.
Claims data, disposition records, historic mineral deposits, and land status — pulled together before the report hits your inbox. No more cross-referencing federal and state systems for days.
Federal case records speak in action codes, disposition flags, and cryptic remarks. Reports translate that into the narrative a principal or client can actually read — the story behind the ground, not the machine-readable exhaust.
Public browsing sites are fine for a casual look. They aren't something you can hand to investors, attach to a board memo, or file against a project. ClaimWatch ships a branded, formatted, print-ready report that's built to be delivered.
Nothing to install. Nothing to integrate. Every area of interest is delivered as a complete package — four components, ready for the office, the field, the boardroom, or the filing.
Executive summary. Geological framework. Land status findings. Claimant analysis. Section-by-section register. Professionally written, print-ready, branded.
PLSS grid, claim density, mineral deposits, topo mine symbols, withdrawals, and terrain. Fully captioned, legended, and ready for any deck or regulatory filing.
Full claims inventory, deposits, claimant roster, and section register — each on its own sortable tab. Drop it into your own model, filter it, pivot it.
Every claim, boundary, and AOI as open spatial data. Drop straight into ArcGIS Pro, QGIS, or any GIS platform. Use it to drive your own maps, reports, or internal tooling.
ClaimWatch reports are built for specific decisions — not a generic dashboard you have to interpret yourself. Six report types are in production now.
A recurring report on everything that changed inside your area of interest — new claims staked, closures, transfers, fee-overdue positions, competitor movements. Delivered on your cadence. You hear about it from us before it shows up anywhere else.
A rigorous, section-by-section review of everything on and under a defined area of interest. Active claims, claimant concentration, historic mineral deposits, land status, withdrawals, and patent chain — one document built for committing capital or closing a deal.
A complete review of a mining claim's BLM serial register page — every recorded action from original location through the most recent maintenance fee payment — translated from BLM action codes into a plain-language chain-of-title narrative.
Scores and ranks candidate parcels for a specific commodity play across a region, basin, or mining district. Identifies high-prospectivity sections, cluster patterns, and ranked staking recommendations based on mineralization signal, claim density, land status, and competitive position.
Discovers related entities, shared mailing addresses, and connected claim portfolios across the BLM system. Reveals who actually controls the ground and how their holdings are structured — connecting shell companies, subsidiaries, and nominee arrangements.
A 2011 Congressional drafting error left pre-1993 lode claims exposed to conclusive abandonment under FLPMA Section 314. Claim jumpers are actively targeting these claims. ClaimWatch has already flagged every affected claim in the BLM system — find out if yours are at risk before someone else does.
A ClaimWatch report can tell you whether the ground deserves a closer look. When the answer is yes — when the claim activity, deposit history, and land-status signals all point the right direction — the next step is the detail work: active claim mapping, land status verification, and getting a staking package filed. That's what ChoraQuest does.
Detailed active claim mapping and manual land status research to confirm what's actually available for staking. Field-level verification before you commit to a position.
Proprietary automated tools generate complete staking packages at scale — location certificates, corner cards, and maps for near-unlimited claim counts. Fast turnaround on large blocks.
GroundControl examines entire claim blocks for senior/junior conflicts, invalid DM placement, excluded-lands overlaps, and acreage loss. No one else has this capability.
Publication-grade GIS cartography for exhibits, investor decks, and regulatory filings. Custom GIS tools, workflow automation, and document processing — built to your operation.
Watch your project areas. Track competitor claim activity. Know when new claims are staked adjacent to your ground — and who staked them — before it shows up in a press release or market report.
Layer active claim density over historic production and documented mineral deposits. Identify ground worth walking based on a combined signal of mineralization, district history, and industry positioning.
Full claimant chains, disposition history, land status, and withdrawal overlays in a single deliverable. Built by landmen who have spent decades in the BLM system — for landmen who need answers fast.
Royalty companies, PE funds, and institutional investors evaluating mineral asset acquisitions need the same claim intelligence their target companies have. ClaimWatch delivers it independently, on your timeline.
The public sites are free for a reason. They'll tell you a claim exists. They won't tell you what to do about it, hand you a report you can sign, or put a map in your deck. ClaimWatch does.
Reports ship as polished HTML and PDF with ChoraQuest branding, print formatting, and section structure that mirrors what title professionals expect. Hand it over. It's done.
Every report is built from deterministic queries against authoritative public data. Facts are computed, not estimated. Output is verified against source before delivery. The pipeline itself enforces quality.
Two decades of BLM research, mineral title examination, and claim staking experience — turned into a production tool. Every section of every report exists because a landman or geologist actually needed it on a real project.
Complete staking packages in minutes. GroundControl seniority analysis that confirms which claims actually control the ground. These aren't off-the-shelf — they're purpose-built by ChoraQuest and available exclusively through this platform.
ClaimWatch is the automated delivery arm of ChoraQuest, LLC, a GIS and mineral title consultancy serving the mining, energy, and renewable development sectors across the western United States. It was designed and built by Mike Sandoz, founder of ChoraQuest and a 20+ year GIS and mineral title professional — and it reflects a working practice, not a whitepaper. Every report type exists because a landman or geologist actually needed it on a real project.
Beyond ClaimWatch, ChoraQuest provides custom GIS mapping, full mineral title examination, claim staking packages, and land management services. For the story behind the firm — the full team, the client work, the services beyond ClaimWatch — see ChoraQuest.com.
Request a free sample report to see the full ClaimWatch deliverable, or send us your area of interest for a project estimate. No sales call unless you ask for one.