What is a Control Document?
Control Documents are the original documents from any land action, which include but are not limited to the following; Patents, Public Land Laws, Exchanges, State Selections, Opening Orders, Mineral Claims Surveys, Homestead Entry's, Leases, Right-of-Ways and Easements etc.
How to Use this Index
This index is searchable by:
Township/Range,
T/R and DocType,
T/R with DocType and Year
T/R with Year,
Document Number.
You may soon find Mineral Claims Surveys by (Mining District and Claim Name) or (Mining District and Mineral Survey Number) and by Township/Range and Mineral Survey Number or Township/Range and Claim Name.
(See Search Queries for Control Documents below or click on any the links shown above.)
Additional Search Builders
When Searching by Township and Range, you may want to limit your search by specifying a distinct Document Type, ie... Mineral Claims Surveys = ME
The Following table shows various Document Types and their DocID abbreviations.
| Doc Type |
Doc ID |
| Reservoir Site |
RS |
| Railroad Grant |
RG |
| Secretary Order |
SO |
| Warranty Deed |
WD |
| Public Law |
PL |
| Patent |
PT |
| Federal Register |
FR |
| Utah Serial Number |
UT |
| General Land Office |
GL |
| Quit Claim Deed |
QD |
| Public Land Order |
PO |
| Order |
OR |
| Excutive Order |
EO |
| Mining Claims Survey |
ME |
| Office Memorandum |
OM |
| Act of Congress |
AC |
| Miscellaneous |
MI |
| Multiple Use |
MU |
| Proclamation |
PC |
| State Director |
SD |
| Homestead (Entry) Patent |
HE |
| Cash (Patent) Entry |
CP |
| Indemnity Lands |
IL |
| Patent Exchanges |
PX |
| State Selection |
SS |
| Militarty Deed |
WT |
| Desert Land Entry |
DL |
| Reclamation Homestead(FarmUnit) |
RH |
| Reclamation Withdrawal |
RD |
| Revocation Order |
RV |
| Termination of Classification |
TC |
| Public Sale |
PS |
| Utah Patent |
43 |
| Amendment |
AD |
| Acquired Lands |
AQ |
| Court Act |
CA |
| Circular |
CI |
| Classification |
CL |
| Disclaimer of Interest |
DI |
| Director Order |
DO |
| Exchange Patent |
EP |
| Error |
ER |
| Exchange Select |
ES |
| Forest Lieu |
FL |
| Indian Allottment |
IA |
| Lieu Selection |
LS |
| Modification |
MO |
| Mineral Survey |
MS |
| Mineral Patent |
MP |
| Order Opening |
OO |
| Opening |
ON |
| Order Power |
OP |
| Public Purposes |
PP |
| Public Reserve |
PR |
| Public Water |
PW |
| Reliquisment |
RL |
| Recreation Patent |
RP |
| Restoiration |
RT |
| Right-of-Way |
RW |
| State Grant |
SG |
| Secretary of Interior |
SI |
| Small Tract |
ST |
| State Exchange |
SX |
| Timber Culture |
TC |
| Termination |
TN |
| Townsite |
TS |
| Withdrawal (Interpretation) |
WL |
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