Dropped BLM mining claims
Dropped mining claims in Oregon, scored daily.
When a claimant in Oregon misses BLM's annual maintenance-fee deadline — the biggest wave falls around September 1 — their claim is forfeited and the ground reopens to location. LodeFinder re-pulls BLM's national closed-claims records every day, isolates the newly-dropped claims in Oregon, scores each 0–100, and can email you the morning ground drops inside an area you're watching.
— scored dropped claims in Oregon right now
Oregon has active placer and lode claims across its federal land, especially in the southwest of the state.
What you can do here with LodeFinder
- Browse the scored drop feed filtered to Oregon, newest and highest-scoring first.
- Check any point with the free BLM inspector: surface agency, in-force mineral withdrawals, wilderness/monument overlays, the PLSS legal description, and whether an active claim already covers it.
- Set a watchlist for the whole state or a specific map area, and get a daily email when new claims drop inside it.
- Jump to the source — every claim links out to its official BLM MLRS record.
LodeFinder surfaces and scores public BLM records; it is not legal, investment, or professional advice. BLM is the authoritative source — a claim shown as dropped or open must be verified with BLM, and the proper location and recording steps followed, before you act or spend money. A mining claim conveys mineral rights only.