§ 261. — Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC261]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER VII--SODIUM
Sec. 261. Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules
and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant
a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect
for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of
sodium, in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not
exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a
permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of
land in reasonably compact form.
(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, Sec. 23, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11, 1928, ch. 19, 45
Stat. 1019.)
Amendments
1928--Act Dec. 11, 1928, struck out ``and directed'' after
``authorized'', ``dissolved in and soluble in water, and accumulated by
concentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a period not
exceeding two years,'' after ``nitrates of sodium'', and last proviso
which read ``Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall
not apply to lands in San Bernardino County, California.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 262 of this title; title 10
sections 7421, 7435.
