§ 284. — Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC284]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER IX--POTASH
Sec. 284. Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to
potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases;
covenants in potassium leases
Prospecting permits or leases may be issued under the provisions of
this subchapter for deposits of potassium in public lands, also
containing deposits of coal or other minerals, on condition that such
other deposits be reserved to the United States for disposal under
appropriate laws: Provided, That if the interests of the Government and
of the lessee will be subserved thereby, potassium leases may include
covenants providing for the development by the lessee of chlorides,
sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of sodium,
magnesium, aluminum, or calcium, associated with the potassium deposits
leased, on terms and conditions not inconsistent with the sodium
provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter: Provided further, That
where valuable deposits of mineral now subject to disposition under the
general mining laws are found in fissure veins on any of the lands
subject to permit or lease under this subchapter, the valuable minerals
so found shall continue subject to disposition under the said general
mining laws notwithstanding the presence of potash therein.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, Sec. 4, 44 Stat. 1058.)
References in Text
The sodium provisions of subchapter VII of this chapter, referred to
in text, was in the original ``the sodium provisions of the Act of
February 25, 1920 (Forty-first Statutes at Large, page 437)'', which
means sections 23 to 25 of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 447,
which are classified to subchapter VII (Sec. 261 et seq.) of this
chapter.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41
Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this
chapter.
