§ 521. — Mineral leasing claims.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC521]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 12--MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS
Sec. 521. Mineral leasing claims
(a) Preference categories
Subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter and to any
valid intervening rights acquired under the laws of the United States,
any mining claim located under the mining laws of the United States
subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to February 10, 1954, on lands of
the United States, which at the time of location were--
(1) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral
leasing laws; or
(2) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease
which had been filed under the mineral leasing laws; or
(3) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition
under the mineral leasing laws,
shall be effective to the same extent in all respects as if such lands
at the time of location, and at all times thereafter, had not been so
included or covered or known: Provided, however, That, in order to be
entitled to the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining
claim located prior to January 1, 1953, must have posted and filed for
record, within the time allowed by the provisions of chapter 11 of this
title, an amended notice of location as to such mining claim, stating
that such notice was filed pursuant to the provisions of said chapter 11
and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof: And provided
further, That in order to obtain the benefits of this chapter, the owner
of any such mining claim located subsequent to December 31, 1952, and
prior to February 10, 1954, not later than one hundred and twenty days
after August 13, 1954, must post on such claim in the manner required
for posting notice of location of mining claims and file for record in
the office where the notice or certificate of location of such claim is
of record an amended notice of location for such claim, stating that
such notice is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for
the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof and, within said one
hundred and twenty day period, if such owner shall have filed a uranium
lease application as to the tract covered by such mining claim, must
file with the Atomic Energy Commission a withdrawal of such uranium
lease application or, if a uranium lease shall have issued pursuant
thereto, a release of such lease, and must record a notice of the filing
of such withdrawal or release in the county office wherein such notice
or certificate of location shall have been filed for record.
(b) Labor and improvements
Labor performed or improvements made after the original location of
and upon or for the benefit of any mining claim which shall be entitled
to the benefits of this chapter under the provisions of subsection (a)
of this section, shall be recognized as applicable to such mining claim
for all purposes to the same extent as if the validity of such mining
claim were in no respect dependent upon the provisions of this chapter.
(c) Withdrawal or reservation of lands
As to any land covered by any mining claim which is entitled to the
benefits of this chapter under the provisions of subsection (a) of this
section, any withdrawal or reservation of lands made after the original
location of such mining claim is hereby modified and amended so that the
effect thereof upon such mining claim shall be the same as if such
mining claim had been located upon lands of the United States which,
subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to the date of such withdrawal or
reservation, were subject to location under the mining laws of the
United States.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, Sec. 1, 68 Stat. 708.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in subsecs. (a)
and (c), are classified generally to this title.
For definition of ``mineral leasing laws'', referred to in subsec.
(a)(1) to (3), see section 530 of this title.
Short Title
Act Aug. 13, 1954, which enacted this chapter, amended section 1805
of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare, and enacted provisions
formerly set out as a note under section 1805 of Title 42, is popularly
known as the Multiple Mineral Development Act.
Transfer of Functions
Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by
sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See,
also, Transfer of Functions notes set out under those sections.
Separability
Section 13 of act Aug. 13, 1954, provided that: ``If any provision
of this Act [enacting this chapter], or the application of such
provision to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional,
invalid, or unenforcible [sic], the remainder of this Act or the
application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than
those as to which it is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforcible
[sic], shall not be affected thereby.''
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 524 of this title.