§ 524. — Reservation of minerals to United States.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC524]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 12--MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS
Sec. 524. Reservation of minerals to United States
Every mining claim or millsite--
(1) heretofore located under the mining laws of the United
States which shall be entitled to benefits under sections 521 to 523
of this title; or
(2) located under the mining laws of the United States after
August 13, 1954 shall be subject, prior to issuance of a patent
therefor, to a reservation to the United States of all Leasing Act
minerals and of the right (as limited in section 526 of this title)
of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees to
enter upon the land covered by such mining claim or millsite and to
prospect for, drill for, mine, treat, store, transport, and remove
Leasing Act minerals and to use so much of the surface and
subsurface of such mining claim or millsite as may be necessary for
such purposes, and whenever reasonably necessary, for the purpose of
prospecting for, drilling for, mining, treating, storing,
transporting, and removing Leasing Act minerals on and from other
lands; and any patent issued for any such mining claim or millsite
shall contain such reservation as to, but only as to, such lands
covered thereby which at the time of the issuance of such patent
were--
(a) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral
leasing laws; or
(b) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease
filed under the mineral leasing laws; or
(c) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition
under the mineral leasing laws.
(Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, Sec. 4, 68 Stat. 710.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
For definitions of ``Leasing Act minerals'' and ``mineral leasing
laws'', referred to in par. (2), see section 530 of this title.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in sections 527, 528 of this title.
