§ 611. — Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 30USC611]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 15--SURFACE RESOURCES
SUBCHAPTER II--MINING LOCATIONS
Sec. 611. Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice,
pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood
No deposit of common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice,
pumicite, or cinders and no deposit of petrified wood shall be deemed a
valuable mineral deposit within the meaning of the mining laws of the
United States so as to give effective validity to any mining claim
hereafter located under such mining laws: Provided, however, That
nothing herein shall affect the validity of any mining location based
upon discovery of some other mineral occurring in or in association with
such a deposit. ``Common varieties'' as used in this subchapter and
sections 601 and 603 of this title does not include deposits of such
materials which are valuable because the deposit has some property
giving it distinct and special value and does not include so-called
``block pumice'' which occurs in nature in pieces having one dimension
of two inches or more. ``Petrified wood'' as used in this subchapter and
sections 601 and 603 of this title means agatized, opalized, petrified,
or silicified wood, or any material formed by the replacement of wood by
silica or other matter.
(July 23, 1955, ch. 375, Sec. 3, 69 Stat. 368; Pub. L. 87-713, Sec. 1,
Sept. 28, 1962, 76 Stat. 652.)
References In Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to this title.
Amendments
1962--Pub. L. 87-713 defined ``petrified wood'', and provided that
no deposit of petrified wood shall be deemed a valuable mineral deposit
within the mining laws of the United States.
Regulations for Removal of Limited Quantities of Petrified Wood
Section 2 of Pub. L. 87-713 provided that: ``The Secretary of the
Interior shall provide by regulation that limited quantities of
petrified wood may be removed without charge from those public lands
which he shall specify.''
