§ 158. — Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and exploration.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 43USC158]
TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS
CHAPTER 6--WITHDRAWAL FROM SETTLEMENT, LOCATION, SALE, OR ENTRY
Sec. 158. Mineral resources on withdrawn lands; disposition and
exploration
All withdrawals or reservations of public lands for the use of any
agency of the Department of Defense, except lands withdrawn or reserved
specifically as naval petroleum, naval oil shale, or naval coal
reserves, heretofore or hereafter made by the United States, shall be
deemed to be subject to the condition that all minerals, including oil
and gas, in the lands so withdrawn or reserved are under the
jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Interior and there shall be no
disposition of, or exploration for, any minerals in such lands except
under the applicable public land mining and mineral leasing laws:
Provided, That no disposition of, or exploration for, any minerals in
such lands shall be made where the Secretary of Defense, after
consultation with the Secretary of the Interior, determines that such
disposition or exploration is inconsistent with the military use of the
lands so withdrawn or reserved.
(Pub. L. 85-337, Sec. 6, Feb. 28, 1958, 72 Stat. 30.)
References in Text
The mining laws and the mineral leasing laws, referred to in text,
are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
