16 U.S.C. § 482 : US Code - Section 482: Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry

Search 16 U.S.C. § 482 : US Code - Section 482: Mineral lands; restoration to public domain; location and entry

Upon the recommendation of the Secretary of the Interior, with
the approval of the President, after sixty days' notice thereof,
published in two papers of general circulation in the State or
Territory wherein any national forest is situated, and near the
said national forest, any public lands embraced within the limits
of any such forest which, after due examination by personal
inspection of a competent person appointed for that purpose by the
Secretary of the Interior, shall be found better adapted for mining
or for agricultural purposes than for forest usage, may be restored
to the public domain. And any mineral lands in any national forest
which have been or which may be shown to be such, and subject to
entry under the existing mining laws of the United States and the
rules and regulations applying thereto, shall continue to be
subject to such location and entry, notwithstanding any provisions
contained in sections 473 to 478, 479 to 482 and 551 of this title.