30 U.S.C. § 524 : US Code - Section 524: Reservation of minerals to United States

Search 30 U.S.C. § 524 : US Code - Section 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.