Title 30, Chapter 3
Mineral Lands and Mining — 100 active sections, 17 inactive
Sections in this chapter
- § 1Extension of noncompetitive oil or gas lease issued before September 2, 1960
- § 2Limitations for filing oil and gas contests
- § 3Lands not subject to oil and gas leasing
- § 71Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre
- § 72Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation
- § 73Presentation of claims
- § 74Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions
- § 75Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
- § 76Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
- § 77Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry
- § 81Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits
- § 82New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal
- § 83Homestead or desert-land and other entries
- § 84Applications for entry
- § 85Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits
- § 86Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands
- § 87Statements in application; patents
- § 88Disposition of coal by United States
- § 89Disposition of proceeds
- § 90Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts
- § 101OmittedOmitted
- § 102Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner
- § 103Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands
- § 104Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund
- § 113Repealed. Dec. 16, 1930, ch. 14, § 1 , 46 Stat. 1028Repealed
- § 121Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing phosphate, nitrate, potash, oil, or gas; reservations to United States; application
- § 122Patents; reservation in the United States of reserved deposits; acquisition of right to remove deposits; application for entry to disprove classification
- § 123Persons locating lands subsequently withdrawn or classified; patents to
- § 124Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur
- § 125Patents in North Platte Reclamation Project; mineral rights; subrogation
- § 131OmittedOmitted
- § 152Repealed. Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, § 6 , 44 Stat. 1058Repealed
- § 161Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
- § 162Entry of saline lands; limitation
- § 171Disposal as agricultural lands
- § 172Certain Alabama lands subject to homestead entry
- § 181Lands subject to disposition; persons entitled to benefits; reciprocal privileges; helium rights reserved
- § 182Lands disposed of with reservation of deposits of coal, etc.
- § 183Cancellation of prospecting permits
- § 184Limitations on leases held, owned or controlled by persons, associations or corporations
- § 184aAuthorization of States to include in agreements for conservation of oil and gas resources lands acquired from United States
- § 185Rights-of-way for pipelines through Federal lands
- § 186Reservation of easements or rights-of-way for working purposes; reservation of right to dispose of surface of lands; determination before offering of lease; easement periods
- § 187Assignment or subletting of leases; relinquishment of rights under leases; conditions in leases for protection of diverse interests in operation of mines, wells, etc.; State laws not impaired
- § 187aOil or gas leases; partial assignments
- § 187bOil or gas leases; written relinquishment of rights; release of obligations
- § 188Failure to comply with provisions of lease
- § 188aSurrender of leases
- § 189Rules and regulations; boundary lines; State rights unaffected; taxation
- § 190Oath; requirement; form; blanks
- § 191Disposition of moneys received
- § 191aLate payment charges under Federal mineral leases
- § 191bCollection of unpaid and underpaid royalties and late payment interest owed by lessees
- § 192Payment of royalties in oil or gas; sale of such oil or gas
- § 192aCancellation or modification of contracts
- § 192bApplication to contracts
- § 192cRules and regulations governing issuance of certain leases; disposition of receipts
- § 193Disposition of deposits of coal, and so forth
- § 193aPreference right of United States to purchase coal for Army and Navy; price for coal; civil actions; jurisdiction
- § 194Repealed. Pub. L. 89–554, § 8(a) , Sept. 6, 1966 , 80 Stat. 644Repealed
- § 195Enforcement
- § 196Cooperative agreements; delegation of authority
- § 201Leases and exploration
- § 201aRepealed. June 3, 1948, ch. 379, § 8 , 62 Stat. 291Repealed
- § 201bOmittedOmitted
- § 202Common carriers; limitations of lease or permit
- § 202aConsolidation of coal leases into logical mining unit
- § 203Additional lands or deposits
- § 204Repealed. Pub. L. 94–377, § 13(a) , Aug. 4, 1976 , 90 Stat. 1090Repealed
- § 205Consolidation of leases
- § 206Noncontiguous coal or phosphate tracts in single lease
- § 207Conditions of lease
- § 208Permits to take coal for local domestic needs without royalty payments; corporation exclusion; area to municipalities for household use without profit
- § 208aRepealed. Pub. L. 97–468, title VI, § 615(a)(3) , Jan. 14, 1983 , 96 Stat. 2578Repealed
- § 209Suspension, waiver, or reduction of rents or royalties to promote development or operation; extension of lease on suspension of operations and production
- § 211Phosphate deposits
- § 212Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation
- § 213Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease
- § 214Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception
- § 222iOmittedOmitted
- § 223Leases; amount and survey of land; term of lease; royalties and annual rental
- § 223aRepealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14 , 60 Stat. 958Repealed
- § 224Payments for oil or gas taken prior to application for lease
- § 225Condition of lease, forfeiture for violation
- § 226Lease of oil and gas lands
- § 226bRepealed. Aug. 8, 1946, ch. 916, § 14 , 60 Stat. 958Repealed
- § 226cReduction of royalties under existing leases
- § 226eOmittedOmitted
- § 227OmittedOmitted
- § 228Prospecting permits and leases to persons of lands not withdrawn; terms and conditions of; fraud of claimants
- § 229Preference right to permits or leases of claimants of lands bona fide entered as agricultural land; terms and conditions
- § 229aWater struck while drilling for oil and gas
- § 233Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3 , 62 Stat. 576Repealed
- § 233aPermits or leases of certain lands in Oklahoma; retention of royalties
- § 236Repealed. June 22, 1948, ch. 605, § 3 , 62 Stat. 576Repealed
- § 236aLands in naval petroleum reserves and naval oil-shale reserves; effect of other laws
- § 236bExisting leases within naval petroleum reserves not affected
- § 237OmittedOmitted
- § 241Leases of lands
- § 242Oil shale claims
- § 251Leases to claimants of withdrawn lands; terms and conditions; acreage; annual rentals and royalties; fraud of claimants
- § 261Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- § 262Leases to permittees; survey of lands; royalties and annual rentals
- § 263Permits to use or lease of nonmineral lands for camp sites, and other purposes; annual rentals; acreage
- § 271Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage
- § 272Leases to permittees; privileges extended to oil and gas permittees
- § 273Lease of lands not covered by permits or leases; acreage; rental
- § 274Lands containing coal or other minerals
- § 275Laws applicable
- § 276Application of subchapter to Louisiana and New Mexico only
- § 281Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected
- § 282Leases to permittees of lands showing valuable deposits; royalty
- § 283Lands containing valuable deposits not covered by permits or leases; authority to lease; acreage; conditions; renewals; exemptions from rentals and royalties; suspension of operations
- § 284Lands containing coal or other minerals in addition to potassium deposits; issuance of prospecting permits and leases; covenants in potassium leases
- § 285Laws applicable
- § 286Disposition of royalties and rents from potassium leases
- § 287Extension of prospecting permits
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