Federal
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
626 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.
- § 37 — Proceedings for patent where boundaries contain vein or lode; application; statement including vein or lode; issuance of patent: acreage payments for vein or lode and placer claim; costs of proceedings; knowledge affecting construction of application and scope of patent
- § 38 — Evidence of possession and work to establish right to patent
- § 39 — Surveyors of mining claims
- § 4 — Investigation of lignite coal and peat
- § 40 — Verification of affidavits
- § 401 — Establishment of research laboratory; duties
- § 402 — Acquisition of lands and property; utilization of voluntary services; cooperation with other Federal, State, and private agencies
- § 403 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(12) , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1969
- § 404 — Establishment of an advisory committee; composition and appointment
- § 41 — Intersecting or crossing veins
- § 411 — Establishment and operation of experimental plant
- § 412 — Acquisition of lands and interests; acceptance of money and property; disposition and use of money
- § 42 — Patents for nonmineral lands: application, survey, notice, acreage limitation, payment
- § 43 — Conditions of sale by local legislature
- § 44, 45 — Omitted
- § 451 to 483 — Repealed. Pub. L. 91–173, title V, § 509 , Dec. 30, 1969 , 83 Stat. 803
- § 46 — Additional land districts and officers
- § 47 — Impairment of rights or interests in certain mining property
- § 48 — Lands in Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota; sale and disposal as public lands
- § 49 — Lands in Missouri and Kansas; disposal as agricultural lands
- § 49a — Mining laws of United States extended to Alaska; exploration and mining for precious metals; regulations; conflict of laws; permits; dumping tailings; pumping from sea; reservation of roadway; title to land below line of high tide or high-water mark; transfer of title to future State
- § 49b — Mining laws relating to placer claims extended to Alaska
- § 49c — Recording notices of location of Alaskan mining claims
- § 49d — Miners’ regulations for recording notices in Alaska; certain records legalized
- § 49e — Annual labor or improvements on Alaskan mining claims; affidavits; burden of proof; forfeitures; location anew of claims; perjury
- § 49f — Fees of recorders in Alaska for filing proofs of work and improvements
- § 4a — Omitted
- § 4b — Cooperation with individuals, municipalities, etc.; contracts with owners; agreements as to prices
- § 4c — Investigation of sub-bituminous and lignite coal
- § 4d — Plants, machinery, and equipment
- § 4e — Omitted
- § 4f to 4o — Transferred
- § 5 — Reports of investigations
- § 50 — Grants to States or corporations not to include mineral lands
- § 501 — Mining claims located between July 31, 1939 , and January 1, 1953
- § 502 — Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
- § 503 — Reservations required by law; atomic energy materials
- § 504 — Power to make arrangements respecting atomic energy materials as unaffected
- § 505 — “Mineral leasing laws” defined
- § 51 — Water users’ vested and accrued rights; enumeration of uses; protection of interest; rights-of-way for canals and ditches; liability for injury or damage to settlers’ possession
- § 52 — Patents or homesteads subject to vested and accrued water rights
- § 521 — Mineral leasing claims
- § 522 — Conflicting periods of location of claims
- § 523 — Uranium leases
- § 524 — Reservation of minerals to United States
- § 525 — Future location of claims on mineral lands
- § 526 — Mining and Leasing Act operations
- § 527 — Determination of unpatented mining claims
- § 528 — Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights
- § 529 — Helium lands subject to entry
- § 53 — Possessory actions for recovery of mining titles or for damages to such title
- § 530 — Definitions
- § 531 — Approval of United States officials
- § 54 — Liability for damages to stock raising and homestead entries by mining activities
- § 541 — Entry and location; filing of copy of notice of mining location; report and payment for lignite mined; mineral patents; reservation of minerals to United States
- § 541a — Claims located prior to May 25, 1955 ; extralateral rights; amended notice of mining location
- § 541b — Mining, removal, and disposal of lignite
- § 541c — Lands where coal deposits have been reserved to the United States
- § 541d — Location of source materials by holders of coal leases
- § 541e — Definitions
- § 541f — Disbursement of moneys
- § 541g — Rules and regulations
- § 541h — Savings provision
- § 541i — Withdrawal of lands from entry; expiration of claims
- § 551 — Declaration of policy
- § 552 — Definitions
- § 553 — Duties of Secretary; surveys, research, etc.; projects
- § 554 — Lands subject to chapter
- § 555 — Conditions precedent for aid to non-Federal lands
- § 556 — Administration
- § 557 — Rules and regulations
- § 558 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 571 — Declaration of policy
- § 572 — United States contributions to Pennsylvania: authority, conditions, limitations
- § 573 — Statement by Commonwealth for Secretary
- § 574 — Hearings; withholding payments
- § 575 — Repealed. Pub. L. 105–362, title IX, § 901(i)(1) , Nov. 10, 1998 , 112 Stat. 3290
- § 576 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 6 — Personal interest of director and members of Bureau in mines
- § 601 — Rules and regulations governing disposal of materials; payment; removal without charge; lands excluded
- § 602 — Bidding; advertising and other notice; conditions for negotiation of contract
- § 603 — Disposition of moneys from disposal of materials
- § 604 — Disposal of sand, peat moss, etc., in Alaska; contracts
- § 611 — Common varieties of sand, stone, gravel, pumice, pumicite, or cinders, and petrified wood
- § 612 — Unpatented mining claims
- § 613 — Procedure for determining title uncertainties
- § 614 — Waiver of rights
- § 615 — Limitation of existing rights
- § 621 — Entry to lands reserved for power development
- § 622 — Liability for damage, destruction, or loss of claim
- § 623 — Recording and reporting of unpatented claims; time
- § 624 — Protection of existing valid claims
- § 625 — Prohibition of unspecified use
- § 641 — Establishment and maintenance of program for exploration; financial assistance
- § 642 — Exploration contracts
- § 643 — “Exploration” defined
- § 644 — Advice and assistance by Government departments and agencies; expenditure of funds
- § 645 — Repealed. Pub. L. 93–608, § 1(13) , Jan. 2, 1975 , 88 Stat. 1969
- § 646 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 661 — Short title; definitions
- § 662 — Powers and duties of Secretary
- § 663, 664 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C) , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 934
- § 665 — Sites for conducting research; availability of personnel and facilities
- § 666 — Public-availability requirement; national defense; patent agreements
- § 667 — Repealed. Pub. L. 109–58, title X, § 1009(a)(1)(C) , Aug. 8, 2005 , 119 Stat. 934
- § 668 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 681 to 689 — Omitted
- § 7 — Fees for tests or investigations
- § 701 — Authorization to convey; acreage limitations; qualified applicants; payment; “qualified officer of the United States” defined
- § 702 — “Qualified applicant” defined
- § 703 — Withdrawal of lands in aid of a governmental unit
- § 704 — Purchase of substitute lands; limitations; conditions; payment; conveyance of less than a fee
- § 705 — Purchase price of conveyed interest; installment payments
- § 706 — Liabilities of occupants; trespass; limitations
- § 707 — Reservation of mineral rights
- § 708 — Assignments; succession
- § 709 — Disposition of payments and fees
- § 71 — Entry of unappropriated or unreserved Federal coal lands; eligibility; application; acreage limitation; price per acre
- § 72 — Preference right of coal mine entry; acreage limitation
- § 721 to 740 — Repealed. Pub. L. 95–164, title III, § 306(a) , Nov. 9, 1977 , 91 Stat. 1322
- § 73 — Presentation of claims
- § 74 — Number of coal land entries; other entries upon noncompliance with conditions
- § 75 — Conflicting claims upon coal lands; rules and regulations
- § 76 — Reservation of rights upon coal lands; sale of certain mining lands
- § 77 — Alabama coal lands; agricultural entry
- § 8 — Additional mining experiment stations and mine safety stations authorized
- § 801 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose
- § 802 — Definitions
- § 803 — Mines subject to coverage
- § 804 — Interim Compliance Panel
- § 81 — Rights of entrymen of lands subsequently classified as coal lands; disposal of coal deposits
- § 811 — Mandatory safety and health standards
- § 812 — Advisory committees
- § 813 — Inspections, investigations, and recordkeeping
- § 814 — Citations and orders
- § 815 — Procedure for enforcement
- § 816 — Judicial review of Commission orders
- § 817 — Procedures to counteract dangerous conditions
- § 818 — Injunctions
- § 819 — Posting of orders and decisions
- § 82 — New or supplemental patents, in case of lands subsequently classified as noncoal
- § 820 — Penalties
- § 821 — Entitlement of miners to full compensation
- § 822 — Representation of Secretary in civil litigation by Solicitor of Labor
- § 823 — Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
- § 823a — Principal office in District of Columbia; proceedings held elsewhere
- § 824 — Authorization of appropriations
- § 825 — Mandatory health and safety training
- § 826 — Limitation on certain liability for rescue operations
- § 83 — Homestead or desert-land and other entries
- § 84 — Applications for entry
- § 841 — Mandatory health standards for underground mines; enforcement; review; purpose
- § 842 — Dust concentration and respiratory equipment
- § 843 — Medical examinations
- § 844 — Rock dust and gas hazards; controls
- § 845 — Dust standards in presence of quartz
- § 846 — Noise standards; promulgation of new standards; tests; procedures; protective devices
- § 85 — Patents for lands, with reservation of coal; disposal of coal deposits
- § 86 — Disposition of lands in Indian reservations with reservation of coal; examination and appraisal of lands
- § 861 — Mandatory safety standards for underground mines
- § 862 — Roof support
- § 863 — Ventilation
- § 864 — Combustible materials and rock dusting
- § 865 — Electrical equipment
- § 866 — Trailing cables
- § 867 — Grounding of equipment
- § 868 — Underground high-voltage distribution
- § 869 — Underground low- and medium-voltage alternating current circuits
- § 87 — Statements in application; patents
- § 870 — Trolley wires and trolley feeder wires
- § 871 — Fire protection
- § 872 — Maps
- § 873 — Blasting and explosives
- § 874 — Hoisting and mantrips
- § 875 — Emergency shelters; construction; contents; implementation plans
- § 876 — Communication facilities; locations and emergency response plans
- § 877 — General safety provisions
- § 878 — Definitions
- § 88 — Disposition of coal by United States
- § 89 — Disposition of proceeds
- § 9 — Acceptance of lands from States
- § 90 — Selection of coal lands by States; sale in isolated or disconnected tracts
- § 901 — Congressional findings and declaration of purpose; short title
- § 902 — Definitions
- § 903 — Field offices
- § 904 — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1926
- § 921 — Regulations and presumptions
- § 922 — Payment of benefits
- § 923 — Filing of notice of claim
- § 924 — Time for filing claims
- § 924a — Repealed. Pub. L. 107–275, § 2(c)(2) , Nov. 2, 2002 , 116 Stat. 1926
- § 925 — Procedure for the determination of claims during transition period
- § 931 — Benefits under State workmen’s compensation laws
- § 932 — Failure to meet workmen’s compensation requirements
- § 932a — Appointment of qualified individuals to hear and determine claims for benefits
- § 933 — Duties of operators in States not qualifying under workmen’s compensation laws
- § 934 — “Fund” defined; liability of operators to United States for repayments to fund; procedures applicable; rate of interest
- § 934a — Repealed. Pub. L. 97–119, title I, § 103(b) , Dec. 29, 1981 , 95 Stat. 1638
- § 935 — Utilization of services of State and local agencies
- § 936 — Regulations and reports