What US General Mining Law of 1872 (30 USC ch 2): Locatable Minerals, Mining Claims and Patents requires
The General Mining Law of 1872 (30 U.S.C. ch. 2) governs the location and patenting of claims to locatable hardrock minerals on federal public-domain lands, administered by the Bureau of Land Management within the Department of the Interior. Section 22 opens all valuable mineral deposits in lands belonging to the United States to exploration and purchase by citizens, subject to the law and local rules. Section 23 sets the rules for the length of claims on veins or lodes. Section 26 confers on locators the exclusive right of possession and enjoyment of the surface and of the veins, lodes and ledges within their claim boundaries. Section 28 governs the location, marking and recording of claims and the requirement of annual labor or improvements (assessment work) pending the issue of a patent. Section 29 sets out the procedure to obtain a patent, including the application under oath, the plat and field notes, publication, and payment per acre. Section 30 addresses adverse claims arising during the patent process. Section 35 applies these provisions to placer claims and conforms entries to the legal subdivisions and surveys. Section 38 allows evidence of possession and work to establish a right to a patent. The Act is the legal foundation of the US hardrock mining-claim system on public lands.
Pillar: Mining & Natural Resources · Authority: US Congress / Bureau of Land Management, Department of the Interior · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCODE-2022-title30/html/USCODE-2022-title30-chap2.htm
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- General Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. 22 - lands open to purchase by citizens.
- General Mining Law of 1872, 30 U.S.C. 23 - length of claims on veins or lodes.
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