1996 US Code
Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 21 - Mineral lands reserved

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Publication TitleUnited States Code, 1994 Edition, Supplement 2, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CategoryBills and Statutes
CollectionUnited States Code
SuDoc Class NumberY 1.2/5:
Contained WithinTitle 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 2 - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL
Sec. 21 - Mineral lands reserved
Containssection 21
Date1996
Laws in Effect as of DateJanuary 6, 1997
Positive LawNo
Dispositionreserved
Source CreditR.S. §2318.
Statutes at Large Reference14 Stat. 86


§21. Mineral lands reserved

In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law.

(R.S. §2318.)

Codification

R.S. §2318 derived from act July 4, 1866, ch. 166, §5, 14 Stat. 86.

Cross References

Alabama public lands, reclassification, see section 172 of this title.

Alaska, extension of general land laws, see section 280a of Title 25, Indians.

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, source material, see section 2091 et seq. of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare.

Control of mining operations in areas of the National Park System to minimize damage to the environment and other resources, see section 1901 et seq. of Title 16, Conservation.

Forest reservation lands, found to be mineral in character, restored to public domain, see section 482 of Title 16.

Kansas and Missouri mineral deposits, see section 49 of this title.

Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin mineral lands, see section 48 of this title.

Sale of reserved mineral interests in certain agricultural lands, see sections 1033 to 1035 and 1037 to 1039 of Title 7, Agriculture.

Timber on public mineral lands, felling and removal for mining and other purposes, see sections 604 to 606 of Title 16, Conservation.

Section Referred to in Other Sections

This section is referred to in sections 24, 29, 33, 37, 38, 39, 40, 42, 46, 47, 48, 102 of this title; title 43 section 1712.

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