2015 US Code
Title 30 - Mineral Lands and Mining (Sections 1 - 2006)
Chapter 17 - Exploration Program for Discovery of Minerals (Sections 641 - 646)
Sec. 643 - "Exploration" defined
| Publication Title | United States Code, 2012 Edition, Supplement 3, Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING |
| Category | Bills and Statutes |
| Collection | United States Code |
| SuDoc Class Number | Y 1.2/5: |
| Contained Within | Title 30 - MINERAL LANDS AND MINING CHAPTER 17 - EXPLORATION PROGRAM FOR DISCOVERY OF MINERALS Sec. 643 - Exploration" defined |
| Contains | section 643 |
| Date | 2015 |
| Laws In Effect As Of Date | January 3, 2016 |
| Positive Law | No |
| Disposition | standard |
| Source Credit | Pub. L. 85-701, §3, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 701. |
| Statutes at Large Reference | 72 Stat. 701 |
| Public and Private Law | Public Law 85-701 |
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As used in this chapter, the term "exploration" means the search for new or unexplored deposits of minerals, including related development work, within the United States, its Territories and possessions, whether conducted from the surface or underground, using recognized and sound procedures including standard geophysical and geochemical methods for obtaining mineralogical and geological information.
(Pub. L. 85–701, §3, Aug. 21, 1958, 72 Stat. 701.)
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