Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73

§482f Patents affecting forest lands

Title 16 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER I— - ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 482f

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Starting June 13, 1939, mining patents for claims in the watershed of the Bonito River headwaters in Lincoln Forest, New Mexico, give the claimant ownership of the minerals and let them cut mature timber needed to get those minerals, so long as they follow the timber-cutting rules used on nearby national-forest land. Each patent keeps the United States’ ownership of the land surface and its products, and any use of the surface beyond what is reasonably needed for mining or prospecting is allowed only under rules of the Department of Agriculture.

Full Legal Text

Title 16, §482f

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On and after June 13, 1939, all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the watershed of headwaters of the Bonito River in the Lincoln Forest, in the State of New Mexico, shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is removed in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.

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Citation

16 U.S.C. § 482f

Title 16 — Conservation

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73