Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§1024 Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 23— - GEOTHERMAL RESOURCES › § 1024
Summary
Treat geothermal resources like other minerals on land that can be leased for geothermal energy. Laws that require keeping a mineral reservation when land is sold, or laws that stop or limit selling land because of its mineral value, must apply to geothermal resources too. Nothing here changes grants or conveyances made before December 24, 1970.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §1024
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As to any land subject to geothermal leasing under section 1002 of this title, all laws which either (a) provide for the disposal of land by patent or other form of conveyance or by grant or by operation of law subject to a reservation of any mineral or (b) prevent or restrict the disposal of such land because of the mineral character of the land, shall hereafter be deemed to embrace geothermal resources as a substance which either must be reserved or must prevent or restrict the disposal of such land, as the case may be. This section shall not be construed to affect grants, patents, or other forms of conveyances made prior to December 24, 1970.
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Amendments
2005—Pub. L. 109–58 inserted section catchline and substituted “geothermal resources” for “geothermal steam and associated geothermal resources” in text.
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30 U.S.C. § 1024
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73