§124 — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

§124 Agricultural entry or purchase of lands withdrawn or classified as containing sodium or sulphur

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER V— - AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR › § 124

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Summary

Land that has been set aside, listed, or reported as valuable because it contains sodium or sulfur and that is handled under the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 can be claimed or bought under the rules of the Act approved July 17, 1914 if it is otherwise available and meets that act’s conditions. But land inside the geologic area of a mineral field, or land that is withdrawn, classified, reported as valuable, or already has leases or permit applications for those minerals cannot be claimed or bought unless the Secretary of the Interior decides the sale will not unreasonably interfere with mineral operations.

Title 30, §124

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Lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for sodium and/or sulphur and subject to prospecting, leasing, or development under the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, or Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], shall be subject to appropriation, location, selection, entry, or purchase if otherwise available in the form and manner and subject to the reservations, provisions, limitations, and conditions of the Act of Congress approved July 17, 1914 (38 Stat. L. 509; U.S.C., title 30, sec. 123); Provided, however, That lands lying within the geologic structure of a field, or withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for any of the minerals named herein and/or in any of said sections, or upon which leases or prospecting permits have been applied for or granted, for the production of any of such minerals, shall not be subject to such appropriation, location, selection, entry, or purchase unless it shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior that such disposal will not unreasonably interfere with operations under said sections.

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References in Text

The General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, referred to in text, probably means the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (§ 181 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 181 of this title and Tables. The Act of Congress approved

July 17, 1914, referred to in text, is act

July 17, 1914, ch. 142, 38 Stat. 509, which is classified to sections 121 to 123 of this title.