Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73
§161 Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected
Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 3— - LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter SUBCHAPTER VIII— - BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS › § 161
Summary
People with mining-entry rights may enter lands mainly valuable for building stone using the same rules as placer claims. Public-school or state-donated lands are excluded, and the law that creates national forests stays in force.
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Title 30, §161
Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Any person authorized to enter lands under the mining laws of the United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of the law in relation to placer mineral claims. Lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated to any State shall not be subject to entry under this section. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to repeal section 471 of title 16 relating to the establishment of national forests.
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Section 471 of title 16, referred to in text, was repealed by Pub. L. 94–579, title VII, § 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792, effective on and after Oct. 21, 1976. Codification First two sentences of this section are from section 1 and last sentence of this section is from section 3 of act Aug. 4, 1892.
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30 U.S.C. § 161
Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Apr 6, 2026
Release point: 119-73