Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73

§28–1 Inclusion of certain surveys in labor requirements of mining claims; conditions and restrictions

Title 30 › Chapter CHAPTER 2— - MINERAL LANDS AND REGULATIONS IN GENERAL › § 28–1

Last updated Apr 6, 2026|Official source

Summary

Geological, geochemical, and geophysical surveys done by qualified experts can count as the required labor on a mining claim. A detailed report must be filed in the county office for the claim showing where the work was done in relation to the discovery point and claim boundaries, what was done and how much it cost, the main results, and the names, addresses, and professional background of the people who did the work. Each survey can only be used as labor for at most two years in a row and no more than five years total on one claim, and each survey must be different from earlier surveys on that claim.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §28–1

Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

The term “labor”, as used in the third sentence of section 28 of this title, shall include, without being limited to, geological, geochemical and geophysical surveys conducted by qualified experts and verified by a detailed report filed in the county office in which the claim is located which sets forth fully (a) the location of the work performed in relation to the point of discovery and boundaries of the claim, (b) the nature, extent, and cost thereof, (c) the basic findings therefrom, and (d) the name, address, and professional background of the person or persons conducting the work. Such surveys, however, may not be applied as labor for more than two consecutive years or for more than a total of five years on any one mining claim, and each such survey shall be nonrepetitive of any previous survey on the same claim.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 28–1

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 6, 2026

Release point: 119-73