# 2024-31589: Government Extends Protection for Arizona's Sacred Quartz Crystal Zone

2024-31589, Notice of Application for Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Diamond Rim Quartz Crystal Interpretative Area, Arizona, is a Federal Register notice from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-03 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31589
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2024-31589
- Title: Notice of Application for Withdrawal Extension and Opportunity for Public Meeting; Diamond Rim Quartz Crystal Interpretative Area, Arizona
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-03
- Effective: unknown
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Government Extends Protection for Arizona's Sacred Quartz Crystal Zone

## Summary

The U.S. Forest Service wants to keep 990 acres of the Tonto National Forest in Arizona protected from mining for another 20 years to save the special Diamond Rim Quartz Crystal area. This means no new mining claims can be made there until at least 2046. People have until April 3, 2025, to share their thoughts or ask for a public meeting about this plan.

## Abstract

On behalf of the United States Department of Agriculture, the United States Forest Service (USFS) has filed an application with the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) requesting that the Secretary of the Interior extend the withdrawal created by Public Land Order (PLO) No. 7664, for an additional 20-year term. PLO No. 7664, which will currently expire on Jun 11, 2026, withdrew 990 acres of National Forest System (NFS) lands located within the Tonto National Forest from location and entry under the U.S. mining laws, subject to valid existing rights, to protect the Diamond Rim Quartz Crystal Interpretative Area, located in Gila County, Arizona, from potential adverse impacts from mining. This notice provides for the public to comment and request a public meeting for the 20-year withdrawal extension application.

## Effects PRIA read

No economic effects identified for this document.

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## Sources
- [2024-31589 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/03/2024-31589/notice-of-application-for-withdrawal-extension-and-opportunity-for-public-meeting-diamond-rim-quartz)
- [2024-31589 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-03/pdf/2024-31589.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2024-31589 (as of 2026-06-08).