Title 34, Mineral Resources
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Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-1-301 Legislative declaration
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(1) The general assembly hereby declares that: (a) The state's commercial mineral deposits are essential to the state's economy; (b) The populous counties of the state face a critical shortage of such deposits; (c) Such deposits should be extracted according to a rational plan, c…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-1-302 Definitions
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As used in this part 3, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) Commercial mineral deposit means a natural mineral deposit of limestone used for construction purposes, coal, sand, gravel, and quarry aggregate, for which extraction by an extractor is or will be commercially fea…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-1-303 Geological survey to make study
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After July 1, 1973, the Colorado geological survey shall contract for a study of the commercial mineral deposits in the populous counties of the state in order to identify and locate such deposits. Such study shall be of sand, gravel, and quarry aggregate, and shall be completed …
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-1-304 Master plan for extraction
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(1) The county planning commission for unincorporated areas and for cities and towns having no planning commission or the planning commission for each city and county, city, or town, within each populous county of the state, shall, with the aid of the maps from the study conducte…
Colo. Rev. Stat. § 34-1-305 Preservation of commercial mineral deposits for extraction
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(1) After July 1, 1973, no board of county commissioners, governing body of any city and county, city, or town, or other governmental authority which has control over zoning shall, by zoning, rezoning, granting a variance, or other official action or inaction, permit the use of a…