Title 16 — ConservationRelease 119-73not60
§482c Patents Affecting Forest Lands
Title 16 › Chapter 2— NATIONAL FORESTS › Subchapter I— ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 482c
Summary
After May 11, 1934, mining patents for claims in Mount Hood National Forest, Oregon, give the claimant the mineral deposits and a right to cut timber needed to extract them if the cutting follows the national forest’s sound‑management rules; the United States keeps the surface rights, and surface uses beyond what’s reasonably needed for mining or prospecting require Forest Service approval.
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Title 16, §482c
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On and after May 11, 1934, all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the Mount Hood National Forest within the State of Oregon shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Forest Service.
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16 U.S.C. § 482c
Title 16 — Conservation
Last Updated
Apr 5, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60