Title 16, ConservationRelease 119-102
§482c Patents Affecting Forest Lands
Title 16 › CHAPTER 2 — NATIONAL FORESTS › SUBCHAPTER I — ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION › § 482c
Summary
Starting May 11, 1934, mining patents for claims in Mount Hood National Forest in Oregon give the claim owner the minerals and let them cut timber needed to get those minerals if the cutting follows national forest rules. The United States keeps ownership of the land surface, and any other use of the surface needs Forest Service approval.
Full Legal Text
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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Citation
16 U.S.C. § 482c
Title 16, Conservation
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102