§124 — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

§124 Agricultural Entry or Purchase of Lands Withdrawn or Classified as Containing Sodium or Sulphur

Title 30 › Chapter 3— LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE › Subchapter V— AGRICULTURAL ENTRY OF LANDS WITHDRAWN OR CLASSIFIED AS CONTAINING PHOSPHATE, NITRATE, POTASH, OIL, GAS, ASPHALTIC MINERALS, SODIUM, OR SULPHUR › § 124

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Summary

Lands set aside, classified, or reported as having sodium or sulphur that are open for prospecting, leasing, or development under the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920 can be claimed, selected, entered, or bought if they are otherwise available under the rules of the Act of July 17, 1914. If a parcel lies inside the geologic area of a producing field, or has been withdrawn, classified, reported as valuable, or has a lease or permit applied for or granted for those minerals, it cannot be taken or bought unless the Secretary of the Interior decides the action will not unreasonably interfere with existing operations under those laws.

Title 30, §124

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Lands withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for sodium and/or sulphur and subject to prospecting, leasing, or development under the General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, or Acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto [30 U.S.C. 181 et seq.], shall be subject to appropriation, location, selection, entry, or purchase if otherwise available in the form and manner and subject to the reservations, provisions, limitations, and conditions of the Act of Congress approved July 17, 1914 (38 Stat. L. 509; U.S.C., title 30, sec. 123); Provided, however, That lands lying within the geologic structure of a field, or withdrawn, classified, or reported as valuable for any of the minerals named herein and/or in any of said sections, or upon which leases or prospecting permits have been applied for or granted, for the production of any of such minerals, shall not be subject to such appropriation, location, selection, entry, or purchase unless it shall be determined by the Secretary of the Interior that such disposal will not unreasonably interfere with operations under said sections.

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References in Text

The General Leasing Act of February 25, 1920, referred to in text, probably means the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, which is classified generally to chapter 3A (§ 181 et seq.) of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 181 of this title and Tables. The Act of Congress approved

July 17, 1914, referred to in text, is act

July 17, 1914, ch. 142, 38 Stat. 509, which is classified to sections 121 to 123 of this title.