Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§213 Royalties for Use of Deposits of Silica, Limestone, or Other Rock Embraced in Lease
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER III — PHOSPHATES › § 213
Summary
For phosphate leases under sections 211–214, the miner may use silica, limestone, or other rock on the leased public land to process the mined phosphate. The miner must pay a royalty set by the Secretary of the Interior. That royalty can be written into the lease or added later as a signed attachment agreed to by the landowner and the miner.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §213
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Any lease to develop and extract phosphates, phosphate rock, and associated or related minerals under the provisions of sections 211 to 214 of this title shall provide that the lessee may use so much of any deposit of silica or limestone or other rock situated on any public lands embraced in the lease as may be utilized in the processing or refining of the phosphates, phosphate rock, and associated or related minerals mined from the leased lands or from other lands upon payments of such royalty as may be determined by the Secretary of the Interior, which royalty may be stated in the lease or, as to the leases already issued, may be provided for in an attachment to the lease to be duly executed by the lessor and the lessee.
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1948—Act June 3, 1948, amended section generally, omitting provision relating to royalties and annual rents, and inserting provisions relating to use of deposits of silica, limestone or other rock embraced in the lease upon the payment of a suitable royalty.
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30 U.S.C. § 213
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102