Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§263 Permits to Use or Lease of Nonmineral Lands for Camp Sites, and Other Purposes; Annual Rentals; Acreage
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER VII — SODIUM › § 263
Summary
The Secretary of the Interior can let someone who has a permit or lease for sodium deposits use up to 40 acres of unoccupied public land that has no minerals. They must pay at least 25 cents per acre each year, and the land can be used only for camp sites, refining works, or other things needed to develop and use the sodium while the permit or lease lasts.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §263
Mineral Lands and Mining, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
In addition to areas of such mineral land which may be included in any such prospecting permits or leases, the Secretary of the Interior, in his discretion, may grant to a permittee or lessee of lands containing sodium deposits, and subject to the payment of an annual rental of not less than 25 cents per acre, the exclusive right to use, during the life of the permit or lease, a tract of unoccupied nonmineral public land, not exceeding forty acres in area, for camp sites, refining works, and other purposes connected with and necessary to the proper development and use of the deposits covered by the permit or lease.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 263
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102