Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§271 Prospecting Permits; Lands Included; Acreage
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — SULPHUR › § 271
Summary
Under his rules, the Interior Secretary may grant a qualified applicant an exclusive sulphur prospecting permit on U.S. lands in Louisiana and New Mexico for up to two years, covering at most 640 acres.
Full Legal Text
Title 30, §271
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The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized and directed, under such rules and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect for sulphur in lands belonging to the United States located in the States of Louisiana and New Mexico for a period of not exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a permit shall be not exceeding six hundred and forty acres of land in reasonably compact form.
Legislative History
Notes & Related Subsidiaries
Editorial Notes
Codification Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41 Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this chapter.
Amendments
1932—Act July 16, 1932, substituted “States of Louisiana and New Mexico” for “State of Louisiana”.
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Citation
30 U.S.C. § 271
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102