Title 30, Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-102
§274 Lands Containing Coal or Other Minerals
Title 30 › CHAPTER 3A — LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › SUBCHAPTER VIII — SULPHUR › § 274
Summary
Secretary of the Interior may grant sulfur prospecting permits or leases on public lands if other mineral deposits are kept reserved to the United States.
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Title 30, §274
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Prospecting permits or leases may be issued in the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior under the provisions of this subchapter for deposits of sulphur in public lands also containing coal or other minerals on condition that such other deposits be reserved to the United States for disposal under applicable laws.
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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.
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30 U.S.C. § 274
Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102