Title 30Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60

§274 Lands Containing Coal or Other Minerals

Title 30 › Chapter 3A— LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS › Subchapter VIII— SULPHUR › § 274

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Secretary may issue permits or leases for sulfur on public lands, but must reserve other deposits to the U.S. under law.

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Title 30, §274

Mineral Lands and Mining — Source: USLM XML via OLRC

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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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.

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30 U.S.C. § 274

Title 30Mineral Lands and Mining

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Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60