Title 30 — Mineral Lands and MiningRelease 119-73not60

§502 Reservation of Minerals to the United States; Rights of Entry, Disposition and Removal

Title 30 › Chapter 11— MINING CLAIMS ON LANDS SUBJECT TO MINERAL LEASING LAWS › § 502

Last updated Apr 5, 2026|Official source

Summary

Mining claims given effect under section 501 must reserve to the United States all minerals that, on August 12, 1953, were covered by the mineral leasing laws. The United States and the parties it leases or permits may enter the claim to look for, mine, treat, store, and remove those minerals, use needed surface and underground areas, and enter when reasonably necessary to work on minerals from other U.S. lands. Any patent for the claim must include this reservation.

Full Legal Text

Title 30, §502

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Any mining claim given force and effect as provided in section 501 of this title shall be subject to the reservation to the United States of all minerals which, upon August 12, 1953, are provided in the mineral leasing laws to be disposed of thereunder, and the right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees, to enter upon the land covered by such mining claim to prospect for, mine, treat, store, and remove such minerals, and to use so much of the surface and subsurface of such mining claim as may be necessary for such purposes, and to enter upon such land whenever reasonably necessary for the purpose of prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, and removing such minerals on and from other lands of the United States; and any patent issued for any such mining claim shall contain such reservation.

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For definition of “mineral leasing laws”, see section 505 of this title.

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Citation

30 U.S.C. § 502

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

Last Updated

Apr 5, 2026

Release point: 119-73not60