§541b — Title 30 Mineral Lands and Mining | U.S. Code

Summary

Gives a mining claimant the right to mine, remove, and handle lignite that contains valuable source material, and to remove any lignite that must be taken out to get that source material. This applies when a claim is made under U.S. mining laws (including chapter 12) on lands described in section 541, so long as the discovery is in deposits that are not Leasing Act minerals and the land is not already inside the outer boundaries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease. The claimant must file an adequate description of the claim in the land office named in section 541 and follow the reporting and payment rules in section 541 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.). Does not reduce or limit rights from a mining claim under the 1872 Mining Act, and does not create extra duties for removing source material that is not in any seam, bed, or deposit of lignite.

Title 30, §541b

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Subject to the provisos of section 541a of this title, any mining location made under the mining laws of the United States, including chapter 12 of this title, on lands of the character described in section 541 of this title, except locations made for lands within the exterior boundaries of a prior coal prospecting permit or lease, if based upon a discovery of valuable source material in deposits other than deposits of Leasing Act minerals, shall include the right to mine, remove, and dispose of lignite containing valuable source material and lignite necessary to be stripped or mined in the recovery of source material contained in lignite, subject to the reporting and payment requirements of section 541 of this title, and subject to the provisions of the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 [42 U.S.C. 2011 et. seq.], and upon filing in the land office designated in section 541 of this title, an adequate description of his claim or claims containing such lignite: Provided, That nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict the rights acquired by virtue of a mining claim heretofore or hereafter located, under the 1872 Mining Act, as amended, or to impose any additional obligation with respect to the mining and removal of source material which does not occur within any seam, bed, or deposit of lignite.

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References in Text

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954, referred to in text, is act Aug. 1, 1946, ch. 724, as added by act Aug. 30, 1954, ch. 1073, § 1, 68 Stat. 919, which is classified principally to chapter 23 (§ 2011 et seq.) of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see

Short Title

note set out under section 2011 of Title 42 and Tables. The 1872 Mining Act, as amended, referred to in text, is act May 10, 1872, ch. 152, 17 Stat. 91. That act was incorporated into the Revised Statutes as R.S. §§ 2319 to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344, which are classified to sections 22 to 24, 26 to 28, 29, 30, 33 to 35, 37, 39 to 42, and 47 of this title. For complete classification of R.S. §§ 2319 to 2328, 2331, 2333 to 2337, and 2344 to the Code, see Tables.

§541b Mining, Removal, and Disposal of Lignite