16 U.S.C. § 482p — Patents affecting lands within forest

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Since 1951, mining patents in this Kaibab Forest area give miners mineral rights and timber for ore processing. The United States still keeps the surface, and unrelated surface uses need Agriculture or Interior approval.

Starting July 12, 1951, all patents issued under U.S. mining law affecting land within the above-described area convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim. They also give the right to cut and remove enough mature timber to extract, remove, and process ("beneficiate") those minerals, but only if the timber is cut under sound forest-management principles as defined by the applicable rules and regulations. Even so, each patent reserves to the United States all title to the surface of the land and its products. No use of the surface or its resources beyond what is reasonably required for mining or prospecting is allowed, except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, whichever applies.

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On and after July 12, 1951, all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the above-described area shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by such rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior, respectively.

Source credit: (July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 2, 65 Stat. 118.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1951Enacted · Act of July 12, 1951, ch. 222 · 65 Stat. 118

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 222 on 1951-07-12.

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