---
kind: "section"
citation: "36 C.F.R. § 254.34"
title: "36"
number: "254.34"
heading: "Mineral survey fractions."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/36/254.34"
---

# §254.34. Mineral survey fractions.

- (a) **Mineral survey fractions subject to conveyance under this subpart are limited to those tracts which—**
  - (1) Cannot be efficiently administered because of size, shape, or location;
  - (2) Are occupied or could be occupied or used by adjoining owners; and
  - (3) **When sold separately or aggregated in one transaction, do not exceed 40 acres.**
- (b) Forest Service officials shall consider the following criteria in determining whether to convey mineral survey fractions under this subpart:
  - (1) The mineral survey fractions are interspersed among and are more or less an integral part of private land holdings;
  - (2) The feasibility and cost of surveying the parcels in order to manage them effectively;
  - (3) The size, shape, and location of the parcels as they affect management, utility, access, occupancy or use of the parcels or the lands with which they are interspersed.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 97-465; 96 Stat. 2535.

### Source

Source: 49 FR 1185, Jan. 10, 1984, unless otherwise noted.