§3503.13. For what areas may I receive a hardrock mineral permit or lease?
43 C.F.R. § 3503.13
Subject to the consent of the surface managing agency, you may obtain hardrock mineral permits and leases only in the following areas:
Lands identified in Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946, for which jurisdiction for mineral leasing was transferred to the Secretary of the Interior. These include lands originally acquired under the following acts:
16 U.S.C. 520 (Weeks Act);
The 1935 Emergency Relief Appropriation Act (48 Stat. 115 and 118);
Section 55 of Title I of the Act of August 24, 1935 (49 Stat. 750 and 781); and
The Act of July 22, 1937 (7 U.S.C. 1011 (c) and 1018 (repealed), Bankhead-Jones Act).
Lands added to the Shasta National Forest by Act of March 19, 1948 (62 Stat. 83);
Public Domain Lands within the National Forests in Minnesota (16 U.S.C. 508 (b));
Lands in New Mexico that are portions of Juan Jose Lobato Grant (North Lobato) and Anton Chica Grant (El Pueblo) as described in section 1 of the Act of June 28, 1952 (66 Stat. 285);
Lands in the Shasta and Trinity Units of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Areas;
The following National Park Lands—
Lake Mead National Recreation Area;
Glen Canyon National Recreation Area; and
Lands in the Whiskeytown Unit of the Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National Recreation Area;
Lands patented to the State of California for park or other purposes where minerals were reserved to the United States; and
White Mountains National Recreation Area, Alaska.
Notes, amendments, and revision history
Authority
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701 et seq.; and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix).
Source
Source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.