---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3505.10"
title: "43"
number: "3505.10"
heading: "What is a prospecting permit?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3505.10"
---

# §3505.10. What is a prospecting permit?

- (a) A prospecting permit gives you the exclusive right to prospect on and explore lands available for leasing under this part to determine if a valuable deposit exists of:
  - (1) Phosphate;
  - (2) Sodium;
  - (3) Potassium;
  - (4) Sulphur;
  - (5) Gilsonite; or
  - (6) **A hardrock mineral.**
- (b) **Prospecting permits are not available for asphalt.**
- (c) You may remove only material needed to demonstrate the existence of a valuable mineral deposit.

## Notes

### 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.