---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3832.33"
title: "43"
number: "3832.33"
heading: "How do I locate a mill site?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3832.33"
---

# §3832.33. How do I locate a mill site?

- (a) You may locate a mill site in the same manner as a lode or placer mining claim, except that—
  - (1) It must be on land that is not mineral-in-character; and
  - (2) You must use or occupy each two and a half acre portion of a mill site in order for that portion of the mill site to be valid.
- (b) If the United States does not own the surface estate of a particular parcel of land, you may not locate a mill site on that land under the General Mining Law or the Stockraising Homestead Act (see [part 3838](/cfr/43/part3838.md) of this chapter).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq.; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1740, 1744.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61069, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.