---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3832.45"
title: "43"
number: "3832.45"
heading: "How do I obtain any minerals that I discover within my tunnel site?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3832.45"
---

# §3832.45. How do I obtain any minerals that I discover within my tunnel site?

- (a) Even if you have located the tunnel site, you must separately locate a lode claim to acquire the possessory right to a blind vein, lode, or ledge you have discovered within the boundaries of the tunnel site sidelines.
- (b) **The date of location of your lode claim is retroactive to the date of location of your tunnel site.**

## 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.