---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3833.91"
title: "43"
number: "3833.91"
heading: "What defects cannot be cured under this part?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3833.91"
---

# §3833.91. What defects cannot be cured under this part?


Defects or other problems that cannot be cured and therefore result in forfeiture of your mining claims or sites are:

- (a) Failing to record a mining claim or site within 90 days after you locate it;
- (b) Failing to pay the location fee or initial maintenance fee within 90 days after you locate it; and
- (c) **Locating a mining claim or site on lands withdrawn from mineral entry at the time you locate it.**

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 22 et seq., 621-625; 43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1701 et seq.; 62 Stat. 162; 115 Stat. 414.

### Source

Source: 68 FR 61071, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted.