---
kind: "section"
citation: "43 C.F.R. § 3873.2"
title: "43"
number: "3873.2"
heading: "Effect of decision that land is mineral."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/43/3873.2"
---

# §3873.2. Effect of decision that land is mineral.


The fact that a certain tract of land is decided upon testimony to the mineral in character is by no means equivalent to an award of the land to a miner. In order to secure a patent for such land, he must proceed as in other cases, in accordance with this part.


## Notes

### Source

Source: 35 FR 9760, June 13, 1970, unless otherwise noted.

### Authority

Authority: 30 U.S.C. 30; 43 U.S.C. 1201, 1457, 1701 et seq.