---
kind: "section"
citation: "50 C.F.R. § 27.64"
title: "50"
number: "27.64"
heading: "Prospecting and mining."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/50/27.64"
---

# §27.64. Prospecting and mining.


Prospecting, locating, or filing mining claims on national wildlife refuges is prohibited unless otherwise provided by law. See [§ 29.31](/cfr/50/29.31.md) for provisions concerning mineral leasing.


## Notes

### Amendments

[41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 42976, July 23, 1979]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 685, 752, 690d; 16 U.S.C. 460k, 460 l -6d, 664, 668dd, 685, 690d, 715i, 715s, 725; 43 U.S.C. 315a.

### Source

Source: 41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[41 FR 9168, Mar. 3, 1976, as amended at 44 FR 42976, July 23, 1979]