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citation: "16 U.S.C. §§ 482n–482n–3"
title: "16"
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release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/16/482n..482n-3"
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# §482n. Coconino National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values


On and after May 24, 1949, mining locations made under the mining laws of the United States within the following-described lands within the Coconino [National Forest](/usc/16/5207.md?p=3), Coconino County, Arizona: Sections [14](/usc/16/14.md), [15](/usc/16/15.md), 19, 20, [22](/usc/16/22.md), 27, 28, 29, [34](/usc/16/34.md), of township 19 north, range 6 east; and sections [4](/usc/16/4.md), [5](/usc/16/5.md), [8](/usc/16/8.md), [9](/usc/16/9.md), [16](/usc/16/16.md), [17](/usc/16/17.md), 20, [21](/usc/16/21.md), [22](/usc/16/22.md), 27, 28, [33](/usc/16/33.md), and [34](/usc/16/34.md) of township 18 north, range 6 east; and sections [1](/usc/16/1.md), [2](/usc/16/2.md), [3](/usc/16/3.md), [4](/usc/16/4.md), southeast quarter of [section 8](/usc/16/8.md), sections [9](/usc/16/9.md), [10](/usc/16/10.md), [11](/usc/16/11.md), and [12](/usc/16/12.md), of township 17 north, range 6 east; Gila and Salt River base and meridian, shall confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and no use of the surface of the claim or the [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or use of surface [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) under authority of national-forest regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict with mineral development.


# §482n–1. Cutting of timber within forest; reservation of patent rights


On and after May 24, 1949, all patents issued under the United States mining laws affecting lands within the above-described [area](/usc/16/539m–1.md?p=1-A) shall convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest management as defined by the national-forest rules and regulations, but each patent shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or the [resources](/usc/16/410hhh–1.md?p=8) therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations of the Department of Agriculture.


# §482n–2. Perfection of mining claims within forest


Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on May 24, 1949, and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the [State](/usc/16/6456.md?p=2) of Arizona, may be perfected under [sections 482n to 482n–3](/usc/16/482n..482n–3.md) of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.


# §482n–3. Sedona-Oak Creek area


The provisions of [sections 482n to 482n–2](/usc/16/482n..482n–2.md) of this title are extended to the following-described lands within the Coconino [National Forest](/usc/16/5207.md?p=3), Coconino and Yavapai [Counties](/usc/16/544.md?p=d), Arizona:

Sections [8](/usc/16/8.md), [9](/usc/16/9.md), [10](/usc/16/10.md), [15](/usc/16/15.md), [16](/usc/16/16.md), [17](/usc/16/17.md), 19, 20, [21](/usc/16/21.md), [22](/usc/16/22.md), [23](/usc/16/23.md), [26](/usc/16/26.md), 27, 28, 29, [30](/usc/16/30.md), [31](/usc/16/31.md), [32](/usc/16/32.md), [33](/usc/16/33.md), [34](/usc/16/34.md), [35](/usc/16/35.md), [36](/usc/16/36.md), and the southwest quarter of [section 25](/usc/16/25.md), township 18 north, range 4 east;

Sections [13](/usc/16/13.md), [14](/usc/16/14.md), [15](/usc/16/15.md), 20, [21](/usc/16/21.md), [22](/usc/16/22.md), [23](/usc/16/23.md), [24](/usc/16/24.md), [25](/usc/16/25.md), [26](/usc/16/26.md), 27, 28, [31](/usc/16/31.md), [32](/usc/16/32.md), [33](/usc/16/33.md), [34](/usc/16/34.md), [35](/usc/16/35.md), [36](/usc/16/36.md), and the east half of the east half of section 29, township 18 north, range 5 east;

Sections [18](/usc/16/18.md), 19, 29, [30](/usc/16/30.md), [31](/usc/16/31.md), and [32](/usc/16/32.md), township 18 north, range 6 east;

[Sections 1 to 36](/usc/16/1..36.md), inclusive, township 17 north, range 5 east;

Sections [5](/usc/16/5.md), [6](/usc/16/6.md), [7](/usc/16/7.md), [14](/usc/16/14.md), [15](/usc/16/15.md), [16](/usc/16/16.md), [17](/usc/16/17.md), [18](/usc/16/18.md), 19, 20, [21](/usc/16/21.md), [22](/usc/16/22.md), [23](/usc/16/23.md), [26](/usc/16/26.md), 27, 28, 29, [30](/usc/16/30.md), [31](/usc/16/31.md), [32](/usc/16/32.md), [33](/usc/16/33.md), [34](/usc/16/34.md), [35](/usc/16/35.md), and all of [section 8](/usc/16/8.md) except the southeast quarter, township 17 north, range 6 east;

Sections [11](/usc/16/11.md), [12](/usc/16/12.md), [13](/usc/16/13.md), [14](/usc/16/14.md), [23](/usc/16/23.md), and [24](/usc/16/24.md), township 16 north, range 5 east.

Sections [7](/usc/16/7.md), [8](/usc/16/8.md), [9](/usc/16/9.md), [10](/usc/16/10.md), [16](/usc/16/16.md), [17](/usc/16/17.md), [18](/usc/16/18.md), 19, and 20, township 16 north, range 6 east, Gila and Salt River Base and meridian: Provided, however, That as applied to any lands described in this section, the word “hereinafter” in sections [482n](/usc/16/482n.md) and [482n–1](/usc/16/482n–1.md) of this title and the words “date of the enactment of this Act” in [section 482n–2 of this title](/usc/16/482n–2.md), shall be deemed to relate to the date of the enactment of this section.