---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch23"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 23"
heading: "Geothermal Resources"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch23"
sections_count: 29
---

# Chapter 23 — Geothermal Resources

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

## Sections

- [§1001. Definitions](/usc/30/1001.md)
- [§1002. Lands subject to geothermal leasing](/usc/30/1002.md)
- [§1002a. Repealed.](/usc/30/1002a.md)
- [§1003. Leasing procedures](/usc/30/1003.md)
- [§1004. Rents and royalties](/usc/30/1004.md)
- [§1005. Lease term and work commitment requirements](/usc/30/1005.md)
- [§1006. Acreage limitations](/usc/30/1006.md)
- [§1007. Readjustment of lease terms and conditions](/usc/30/1007.md)
- [§1008. Byproducts](/usc/30/1008.md)
- [§1009. Relinquishment of geothermal rights](/usc/30/1009.md)
- [§1010. Suspension of operations and production](/usc/30/1010.md)
- [§1011. Termination of leases](/usc/30/1011.md)
- [§1012. Waiver, suspension, or reduction of rental or royalty](/usc/30/1012.md)
- [§1013. Surface land use](/usc/30/1013.md)
- [§1014. Lands subject to geothermal leasing](/usc/30/1014.md)
- [§1015. Requirement for lessees](/usc/30/1015.md)
- [§1016. Administration](/usc/30/1016.md)
- [§1017. Unit and communitization agreements](/usc/30/1017.md)
- [§1018. Data from Federal agencies](/usc/30/1018.md)
- [§1019. Disposal of moneys from sales, bonuses, rentals, and royalties](/usc/30/1019.md)
- [§1020. Publication in Federal Register; reservation of mineral rights](/usc/30/1020.md)
- [§1021. Federal exemption from State water laws](/usc/30/1021.md)
- [§1022. Prevention of waste; exclusivity](/usc/30/1022.md)
- [§1023. Rules and regulations](/usc/30/1023.md)
- [§1024. Inclusion of geothermal leasing under certain other laws](/usc/30/1024.md)
- [§1025. Federal reservation of certain mineral rights](/usc/30/1025.md)
- [§1026. Significant thermal features](/usc/30/1026.md)
- [§1027. Land subject to prohibition on leasing](/usc/30/1027.md)
- [§1028. Hot dry rock geothermal energy](/usc/30/1028.md)