---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch3/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Petroleum, Other Mineral Oil, or Gas Land Entries under Mining Laws"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch3-schIII"
sections_count: 4
---

# Subchapter III — Petroleum, Other Mineral Oil, or Gas Land Entries under Mining Laws

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 3 — Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone

## Sections

- [§101. Omitted](/usc/30/101.md)
- [§102. Assessment work on contiguous oil lands, located as claims, of same owner](/usc/30/102.md)
- [§103. Patents for oil or gas lands not denied because of transfer before discovery of oil or gas; acreage limitation; nonapplication to withdraw lands](/usc/30/103.md)
- [§104. Agreements with applicants for patents as to disposition of oil or gas, or proceeds thereof, pending determination of title; Navy Petroleum Fund](/usc/30/104.md)
