---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch3"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 3"
heading: "Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch3"
sections_count: 33
---

# Chapter 3 — Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — Coal Land Entries in General](/usc/30/ch3-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Coal Land Entries under Nonmineral Land Laws with Reservation of Coal to United States](/usc/30/ch3-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Petroleum, Other Mineral Oil, or Gas Land Entries under Mining Laws](/usc/30/ch3-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Homestead Entry of Lands in Utah, Withdrawn or Classified as Oil Lands](/usc/30/ch3-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Agricultural Entry of Lands Withdrawn or Classified as Containing Phosphate, Nitrate, Potash, Oil, Gas, Asphaltic Minerals, Sodium, or Sulphur](/usc/30/ch3-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Location of Phosphate Rock Lands under Placer-Mining Laws](/usc/30/ch3-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Permits to Prospect for Chlorides, Sulphates, Carbonates, Borates, Silicates, or Nitrates of Potassium](/usc/30/ch3-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Building Stone or Saline Land Entries under Placer-Mining Laws](/usc/30/ch3-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Disposal of Alabama Lands as Agricultural Lands](/usc/30/ch3-schIX.md)