---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch3A/schIII"
level: "subchapter"
label: "Subchapter III"
heading: "Phosphates"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch3A-schIII"
sections_count: 4
---

# Subchapter III — Phosphates

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining › Chapter 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits

## Sections

- [§211. Phosphate deposits](/usc/30/211.md)
- [§212. Surveys; royalties; time payable; annual rentals; term of leases; readjustment on renewals; minimum production; suspension of operation](/usc/30/212.md)
- [§213. Royalties for use of deposits of silica, limestone, or other rock embraced in lease](/usc/30/213.md)
- [§214. Use of surface of other public lands; acreage; forest lands exception](/usc/30/214.md)