---
kind: "unit"
title: "30"
title_heading: "Mineral Lands and Mining"
key: "ch3A"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 3A"
heading: "Leases and Prospecting Permits"
release: "119-102"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/30/ch3A"
sections_count: 87
---

# Chapter 3A — Leases and Prospecting Permits

Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining

## Contents

- [Subchapter I — General Provisions](/usc/30/ch3A-schI.md)
- [Subchapter II — Coal](/usc/30/ch3A-schII.md)
- [Subchapter III — Phosphates](/usc/30/ch3A-schIII.md)
- [Subchapter IV — Oil and Gas](/usc/30/ch3A-schIV.md)
- [Subchapter V — Oil Shale](/usc/30/ch3A-schV.md)
- [Subchapter VI — Alaska Oil Proviso](/usc/30/ch3A-schVI.md)
- [Subchapter VII — Sodium](/usc/30/ch3A-schVII.md)
- [Subchapter VIII — Sulphur](/usc/30/ch3A-schVIII.md)
- [Subchapter IX — Potash](/usc/30/ch3A-schIX.md)
