§ 252. — Disposal of mineral rights.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC252]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER XXVII--OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK
Sec. 252. Disposal of mineral rights
In the areas of said park lying east of the range line between
ranges 9 and 10 and north of the seventh standard parallel, and east of
the range line between ranges 4 and 5 west, Willamette meridian, all
mineral deposits of the classes and kinds now subject to location,
entry, and patent under the mining laws of the United States shall be,
exclusive of the land containing them, subject to disposal under such
laws for a period of five years from June 29, 1938, with rights of
occupation and use of so much of the surface of the land as may be
required for all purposes reasonably incident to the mining or removal
of the minerals and under such general regulations as may be prescribed
by the Secretary of the Interior.
(June 29, 1938, ch. 812, Sec. 2, 52 Stat. 1242.)
References in Text
The mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, are
classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 251e of this title.
