§ 460y-5. — Applicability of mining laws; prospecting commenced or conducted and mining claims located subsequent to October 21, 1970, as subject to regulations; patents issued on mining claims located subsequent to October 21, 1970, as subject to regulations; provisions of regulations; rights of owner of existing valid mining claim as unaffected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC460y-5]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 1--NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES
SUBCHAPTER LXXXIII--KING RANGE NATIONAL CONSERVATION AREA
Sec. 460y-5. Applicability of mining laws; prospecting commenced
or conducted and mining claims located subsequent to October 21,
1970, as subject to regulations; patents issued on mining claims
located subsequent to October 21, 1970, as subject to
regulations; provisions of regulations; rights of owner of
existing valid mining claim as unaffected
(a) Subject to valid existing rights, nothing in this subchapter
shall affect the applicability of the United States mining laws on the
federally owned lands within the Area, except that all prospecting
commenced or conducted and all mining claims located after October 21,
1970, shall be subject to such reasonable regulations as the Secretary
may prescribe to effectuate the purposes of this subchapter. Any patent
issued on any mining claim located after October 21, 1970, shall recite
this limitation and continue to be subject to such regulations. All such
regulations shall provide, among other things, for such measures as may
be reasonable to protect the scenic and esthetic values of the Area
against undue impairment and to assure against pollution of the streams
and waters within the Area.
(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed to limit or restrict
rights of the owner or owners of any existing valid mining claim.
(Pub. L. 91-476, Sec. 6, Oct. 21, 1970, 84 Stat. 1070.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws, referred to in subsec. (a), are
classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
Section Referred to in Other Sections
This section is referred to in section 460y-4 of this title.
