§ 482h. — Coronado National Forest; mining 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: 16USC482h]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482h. Coronado National Forest; mining rights
On and after March 15, 1940, mining locations made under the mining
laws of the United States upon lands within four hundred feet of the
center line of the Catalina Highway, Coronado National Forest, Arizona,
which highway begins at the south boundary of said national forest near
the southeast corner of section 7, township 13 south, range 16 east,
Gila and Salt River base and meridian, and runs in a general northerly
direction for a distance of about twenty-five miles to Soldier Camp,
shall confer on the locator no right to the surface of the land
described in his location other than the right to occupy and use, under
the rules and regulations relating to the administration of the Coronado
National Forest, so much thereof as may be reasonably necessary to carry
on prospecting and mining, and shall not authorize the taking of any
resource other than the mineral deposits, or the occupancy of said land
for any purpose other than prospecting and mining; and each patent
issued thereafter under the United States mining laws upon a mineral
location made upon lands within four hundred feet of said center line
shall convey title only to the mineral deposits within said land and the
right, subject to rules and regulations relating to the national
forests, to occupy and use the surface of the land for prospecting and
mining only: Provided, That valid mining claims within said lands
existing on March 15, 1940, and thereafter maintained in compliance with
the laws under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of
Arizona may be perfected in accordance with the laws under which they
were initiated.
(Mar. 15, 1940, ch. 59, 54 Stat. 52.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws, referred to in text, are classified
generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.
