§ 482j. — Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection of scenic values.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC482j]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482j. Santa Fe National Forest; mining rights; protection
of scenic values
On and after June 10, 1949, mining locations made under mining laws
of the United States within the following-described lands within the
Santa Fe National Forest, Santa Fe, New Mexico: Sections 1, 2, 3, the
northeast quarter of section 11 and the north half of section 12, in
surveyed township 17 north, range 10 east; sections 12, 13, 14, 15, 16,
36, and that portion of section 25, outside the boundaries of the
Gabaldon Grant in surveyed township 18 north, range 10 east; three
thousand eight hundred and forty acres, more or less, in unsurveyed
township 18 north, range 11 east, expected to be legally described, when
surveyed, as sections 7, 8, 18, 19, and 30, the northeast quarter of
section 17, the west half of section 17 and the west half of section 20,
township 18 north, range 11 east, New Mexico principal meridian, shall
confer on the locator the right to occupy and use so much of the surface
of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably necessary to
carry on prospecting, mining, and beneficiation of ores including the
taking of mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining and
ore reducing operations, and no permit shall be required or charge made
for such use or occupancy: Provided, however, That the cutting and
removal of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with
mining operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used
in connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance
with the rules for timber cutting on adjoining national-forest land, and
no use of the surface of the claim or the resources therefrom not
reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting shall be
allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, nor
shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface or
use of surface resources under authority of national-forest regulations,
or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in
conflict with mineral development.
(June 10, 1949, ch. 190, Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 168.)
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 482l of this title.
