§ 482o. — Kaibab 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: 16USC482o]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482o. Kaibab National Forest; mining rights; protection of
scenic values
On and after July 12, 1951 mining locations made under the mining
laws of the United States within the following-described lands within
the Kaibab National Forest, Coconino County, Arizona:
Sections 2, 11, 12, 13, 14, 23, and 26, township 22 north, range 2
east;
Sections 1, 12, and 13, township 28 north, range 2 east;
Sections 1, 12, 13, 24, 25, and 36, township 29 north, range 2 east;
Sections 13, 24, 25, and 36, township 30 north, range 2 east;
Section 18, township 30 north, range 3 east;
Sections 12 and 13, township 30 north, range 5 east;
Sections 7, 18, 19, 29, 30, 32, and 33, township 30 north, range 6
east;
Sections 3 and 4, township 29 north, range 6 east, Gila and Salt
River Base and meridian; and also those mining locations made under the
mining laws of the United States on public domain lands within those
particular sections of townships 23 north, 24 north, 25 north, 26 north,
27 north, and 28 north, all in range 2 east, Gila and Salt River Base
and meridian, through which there extends Arizona State Highway numbered
64 and a strip of land one thousand feet wide on each side of the center
line of the right-of-way thereof; 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, or rules and regulations
issued by the Secretary of the Interior under sections 482o to 482q of
this title with respect to public domain lands under his jurisdiction,
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 or rules
and regulations of the Secretary of the Interior, as the case may be,
nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface
or use of surface resources under authority of such regulations, or
permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is not in conflict
with mineral development.
(July 12, 1951, ch. 222, Sec. 1, 65 Stat. 118.)
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 482q of this title.
