§ 482p. — Patents affecting lands within forest.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 16USC482p]
TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
CHAPTER 2--NATIONAL FORESTS
SUBCHAPTER I--ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
Sec. 482p. Patents affecting lands within forest
On and after July 12, 1951, all patents issued under the United
States mining laws affecting lands within the above-described area shall
convey title to the mineral deposits within the claim, together with the
right to cut and remove so much of the mature timber therefrom as may be
needed in extracting and removing and beneficiation of the mineral
deposits, if the timber is cut under sound principles of forest
management as defined by such rules and regulations, but each patent
shall reserve to the United States all title in or to the surface of the
lands and products thereof, and no use of the surface of the claim or
the resources therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining
or prospecting shall be allowed except under the rules and regulations
of the Department of Agriculture or the Department of the Interior,
respectively.
(July 12, 1951, ch. 222, Sec. 2, 65 Stat. 118.)
References in Text
The United States mining laws, 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 sections 482o, 482q of this title.
