§ 281. — Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium; authorization; acreage; lands affected.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 30USC281]
TITLE 30--MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
CHAPTER 3A--LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS
SUBCHAPTER IX--POTASH
Sec. 281. Prospecting permits for chlorides, sulphates,
carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of potassium;
authorization; acreage; lands affected
The Secretary of the Interior is hereby authorized, under such rules
and regulations as he may prescribe, to grant to any qualified applicant
a prospecting permit which shall give the exclusive right to prospect
for chlorides, sulphates, carbonates, borates, silicates, or nitrates of
potassium in lands belonging to the United States for a period of not
exceeding two years: Provided, That the area to be included in such a
permit shall not exceed two thousand five hundred and sixty acres of
land in reasonably compact form: Provided further, That the prospecting
provisions of this subchapter shall not apply to lands and deposits in
or adjacent to Searles Lake, California, which lands may be leased by
the Secretary of the Interior under the terms and provisions of this
subchapter.
(Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, Sec. 1, 44 Stat. 1057.)
References in Text
This subchapter, referred to in text, was in the original ``this
Act'', meaning act Feb. 7, 1927, ch. 66, 44 Stat. 1057, as amended,
which enacted this subchapter, amended sections 181 and 193 of this
title, and repealed subchapter VII (Sec. 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of
this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see
Tables.
Codification
Section was not enacted as part of act Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, 41
Stat. 437, known as the Mineral Leasing Act, which comprises this
chapter.
