Title 30 — Mineral Lands and Mining
Chapter 20 — Conveyances to Occupants of Unpatented Mining Claims
§ 707. Reservation of mineral rights
Statutory text
In any conveyance under this chapter the mineral interests of the United States in the lands conveyed are reserved for the term of the estate conveyed. Minerals locatable under the mining laws or disposable under subchapter I of chapter 15 of this title, are withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation for the term of the estate. The underlying oil, gas, and other leasable minerals of the United States are reserved for exploration and development purposes, but without the right of surface ingress and egress, and may be leased by the Secretary under the mineral leasing laws.
Legislative history
Reconstructed from this section’s Code source credit and amendment notes, resolved against the local Statutes at Large. Editorial notes are evidence, not the law that made the change.
Pub. L. 87–851 § 7 · 76 Stat. 1127
Enacted · 30 U.S.C. § 707
(Pub. L. 87–851, § 7, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128.)
Source evidence
Code source credit
(Pub. L. 87–851, § 7, Oct. 23, 1962, 76 Stat. 1128.)Enacted provision · exact public law section
Sec. 7. In any conveyance under this Act the mineral interests of the United States in the lands conveyed are hereby reserved for the term of the estate conveyed. Minerals locatable under the mining laws or disposable under the Act of July 31, 1947 (61 Stat. 681), as amended 64 Stat. 571. (30 U.S.C. 601–604), are hereby withdrawn from all forms of entry and appropriation for the term of the estate. The underlying oil, gas and other leasable minerals of the United States are hereby reserved for exploration and development purposes, but without the right of surface ingress and egress, and may be leased by the Secretary under the mineral leasing laws.
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