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30 U.S.C. § 28g — Location fee

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30 U.S.C. § 28g — Location fee

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for every unpatented mining claim, mill or tunnel site located after August 10, 1993, to the extent provided in advance in Appropriations Acts, pursuant to the Mining Laws of the United States, the locator shall, at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management, pay to the Secretary of the Interior a location fee, in addition to the claim maintenance fee required by [section 28f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section28f&num=0&edition=prelim), of $25.00 per claim.

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30 U.S.C. § 28f — Fee

**(a) Claim maintenance fee** (1) **Lode mining claims, mill sites, and tunnel sites** — The holder of each unpatented lode mining claim, mill site, or tunnel site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States before, on, or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year, to the extent provided in advance in appropriations Acts, a claim maintenance fee of $100 per claim or site, respectively. Such claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the assessment work requirement contained in the Mining Law of 1872 ([30 U.S.C. 28–28e](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section28–28e&num=0&edition=prelim)) 11 See References in Text note below. and the related filing requirements contained in section 1744(a) and (c) of title 43. (2) **Placer mining claims** — The holder of each unpatented placer mining claim located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States before, on, or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year, the claim maintenance fee described in subsection (a)(1), for each 20 acres of the placer claim or portion thereof. Such claim maintenance fee shall be in lieu of the assessment work requirement contained in the Mining Law of 1872 ([30 U.S.C. 28](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section28&num=0&edition=prelim) to 28e) 1 and the related filing requirements contained in section 1744(a) and (c) of title 43. **(b) Time of payment** The claim main tenance 22 So in original. Probably should be “maintenance”. fee under subsection (a) shall be paid for the year in which the location is made, at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management.

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30 U.S.C. § 28 — Mining district regulations by miners: location, recordation, and amount of work; marking of location on ground; records; annual labor or improvements on claims pending issue of patent; co-owner’s succession in interest upon delinquency in contributing proportion of expenditures; tunnel as lode expenditure

The miners of each mining district may make regulations not in conflict with the laws of the United States, or with the laws of the State or Territory in which the district is situated, governing the location, manner of recording, amount of work necessary to hold possession of a mining claim, subject to the following requirements: The location must be distinctly marked on the ground so that its boundaries can be readily traced. All records of mining claims made after May 10, 1872, shall contain the name or names of the locators, the date of the location, and such a description of the claim or claims located by reference to some natural object or permanent monument as will identify the claim. On each claim located after the 10th day of May 1872, that is granted a waiver under [section 28f of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section28f&num=0&edition=prelim), and until a patent has been issued therefor, not less than $100 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made during each year. On all claims located prior to the 10th day of May 1872, $10 worth of labor shall be performed or improvements made each year, for each one hundred feet in length along the vein until a patent has been issued therefor; but where such claims are held in common, such expenditure may be made upon any one claim; and upon a failure to comply with these conditions, the claim or mine upon which such failure occurred shall be open to relocation in the same manner as if no location of the same had ever been made, provided that the original locators, their heirs, assigns, or legal representatives, have not resumed work upon the claim after failure and before such location. Upon the failure of any one of several coowners to contribute his proporti

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30 U.S.C. § 28g — Location fee

Page 13 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 28g Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 112–74, § 430(1)(B), added par. (2). Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 112–74, § 430(2), substituted ‘‘The claim main tenance fee under subsection (a) shall be paid for the year in which the location is made, at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management.’’ for ‘‘The claim maintenance fee payable pursuant to subsection (a) of this section for any assessment year shall be paid before the com- mencement of the assessment year, except that for the initial assessment year in which the location is made, the locator shall pay the claim maintenance fee at the time the location notice is recorded with the Bureau of Land Management.’’ 2009—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 111–88 substituted ‘‘, to the extent provided in advance in Appropriations Acts,’’ for ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008,’’. See Codification note above. Pub. L. 111–8, which directed the removal of the modi- fications made by Pub. L. 110–161, was executed by in- serting ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’ after ‘‘before Sep- tember 1 of each year’’. See 2007 Amendment note below. 2007—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 110–161 struck out ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’ after ‘‘before September 1 of each year’’. See Codification note above. 2003—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 108–108 substituted ‘‘for years 2004 through 2008’’ for ‘‘for years 2002 through 2003’’. See Codification note above. 2001—Subsec. (a). Pub. L. 107–63 substituted ‘‘The holder of each unpatented mining claim, mill, or tunnel site, located pursuant to the mining laws of the United States, whether located before, on or after August 10, 1993, shall pay to the Secretary of the Interior, on or before September 1 of each year for years 2002 through 2003, a claim mainte

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