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30 U.S.C. § 502 — Reservation of minerals to the United States; rights of entry, disposition and removal
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Any mining claim given force and effect as provided in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be subject to the reservation to the United States of all minerals which, upon August 12, 1953, are provided in the mineral leasing laws to be disposed of thereunder, and the right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees, to enter upon the land covered by such mining claim to prospect for, mine, treat, store, and remove such minerals, and to use so much of the surface and subsurface of such mining claim as may be necessary for such purposes, and to enter upon such land whenever reasonably necessary for the purpose of prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, and removing such minerals on and from other lands of the United States; and any patent issued for any such mining claim shall contain such reservation.
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Any mining claim given force and effect as provided in [section 501 of this title](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section501&num=0&edition=prelim) shall be subject to the reservation to the United States of all minerals which, upon August 12, 1953, are provided in the mineral leasing laws to be disposed of thereunder, and the right of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees, to enter upon the land covered by such mining claim to prospect for, mine, treat, store, and remove such minerals, and to use so much of the surface and subsurface of such mining claim as may be necessary for such purposes, and to enter upon such land whenever reasonably necessary for the purpose of prospecting for, mining, treating, storing, and removing such minerals on and from other lands of the United States; and any patent issued for any such mining claim shall contain such reservation.
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**(a) Force and effect** Subject to the provisions of this chapter and to any valid intervening rights acquired under laws of the United States, any mining claim located under the mining laws of the United States subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to January 1, 1953, on lands of the United States which were, at the time of such location—
(1) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral leasing laws; or
(2) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease which had been filed under the mineral leasing laws; or
(3) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws;
shall be effective to the same extent as if such mining claim had been located on lands which were at the time of such location subject to location under the mining laws of the United States: Provided, however, That in order to obtain the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim shall, not later than one hundred and twenty days after August 12, 1953, post on such claim in the manner required for posting notice of location of mining claims and file for record in the office where the notice or certificate of location of such claim is of record an amended notice of location of such claim, stating that such notice is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof.
**(b) Labor and improvement** Labor performed or improvements made upon or for the benefit of such mining claims after the original location thereof shall be recognized as applicable thereto for all purposes to the same extent as labor performed and improvements made upon or for the benefit of mining claims which are not affected by this chapter.
**(c) Withdrawal or reservation** Any withdrawal or reservation made af
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As used in this chapter “mineral leasing laws” shall mean the Act of October 20, 1914 (38 Stat. 741); the Act of February 25, 1920 (41 Stat. 437) [[30 U.S.C. 181](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section181&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of April 17, 1926 (44 Stat. 301) [[30 U.S.C. 271](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section271&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.]; the Act of February 7, 1927 (44 Stat. 1057) [[30 U.S.C. 281](https://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=granuleid:USC-prelim-title30-section281&num=0&edition=prelim) et seq.] and all Acts heretofore or hereafter enacted which are amendatory of or supplementary to any of the foregoing Acts.
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TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING
§ 505
same extent as labor performed and improve-
ments made upon or for the benefit of mining
claims which are not affected by this chapter.
(c) Withdrawal or reservation
Any withdrawal or reservation made after the
original location of such mining claim affecting
land covered by such mining claim is modified
and amended so that the effect thereof upon
such mining claim shall be the same as if such
mining claim had been located upon lands of the
United States, which, subsequent to July 31,
1939, and prior to the date of such withdrawal,
were subject to location under the mining laws
of the United States.
(Aug. 12, 1953, ch. 405, § 1, 67 Stat. 539.)
§ 502. Reservation of minerals to the United
States; rights of entry, disposition and re-
moval
Any mining claim given force and effect as
provided in section 501 of this title shall be sub-
ject to the reservation to the United States of
all minerals which, upon August 12, 1953, are
provided in the mineral leasing laws to be dis-
posed of thereunder, and the right of the United
States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees, to
enter upon the land covered by such mining
claim to prospect for, mine, treat, store, and re-
move such minerals, and to use so much of the
surface and subsurface of such mining claim as
may be necessary for such purposes, and to enter
upon such land whenever reasonably necessary
for the purpose of prospecting for, mining, treat-
ing, storing, and removing such minerals on and
from other lands of the United States; and any
patent issued for any such mining claim shall
contain such reservation.
(Aug. 12, 1953, ch. 405, § 2, 67 Stat. 539.)
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