30 U.S.C. § 521 — Mineral leasing claims

Page 102 TITLE 30—MINERAL LANDS AND MINING § 521 IX (§ 281 et seq.) of chapter 3A of this title, amended sections 181 and 193 of this title, and repealed sub- chapter VII (§ 141 et seq.) of chapter 3 of this title. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Ta- bles. CHAPTER 12—MULTIPLE MINERAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE SAME TRACTS Sec. 521. Mineral leasing claims. 522. Conflicting periods of location of claims. 523. Uranium leases. 524. Reservation of minerals to United States. 525. Future location of claims on mineral lands. 526. Mining and Leasing Act operations. 527. Determination of unpatented mining claims. 528. Waiver and relinquishment of mineral rights. 529. Helium lands subject to entry. 530. Definitions. 531. Approval of United States officials. § 521. Mineral leasing claims (a) Preference categories Subject to the conditions and provisions of this chapter and to any valid intervening rights acquired under the 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 February 10, 1954, on lands of the United States, which at the time of location were— (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 in all re- spects as if such lands at the time of location, and at all times thereafter, had not been so in- cluded or covered or known: Provided, however, That, in order to be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim located prior to January 1, 1953, must have posted and filed for record, within the time allowed by the provisions of chapter 11 of this title, an amended notice of location as to such mining claim, stating that such notice was filed pursuant to the provisions of said chapter 11 and for the purpose of obtaining the benefits thereof: And provided further, That in order to obtain the benefits of this chapter, the owner of any such mining claim located subsequent to December 31, 1952, and prior to February 10, 1954, not later than one hundred and twenty days after August 13, 1954, must 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 for such claim, stating that such notice is filed pursuant to the provisions of this chapter and for the pur- pose of obtaining the benefits thereof and, with- in said one hundred and twenty day period, if such owner shall have filed a uranium lease ap- plication as to the tract covered by such mining claim, must file with the Atomic Energy Com- mission a withdrawal of such uranium lease ap- plication or, if a uranium lease shall have issued pursuant thereto, a release of such lease, and must record a notice of the filing of such with- drawal or release in the county office wherein such notice or certificate of location shall have been filed for record. (b) Labor and improvements Labor performed or improvements made after the original location of and upon or for the ben- efit of any mining claim which shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter under the provi- sions of subsection (a) of this section, shall be recognized as applicable to such mining claim for all purposes to the same extent as if the va- lidity of such mining claim were in no respect dependent upon the provisions of this chapter. (c) Withdrawal or reservation of lands As to any land covered by any mining claim which is entitled to the benefits of this chapter under the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any withdrawal or reservation of lands made after the original location of such mining claim is hereby modified and amended so that the effect thereof upon such mining claim shall be the same as if such mining claim had been lo- cated upon lands of the United States which, subsequent to July 31, 1939, and prior to the date of such withdrawal or reservation, were subject to location under the mining laws of the United States. (Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, § 1, 68 Stat. 708.) Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries SHORT TITLE Act Aug. 13, 1954, which enacted this chapter, amend- ed section 1805 of Title 42, The Public Health and Wel- fare, and enacted provisions formerly set out as a note under section 1805 of Title 42, is popularly known as the Multiple Mineral Development Act. TRANSFER OF FUNCTIONS Atomic Energy Commission abolished and functions transferred by sections 5814 and 5841 of Title 42, The Public Health and Welfare. See, also, Transfer of Func- tions notes set out under those sections. SEPARABILITY Act Aug. 13, 1954, ch. 730, § 13, 68 Stat. 717, provided that: ‘‘If any provision of this Act [enacting this chap- ter], or the application of such provision to any person or circumstances, is held unconstitutional, invalid, or unenforcible [sic], the remainder of this Act or the ap- plication of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held unconstitu- tional, invalid, or unenforcible [sic], shall not be af- fected thereby.’’ § 522. Conflicting periods of location of claims (a) If any mining claim which shall have been located subsequent to December 31, 1952, and prior to December 11, 1953, and which shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, shall cover any lands embraced within any mining claim which shall have been located prior to January 1, 1953, and which shall be entitled to the benefits of this chapter, then as to such area of conflict said mining claim so located subse- quent to December 31, 1952, shall be deemed to have been located December 11, 1953. (b) If any mining claim hereafter located shall cover any lands embraced within any mining claim which shall have been located prior to