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LegalText 30 U.S.C. § 261 Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage us united_states_code code_section 30 MINERAL LANDS AND MINING 3A LEASES AND PROSPECTING PERMITS 261 30 U.S.C. § 261 current 119-100 2026-06-26 official https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc30@119-100.zip /us/usc/t30/s261 data/legal/raw/us/code/title-30/usc30.xml c0748d618985a055c8d750a6e07fc8cdd5428b604ef876d6bc28e27a0a3ec956 355f8eb5c6ad5372de4a8e665d9ed90202d53d2aac19ac001d43948af4a4dd2f f86a2a55e566c1c9dc2d82c0c7e54031501d9e645588f3a8e55d80d8d07a3ba5 2026-07-04 official
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30 U.S.C. § 261 - Prospecting permits; lands included; acreage

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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 sodium, 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.

(Feb. 25, 1920, ch. 85, § 23, 41 Stat. 447; Dec. 11, 1928, ch. 19, 45 Stat. 1019.)

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Editorial Notes

Amendments1928—Act Dec. 11, 1928, struck out “and directed” after “authorized”, “dissolved in and soluble in water, and accumulated by concentration, in lands belonging to the United States for a period not exceeding two years,” after “nitrates of sodium”, and last proviso which read “Provided further, That the provisions of this section shall not apply to lands in San Bernardino County, California.”