43 CFR 3873.2
§ 3873.2 Effect of decision that land is mineral.
United States · 43 CFR — Public Lands: Interior · Status: effective
Cite this
- Citation
- 43 CFR 3873.2, § 3873.2 Effect of decision that land is mineral, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/214090
- Permanent ID
ys:prov:214090@1- SHA-256
7fdbafe471047c4cf9e6ac9bc8dfff9810a2ba4c870f11975f2735e2eec86dcb
The hash is SHA-256 of this version's text, with every run of whitespace collapsed to a single space and the ends trimmed. The ID always leads back here, and checking it says whether the text you cited is still the current version.
Full text
The fact that a certain tract of land is decided upon testimony to the mineral in character is by no means equivalent to an award of the land to a miner. In order to secure a patent for such land, he must proceed as in other cases, in accordance with this part.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.