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Future m i n i n g claims, e t c.

Mineral reservation to U. S.

Location.

Mining and Leasing Act operations.

PUBLIC LAW 585-AUG. 13, 1954

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graph (c) of said Circular 7 shall be deemed to have been included in a uranium lease application from and after the time of the posting of such notice of lease application: Provided, That there shall have been timely compliance with the other provisions of said paragraph (c) or, if there shall not have been such timely compliance, then from and after the time of the filing of a uranium lease application with the Atomic Energy Commission. SEC. 4. Every mining claim or millsite— (1) heretofore located under the mining laws of the United States which shall be entitled to benefits under the first three sections of this Act; or (2) located under the mining laws of the United States after the effective date of passage of this Act, shall be subject, prior to issuance of a patent therefor, to a reservation to the United States of all Leasing Act minerals and of the right (as limited in section 6 hereof) of the United States, its lessees, permittees, and licensees to enter upon the land covered by such mining claim or millsite and to prospect for, drill for, mine, treat, store, transport, and remove Leasing Act minerals and to use so much of the surface and subsurface of such mining claim or millsite as may be necessary for such purposes, and whenever reasonably necessary, for the purpose of prospecting for, drilling for, mining, treating, storing, transporting, and removing Leasing Act minerals on and from other lands; and any patent issued for any such mining claim or millsite shall contain such reservation as to, but only as to, such lands covered thereby which at the time of the issuance of such patent were— (a) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral leasing laws; or (b) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease filed under the mineral leasing laws; or (c) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws. SEC. 5. Subject to the conditions and provisions of this Act, mining claims and millsites may hereafter be located under the mining laws of the United States on lands of the United States which at the time of location are— (a) included in a permit or lease issued under the mineral leasing laws; or (b) covered by an application or offer for a permit or lease filed under the mineral leasing laws; or (c) known to be valuable for minerals subject to disposition under the mineral leasing laws; to the same extent in all respects as if such lands were not so included or covered or known. SEC. 6. (a) Where the same lands are being utilized for mining operations and Leasing Act operations, each of such operations shall be conducted, so far as reasonably practicable, in a manner compatible with such multiple use. (b) Any mining operations pursuant to rights under any unpatented or patented mining claim or millsite which shall be subject to a reservation to the United States of Leasing Act minerals as provided in this Act, shall be conducted, so far as reasonably practicable, in a manner which will avoid damage to any known deposit of any Leasing Act mineral. Subject to the provisions of subsection (d) of this section 6, mining operations shall be so conducted as not to endanger or materially interfere with any existing surface or underground improvements, workings, or facilities which may have been made for the purpose of Leasing Act operations, or with the utilization of such improvements, workings, or facilities.

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