43 CFR 3505.10 - What is a prospecting permit?

Regulations last checked for updates: Nov 22, 2024

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Sep 06, 2024

View all text of Subpart 3505 [§ 3505.10 - § 3505.85]

§ 3505.10 - What is a prospecting permit?

(a) A prospecting permit gives you the exclusive right to prospect on and explore lands available for leasing under this part to determine if a valuable deposit exists of:

(1) Phosphate;

(2) Sodium;

(3) Potassium;

(4) Sulphur;

(5) Gilsonite; or

(6) A hardrock mineral.

(b) Prospecting permits are not available for asphalt.

(c) You may remove only material needed to demonstrate the existence of a valuable mineral deposit.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189,192c,and; 43 U.S.C. 1701

source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 3505.10