30 U.S.C. § 21
Mineral lands reserved
In all cases lands valuable for minerals shall be reserved from sale, except as otherwise expressly directed by law.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 60
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1906–2025 · leading case: Watt v. W. Nuclear, Inc., 462 U.S. 36 (1983).
Watt v. W. Nuclear, Inc., 462 U.S. 36 (1983). “91 , current version at 30 U. S. C. § 21 et seq. Those laws, which have remained basically unchanged through the present day, provide an incentive *51 for individuals to locate claims to federal land containing "valuable mineral deposits.”
Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners v. Park Cnty. Sportsmen's Ranch, LLP, 45 P.3d 693 (Colo. 2002). “251 (codified as amended at 30 U.S.C. §§ 21 to 54 (1976)). [27] Act of July 9, 1870, ch.”
Karuk Tribe v. United States Forest Serv., 681 F.3d 1006 (9th Cir. 2012). “Mining in national forests The right to mine on national lands is established by the Mining Act of 1872, 30 U.S.C. § 21 et seq.: ‘Under the provisions of the Mining Act, an individ- ual may enter and explore land in the public domain in search of valuable mineral deposits.”
State v. Sw. Colorado Water Conservation Dist., 671 P.2d 1294 (Colo. 1983). “251 (codified as amended at 30 U.S.C. §§ 21 to 54 (1976)); the Desert Land Act of March 3, 1877, ch.”
Nat'l Wildlife Fed'n v. Robert F. Burford, Mountain States Legal Found. (Two Cases), 835 F.2d 305 (D.C. Cir. 1987). “See 30 U.S.C. § 21 (a) (1982) (it is the “continuing policy of the Federal Government .”
Mineral Policy Ctr. v. Norton, 292 F. Supp. 2d 30 (D.D.C. 2003). “The Mining Law A correct resolution of the issues presented by this case requires an understanding and analysis of the pertinent legislative scheme and must begin with the General Mining Law, 30 U.S.C. §§ 21 et seq. (2000) (“Mining Law”), a law that was enacted in 1872.”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 581 F.3d 1063 (9th Cir. 2009). “The Mining Law of 1872 (the "Mining Law"), 30 U.S.C. § 21 et seq., establishes Asarco's existing mining rights to the selected lands.”
Union Pac. R.R. v. Santa Fe Pac. Pipelines, Inc., 231 Cal. App. 4th 134 (Cal. Ct. App. 2014). “) It amended the Pacific Railroad Act of 1862, providing land grants to the railroads, reiterating that the government retained rights to the mineral lands, with the exception of coal and iron (which obviously, along with timber, were major components of railroad construction).…”
Earthworks v. DOI, 105 F.4th 449 (D.C. Cir. 2024). “Background The Mining Law of 1872, codified as amended at 30 U.S.C. §§ 21–53, has allowed people to prospect freely for val- uable minerals on federal lands for more than 150 years.”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. United States Dep't of the Interior, 623 F.3d 633 (9th Cir. 2010). “I Though my colleagues, in their new amended opinion, disclaim any effort to determine how the Mining Law of 1872 (the "Mining Law"), 30 U.S.C. § 21 et seq., might apply should the land transfer proceed, this case turns on the unique history of nearly 140 years of federal…”
Ctr. for Biological Diversity v. Usfws, 33 F.4th 1202 (9th Cir. 2022). “91 (codified as amended at 30 U.S.C. §§ 21 to 54). When first enacted, the Mining Law was exceedingly broad, encompassing almost all federal land in the American West, and encompassing a wide range of valuable minerals.”
Best v. Humboldt Placer Mining Co., 371 U.S. 334 (1963). “4 30 U. S. C. §§21 , 22, 26; General Mining Regulation of the Bureau of Land Management, 43 CFR §§ 185.”
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