25 CFR § 214.8 - Acreage limitation.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t25/s214.8"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "25 CFR § 214.8 - Acreage limitation."
title_number: 25
title_name: "Indians"
section_number: "214.8"
section_name: "Acreage limitation."
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF INDIAN AFFAIRS, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ENERGY AND MINERALS"
part_number: "214"
part_name: "LEASING OF OSAGE RESERVATION LANDS, OKLAHOMA, FOR MINING, EXCEPT OIL AND GAS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Sec. 3, 34 Stat. 543."
regulatory_source: "22 FR 10605, Dec. 24, 1957, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 47 FR 13327, Mar. 30, 1982."
cfr_part: "214"
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# 214.8 Acreage limitation.
No person, firm, or corporation shall hold under lease at any one time without special permission from the Secretary of the Interior in excess of the following areas:
(a) For deposits of the nature of lodes, or veins containing ores of gold, silver, copper, or other useful metals, 640 acres.
(b) For beds of placer gold, gypsum, asphaltum, phosphate, iron ores, and other useful minerals, other than coal, lead, and zinc, 960 acres.
(c) For coal, 4,800 acres.
(d) For lead and zinc, 1,280 acres.