43 CFR § 3503.15 - May I lease the gold or silver reserved to the United States on land I hold under a private land claim in New Mexico?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3503.15"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3503.15 - May I lease the gold or silver reserved to the United States on land I hold under a private land claim in New Mexico?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3503.15"
section_name: "May I lease the gold or silver reserved to the United States on land I hold under a private land claim in New Mexico?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3500"
part_name: "LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189, 192c, and 209; 43 U.S.C. 1701  and sec. 402, Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1946 (5 U.S.C. appendix)."
regulatory_source: "64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3500"
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# 3503.15 May I lease the gold or silver reserved to the United States on land I hold under a private land claim in New Mexico?

If you hold the remaining record title interest or operating rights interest in confirmed private land grants in New Mexico, you may obtain a lease for gold and silver reserved to the United States. See parts 3580 and 3581 of this chapter for leasing requirements.