43 CFR § 3832.33 - How do I locate a mill site?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t43/s3832.33"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "43 CFR § 3832.33 - How do I locate a mill site?"
title_number: 43
title_name: "Public Lands: Interior"
section_number: "3832.33"
section_name: "How do I locate a mill site?"
chapter_name: "BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR"
subchapter_number: "C"
subchapter_name: "MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)"
part_number: "3832"
part_name: "LOCATING MINING CLAIMS OR SITES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "30 U.S.C. 22  43 U.S.C. 2, 1201, 1457, 1740, 1744."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 61069, Oct. 24, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "3832"
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# 3832.33 How do I locate a mill site?

(a) You may locate a mill site in the same manner as a lode or placer mining claim, except that—

(1) It must be on land that is not mineral-in-character; and

(2) You must use or occupy each two and a half acre portion of a mill site in order for that portion of the mill site to be valid.

(b) If the United States does not own the surface estate of a particular parcel of land, you may not locate a mill site on that land under the General Mining Law or the Stockraising Homestead Act (see part 3838 of this chapter).