16 USC § 115a - Mineral resources; exploitation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s115a"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 115a - Mineral resources; exploitation"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "115a"
section_name: "Mineral resources; exploitation"
chapter_number: 1
chapter_name: "NATIONAL PARKS, MILITARY PARKS, MONUMENTS, AND SEASHORES"
subchapter_number: "XII"
subchapter_name: "MESA VERDE NATIONAL PARK"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 1, 46 Stat. 1043.)"
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# § 115a. Mineral resources; exploitation

January 26, 1931

After , no permit, license, lease, or other authorization for the prospecting, development, or utilization of the mineral resources within the Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, shall be granted or made.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 26, 1931, ch. 47, § 1, 46 Stat. 1043.)