16 USC § 482l - Perfection of mining claims within forest
---
identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s482l"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 482l - Perfection of mining claims within forest"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "482l"
section_name: "Perfection of mining claims within forest"
chapter_number: 2
chapter_name: "NATIONAL FORESTS"
subchapter_number: "I"
subchapter_name: "ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(June 10, 1949, ch. 190, § 3, 63 Stat. 169.)"
---
# § 482l. Perfection of mining claims within forest
June 10, 1949*l*
Valid mining claims within the said lands, existing on , and thereafter maintained in compliance with the law under which they were initiated and the laws of the State of New Mexico, may be perfected under sections 482j to 482 of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.
---
**Source Credit**: (June 10, 1949, ch. 190, § 3, 63 Stat. 169.)