16 USC § 482q - Perfection of mining claims within forest
---
identifier: "/us/usc/t16/s482q"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "16 USC § 482q - Perfection of mining claims within forest"
title_number: 16
title_name: "CONSERVATION"
section_number: "482q"
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: "(July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 3, 65 Stat. 119.)"
---
# § 482q. Perfection of mining claims within forest
July 12, 1951*o*
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 Arizona, may be perfected under sections 482 to 482q of this title, or under the laws under which they were initiated, as the claimant may desire.
---
**Source Credit**: (July 12, 1951, ch. 222, § 3, 65 Stat. 119.)