30 USC § 161 - Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s161"
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legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 161 - Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "161"
section_name: "Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected"
chapter_number: 3
chapter_name: "LANDS CONTAINING COAL, OIL, GAS, SALTS, ASPHALTIC MATERIALS, SODIUM, SULPHUR, AND BUILDING STONE"
subchapter_number: "VIII"
subchapter_name: "BUILDING STONE OR SALINE LAND ENTRIES UNDER PLACER-MINING LAWS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-17"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Aug. 4, 1892, ch. 375, §§ 1, 3, 27 Stat. 348.)"
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# § 161. Entry of building-stone lands; previous law unaffected

section 471 of title 16

Any person authorized to enter lands under the mining laws of the United States may enter lands that are chiefly valuable for building stone under the provisions of the law in relation to placer mineral claims. Lands reserved for the benefit of the public schools or donated to any State shall not be subject to entry under this section. Nothing contained in this section shall be construed to repeal  relating to the establishment of national forests.

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**Source Credit**: (Aug. 4, 1892, ch. 375, §§ 1, 3, 27 Stat. 348.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

, referred to in text, was repealed by , , , effective on and after .

### Codification

First two sentences of this section are from section 1 and last sentence of this section is from section 3 of act .