30 USC § 162 - Entry of saline lands; limitation

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identifier: "/us/usc/t30/s162"
source: "usc"
legal_status: "official_prima_facie"
title: "30 USC § 162 - Entry of saline lands; limitation"
title_number: 30
title_name: "MINERAL LANDS AND MINING"
section_number: "162"
section_name: "Entry of saline lands; limitation"
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: "(Jan. 31, 1901, ch. 186, 31 Stat. 745.)"
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# § 162. Entry of saline lands; limitation

All unoccupied public lands of the United States containing salt springs, or deposits of salt in any form, and chiefly valuable therefor, shall be subject to location and purchase under the provisions of the law relating to placer-mining claims. The same person shall not locate or enter more than one claim hereunder.

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**Source Credit**: (Jan. 31, 1901, ch. 186, 31 Stat. 745.)