[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 43, Volume 2]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 43CFR2541.3]

[Page 133]
 
                    TITLE 43--PUBLIC LANDS: INTERIOR
 
    CHAPTER II--BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
 
PART 2540_COLOR-OF-TITLE AND OMITTED LANDS--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart 2541_Color-of-Title Act
 
Sec. 2541.3  Patents.

    (a) Any applicant who satisfied all requirements for a claim of 
class 1 or class 2 commencing not later than January 1, 1901, to the 
date of application and who so requests in the application will receive 
a patent conveying title to all other minerals except:
    (1) Any minerals which, at the time of approval of the application, 
are embraced by an outstanding mineral lease or
    (2) Any minerals for which the lands have been placed in a mineral 
withdrawal.

All other patents will reserve all minerals to the United States.
    (b) All mineral reservations will include the right to prospect for, 
mine, and remove the same in accordance with applicable law.
    (c) The maximum area for which patent may be issued for any claim 
under the act is 160 acres. Where an area held under a claim or color of 
title is in excess of 160 acres, the Secretary has authority under the 
act to determine what particular subdivisions not exceeding 160 acres, 
may be patented.