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[CITE: 16USC678a]

 
                         TITLE 16--CONSERVATION
 
             CHAPTER 6--GAME AND BIRD PRESERVES; PROTECTION
 
Sec. 678a. Mining locations in Norbeck Wildlife Preserve; rules 
        and regulations
        
    Subject to the conditions herein provided, mining locations may be 
made under the general mining laws of the United States on lands of the 
United States situated within the exterior boundaries of that portion of 
the Harney National Forest designated as the Norbeck Wildlife Preserve, 
South Dakota, created pursuant to the provisions of sections 675 to 678 
of this title. A locator shall have the right to occupy and use so much 
of the surface of the land covered by the location as may be reasonably 
necessary to carry on prospecting and mining, including the taking of 
mineral deposits and timber required by or in the mining operations, and 
no permit shall be required or charge made for such use or occupancy: 
Provided, however, That the mining operations herein authorized shall be 
subject to such rules and regulations as the Secretary of Agriculture 
may deem necessary in furtherance of the purposes for which the said 
preserve was established: Provided further, That the cutting and removal 
of timber, except where clearing is necessary in connection with mining 
operations or to provide space for buildings or structures used in 
connection with mining operations, shall be conducted in accordance with 
the marking rules and timber sale practices applicable to the Harney 
National Forest, and no use of the surface of the claim or the resources 
therefrom not reasonably required for carrying on mining and prospecting 
shall be allowed except under the national-forest rules and regulations, 
nor shall the locator prevent or obstruct other occupancy of the surface 
or use of surface resources under authority of national-forest 
regulations, or permits issued thereunder, if such occupancy or use is 
not in conflict with mineral development: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Agriculture in his discretion may prohibit the location of 
mining claims within six hundred and sixty feet of any Federal, State, 
or county road, and within such other areas where the location of mining 
claims would not be in the public interest: And provided further, That 
no patent shall be issued by the United States on any location filed 
pursuant to the authority contained in this section.

(June 24, 1948, ch. 611, Sec. 1, 62 Stat. 580; Oct. 6, 1949, ch. 620, 
Sec. 1, 63 Stat. 708.)

                       References in Text

    The general mining laws of the United States, referred to in text, 
are classified generally to Title 30, Mineral Lands and Mining.

                         Change of Name

    ``Custer State Park Game Sanctuary'' changed to ``Norbeck Wildlife 
Preserve'' by act Oct. 6, 1949.
    Harney National Forest abolished and its lands transferred to and 
consolidated with those of Black Hills National Forest by Public Land 
Order No. 1016 of Oct. 4, 1954, 19 F.R. 6500.
