43 CFR §3503.11
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Prospecting permits and leases for solid leasable and hardrock minerals are not available under this part for:
- (a)Lands within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, except as expressly authorized by law;
- (b)Lands within Indian Reservations, except the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Hillcreek Extension, State of Utah;
- (c)Lands within incorporated cities, towns and villages;
- (d)Lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, oil shale reserves and national petroleum reserves;
- (e)Lands acquired by the United States for development of helium, fissionable material deposits or other minerals essential to the defense of the country, except leasable minerals;
- (f)Lands acquired by foreclosure or otherwise for resale;
- (g)Acquired lands reported as surplus under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.);
- (h)Any tidelands or submerged coastal lands within the continental shelf adjacent or littoral to any part of lands within the jurisdiction of the United States;
- (i)Lands within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;
- (j)Lands adjacent to or within Searles Lake, California, which are not available for potassium prospecting permits (BLM will lease potassium in this area by competitive bidding); and
- (k)Any other lands withdrawn from mineral leasing.