43 CFR §3832.34
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- (a)Upon obtaining authorization under the surface management regulations of the surface managing agency, you may use and occupy dependent mill sites for:
- (1)Placement of grinding, crushing, or milling facilities (such as rod and ball mills, cone crushers, and floatation cells) and reduction facilities (such as smelting, electro-winning, roasters, autoclaves, and leachate recovery);
- (2)Mine administrative and support buildings, warehouses and maintenance buildings, electrical plants and substations;
- (3)Tailings ponds and leach pads;
- (4)Rock and soil dumps;
- (5)Water and process treatment plants; and
- (6)Any other use that is reasonably incident to mine development and operation, except for uses exclusively supporting reclamation or mine closure.
- (b)Upon obtaining authorization under the surface management regulations of the surface managing agency, you may use and occupy independent mill sites for processing metallic minerals from lode claims using:
- (1)Quartz or stamp mills; or
- (2)Reduction works, including placement of grinding, crushing, or milling facilities (such as rod and ball mills, cone crushers, and floatation cells), reduction facilities (such as smelting, electro-winning, roasters, autoclaves, and leachate recovery), tailings ponds, and leach pads.