Locatable Minerals:
Find the Forest Service surface
management regulations, plan of operations form, notice
of intent instructions, and mineral production annual summaries.
Energy Leasable Minerals:
Find the Forest Service's Energy Implementation Plan,
geophysical forms, energy regulations, and links to the White
House National Energy Policy, and Bureau of Land Management
energy information.
Mineral Materials or Salable
Minerals: Find links to mineral materials sales
contract, mineral material annual production, Forest
Service mineral minerals regulations and manual sections.
Reserved and
Outstanding Minerals: Forest Service manual section and
Secretarial orders related to private and reserved mineral
estates.
Forest Service Manual Sections for Minerals and Geology Management:
Link to Forest Service manual sections for minerals and
geology on National Forest System lands.
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Anatomy of A Mine: From Prospect to Production.
Intermountain Research Station, General Technical Report INT-GTR-35 Revised, February 1995. Reviews mining laws and regulations and their
application to mining in Western States. Describes
prospecting, exploration, mine development and
operation, and reclamation factors.
National Minerals Policy Statement:
To foster and encourage mineral development on National Forest
System lands in an ecologically sound manner.
Mineral
Production from National Forest System Lands: Link to annual
mineral production summaries from FY 2000 to the present.
Minerals
Inventories of National Forest System Lands: Link to the
Forest Service Minerals and Geology Inventory hosted on the
Ouachita National
Forest Web Page.
Training Guide for Reclamation Bond
Estimation and Administration: Requirements for reclamation and bonding for mineral
operations on National Forest System lands.
Sustainable Minerals Development: Joint statement of support
between the Forest Service and the Bureau of Land Management.
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