[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 47 (Friday, March 10, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 13164]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-5853]



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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
[MT-930-1430-01; MTM 82056]


Opening of Land in a Proposed Withdrawal; Montana

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: The temporary 2-year segregation of a proposed withdrawal of 
160 acres of National Forest System land for protection of quartz 
crystals in the Snowbird Mine expires on April 21, 1995, and the land 
will be opened to mining. It has been and remains open to surface entry 
and mineral leasing.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 21, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James Binando, BLM Montana State 
Office, P.O. Box 36800, Billings, Montana 59107, 406-255-2935.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A Notice of Proposed Withdrawal was 
published in the Federal Register, 58 FR 21474-21475, April 21, 1993, 
which segregated the land described therein for up to 2 years from 
location and entry under the mining laws, subject to valid existing 
rights, but not from other forms of disposition which may by law be 
made of National Forest System land. The 2-year segregation expires 
April 20, 1995. The withdrawal application will continue to be 
processed unless it is canceled or denied. The land is described as 
follows:

Principal Meridian, Montana.

T. 12 N., R. 25 W.,
    sec. 19, SW\1/4\.

    The area described contains 160 acres in Mineral County.

    At 9 a.m. on April 21, 1995, the land will be opened to location 
and entry under the United States mining laws, subject to valid 
existing rights, the provision of existing withdrawals, and other 
segregations of record. Appropriation of any of the lands described in 
this order under the general mining laws prior to the date and time of 
restoration is unauthorized. Any such attempted appropriation, 
including attempting adverse possession under 30 U.S.C. 38 (1988), 
shall vest no rights against the United States. Acts required to 
establish a location and to initiate a right of possession are governed 
by state law where not in conflict with federal law. The Bureau of Land 
Management will not intervene in disputes between rival locators over 
possessory rights, since Congress has provided for such determinations 
in local courts.

    Dated: March 1, 1995.
John E. Moorhouse,
Acting Deputy State Director, Division of Lands and Renewable 
Resources.
[FR Doc. 95-5853 Filed 3-9-95; 8:45 am]
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