[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 171 (Thursday, September 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47036-47037]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-23737]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Bureau of Land Management
[AZ-020-08-1430-01; AZA-29639, AZA-19224 and AZA-30327]


Notice of Realty Action; Termination of Classification and 
Opening Lands to Entry in Maricopa and Pinal Counties; Non Competitive 
Sale of Public Land in Pinal County, Arizona

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, Interior.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: This notice will open 221.01 acres to location and entry under 
the public lands laws and the general mining laws. This notice will 
segregate 40.35 acres and be offered for direct sale.

EFFECTIVE DATE: September 3, 1998.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following described lands were 
classified and segregated either on June 26, 1984 or June 3, 1996 under 
the provisions of the Recreation and Public Purposes (R&PP) Act, as 
amended (43 U.S.C. 869 et seq.). The R&PP classification is no longer 
needed for the following described lands:

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 1, Lots 35, 37 and 38;
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 40.35 acres, more or less.

T. 7 N., R. 4 W.,
    Sec. 5, Lots 2 and 3,
    Sec. 5, SW\1/4\NE\1/4\, SE\1/4\NW\1/4\, E\1/2\SW\1/4\NW\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 180.66 acres, more or less.

    The following described land has been found suitable for direct 
sale under Section 203 of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 
1976 (90 Stat. 2750, 43 U.S.C. 1713), at not less than the estimated 
fair market value of $150,000. The land will not be offered for sale 
until at least 60 days after the date of this notice.

Gila and Salt River Meridian, Arizona

T. 1 N., R. 8 E.,
    Sec. 1, Lots 35, 37 and 38;
    Sec. 2, SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, E\1/2\NE\1/4\SE\1/
4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\, NE\1/4\SE\1/4\SE\1/4\NE\1/4\SE\1/4\.

    Containing approximately 40.35 acres, more or less.

    The land described is hereby segregated from appropriation under 
the public land laws, including the mining laws, pending disposition of 
this action

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or 270 days from the date of publication of this notice, whichever 
occurs first.
    This land is being offered by direct sale to Goldfield Ghost Town. 
It has been determined that the subject parcel contains known mineral 
value for locatable minerals; therefore, the locatable mineral 
interests will not be conveyed, however, leasable and salable mineral 
interests may be conveyed simultaneously. Acceptance of the direct sale 
offer will qualify the purchaser to make application for conveyance of 
the leasable and salable mineral interests.
    The patent, when issued, will contain certain reservations to the 
United States and will be subject to valid existing rights. Detailed 
information concerning these reservations as well as specific 
conditions of the sale are available for review at the Phoenix Field 
Office, Bureau of Land Management, 2015 W. Deer Valley Road, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85027.
    For a period of 45 days from the date of publication of this notice 
in the Federal Register, interested parties may submit comments to the 
Field Manager, Phoenix Field Office, at the above address. In the 
absence of timely objections, this proposal shall become the final 
determination of the Department of the Interior.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jim Andersen, Realty Specialist, 
Phoenix Field Office, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 2015 West Deer 
Valley Road, Phoenix, Arizona 85027; telephone (602) 580-5570.

    Dated: August 28, 1998.
MarLynn Spears,
Assistant Field Manager, Lands and Minerals.
[FR Doc. 98-23737 Filed 9-2-98; 8:45 am]
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