Arizona § 27-271 Definition of common variety minerals

Arizona Statutes

§ 27-271 — Definition of common variety minerals

Arizona § 27-271

Title 27Arizona Revised Statutes

Ch. 2MINING RIGHTS IN LAND

Art. 5Lease of State Lands for Common Variety Minerals

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Ariz. Rev. Stat. Ann. § 27-271 (2026).

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For purposes of this article, "common variety minerals":

1.Includes deposits of petrified wood, stone, pumice, pumicite or cinders, decomposed granite, sand, gravel, boulders, common clay, fill dirt and waste rock.

2.Includes deposits that, although they may have value for use in trade, manufacturing and the construction, landscaping and decorative rock industries, do not possess a distinct, special economic value for those uses beyond the normal uses of those deposits.

3.Includes material used as road base material, riprap, ballast, borrow, fill, facing stone, landscaping or ornamental uses and other similar uses.

4.Does not include limestone suitable for use in producing cement, metallurgical or chemical grade limestone or gypsum.

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For purposes of this article, "common variety minerals":

1. Includes deposits of petrified wood, stone, pumice, pumicite or cinders, decomposed granite, sand, gravel, boulders, common clay, fill dirt and waste rock.

2. Includes deposits that, although they may have value for use in trade, manufacturing and the construction, landscaping and decorative rock industries, do not possess a distinct, special economic value for those uses beyond the normal uses of those deposits.

3. Includes material used as road base material, riprap, ballast, borrow, fill, facing stone, landscaping or ornamental uses and other similar uses.

4. Does not include limestone suitable for use in producing cement, metallurgical or chemical grade limestone or gypsum.