Iowa § 456.3 Survey

Iowa Statutes

§ 456.3 — Survey

Iowa § 456.3

Title XINATURAL RESOURCES

Ch. 456GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

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Iowa Code § 456.3 (2026).

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The state geologist shall be director of the survey and shall make a complete survey of
the natural resources of the state in all their economic and scientific aspects, including the
determination of the order, arrangement, dip, and comparative magnitude of the various
formations; the discovery and examination of all useful deposits, including their richness
in mineral contents and their fossils; and the investigation of the position, formation, and
arrangement of the different ores, coals, clays, building stones, glass sands, marls, peats,
mineral oils, natural gases, mineral and artesian waters, and such other minerals or other
materials as may be useful, with particular regard to the value thereof for commercial
purposes and their accessibility.

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The state geologist shall be director of the survey and shall make a complete survey of
the natural resources of the state in all their economic and scientific aspects, including the
determination of the order, arrangement, dip, and comparative magnitude of the various
formations; the discovery and examination of all useful deposits, including their richness
in mineral contents and their fossils; and the investigation of the position, formation, and
arrangement of the different ores, coals, clays, building stones, glass sands, marls, peats,
mineral oils, natural gases, mineral and artesian waters, and such other minerals or other
materials as may be useful, with particular regard to the value thereof for commercial
purposes and their accessibility.