Montana Statutes
§ 82-2-304 — Exemption -- Discovery Pits On Federal Lands
Montana § 82-2-304
JurisdictionMontana
Title 82MINERALS, OIL, AND GAS
Ch. 2MINING GENERALLY
Part 3Landowner Notification of Surface Operations
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Bluebook
Mont. Code Ann. § 82-2-304 (2026).
Text
82-2-304 . Exemption -- discovery pits on federal lands. Discovery pits which may be required to locate a mining claim on federal lands open to mineral entry, when excavated entirely by hand methods with hand tools, are exempt from the operation of this part.
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Legislative History
En. Sec. 4, Ch. 335, L. 1971; R.C.M. 1947, 50-1304.
Nearby Sections
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§ 82-2-101
Manner Of Locating Claim§ 82-2-102
Record Of Certificate Of Location§ 82-2-103
Affidavit Of Performance Of Annual Work§ 82-2-104
Millsites§ 82-2-105
Relocation Of Abandoned Claim§ 82-2-106
Rights Of Relocator§ 82-2-107
Amended Location§ 82-2-108
Relocation By Owner§ 82-2-110
Rights Of Third Persons Not Affected§ 82-2-111
Validating Locations Already Made§ 82-2-113
Effect Of Patent§ 82-2-114
Amended Locations§ 82-2-115
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Bluebook (online)
Montana § 82-2-304, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/mt/2/82-2-304.