{"data":{"id":"us/43-cfr-3503.11","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"43 CFR 3503.11","heading":"Are there any other areas in which I cannot get a permit or lease for the minerals covered by this part?","body":"Prospecting permits and leases for solid leasable and hardrock minerals are not available under this part for:\n(a) Lands within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, except as expressly authorized by law;\n(b) Lands within Indian Reservations, except the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Hillcreek Extension, State of Utah;\n(c) Lands within incorporated cities, towns and villages;\n(d) Lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, oil shale reserves and national petroleum reserves;\n(e) Lands acquired by the United States for development of helium, fissionable material deposits or other minerals essential to the defense of the country, except leasable minerals;\n(f) Lands acquired by foreclosure or otherwise for resale;\n(g) Acquired lands reported as surplus under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.);\n(h) Any tidelands or submerged coastal lands within the continental shelf adjacent or littoral to any part of lands within the jurisdiction of the United States;\n(i) Lands within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;\n(j) Lands adjacent to or within Searles Lake, California, which are not available for potassium prospecting permits (BLM will lease potassium in this area by competitive bidding); and\n(k) Any other lands withdrawn from mineral leasing.","path":["Title 43—Public Lands: Interior","Subtitle B—Regulations Relating to Public Lands","CHAPTER II—BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT, DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR","SUBCHAPTER C—MINERALS MANAGEMENT (3000)","PART 3500—LEASING OF SOLID MINERALS OTHER THAN COAL AND OIL SHALE","Subpart 3503—Areas Available for Leasing"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-43.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:26:15Z","sha256":"2d0ec04f3ebd36c603db3cdb2b41b89ca84651f74495c5d715201cda2d7fdd39","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/43-cfr-3503.10","next":"us/43-cfr-3503.12"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}