§ 8560.4-7 - Mineral leases and mineral permits.

(a) No mineral leases shall be issued under the mineral leasing laws in any wilderness area on public lands.

(b) Holders of valid mineral leases established on any Bureau-administered wilderness area before the date such unit was included in the National Wilderness Preservation System shall be accorded the rights granted by the terms and conditions of the specific leases.

(c) Subject to valid existing rights, no person shall obtain any right or interest in or to any mineral deposits that may be discovered in a wilderness area through prospecting or other information-gathering activity after the date on which the laws pertaining to mineral leasing cease to apply to the specific wilderness area.

(d) Permits shall not be issued for the removal of mineral materials commonly known as common varieties under the Materials Act of July 31, 1947, as amended and supplemented (30 U.S.C. 601, 604).