Code of Federal Regulations
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 3810 - LANDS AND MINERALS SUBJECT TO LOCATION
Subpart 3811 - Lands Subject to Location and Purchase
§ 3842.1-4 Manner of describing 10-acre units.
A 10-acre subdivision may be described, for instance if situated in the extreme northeast of the section, as the “NE. 1/4 of the NE. 1/4 of the NE. 1/4” of the section, or, in like manner, by appropriate terms, wherever situated; but in addition to this description, the notice must give all the other data required in a mineral application, by which parties may be put on inquiry as to the land sought to be patented. The proofs submitted with applications must show clearly the character and extent of the improvements upon the premises.
