Title 30 of the United States Code outlines the role of mineral lands and mining in the United States Code.
30 U.S.C. ch. 1—United States Bureau of Mines30 U.S.C. ch. 2—Mineral Lands and Regulations in General30 U.S.C. ch. 3—Lands Containing Coal, Oil, Gas, Salts, Asphaltic Materials, Sodium, Sulphur, and Building Stone30 U.S.C. ch. 3a—Leases and Prospecting Permits30 U.S.C. ch. 4—Lease of Gold, Silver, or Quicksilver Deposits When Title Confirmed by Court of Private Land Claims30 U.S.C. ch. 5—Lease of Oil and Gas Deposits in or under Railroads and Other Rights-of-Way30 U.S.C. ch. 6—Synthetic Liquid Fuel Demonstration Plants30 U.S.C. ch. 7—Lease Of Mineral Deposits Within Acquired Lands30 U.S.C. ch. 8—Development of Lignite Coal Resources30 U.S.C. ch. 9—Rare And Precious Metals Experiment Station30 U.S.C. ch. 10—Coal Mine Safety30 U.S.C. ch. 11—Mining Claims on Lands Subject To Mineral Leasing Laws30 U.S.C. ch. 12—Multiple Mineral Development of the Same Tracts30 U.S.C. ch. 12a—Entry and Location on Coal Lands on Discovery of Source Material30 U.S.C. ch. 13—Control of Coal-Mine Fires30 U.S.C. ch. 14—Anthracite Mine Drainage and Flood Control30 U.S.C. ch. 15—Surface Resources30 U.S.C. ch. 16—Mineral Development of Lands Withdrawn for Power Development30 U.S.C. ch. 17—Exploration Program for Discovery of Minerals30 U.S.C. ch. 18—Coal Research and Development30 U.S.C. ch. 19—Lead and Zinc Stabilization Program30 U.S.C. ch. 20—Conveyances to Occupants of Unpatented Mining Claims30 U.S.C. ch. 21—Metal and Nonmetallic Mine Safety30 U.S.C. ch. 22—Mine Safety and Health30 U.S.C. ch. 23—Geothermal Steam and Associated Geothermal Resources30 U.S.C. ch. 24—Geothermal Energy Research, Development, and Demonstration30 U.S.C. ch. 25—Surface Mining Control and Reclamation30 U.S.C. ch. 26—Deep Seabed Hard Mineral Resources30 U.S.C. ch. 27—Geothermal Energy30 U.S.C. ch. 28—Materials and Minerals Policy, Research, and Development30 U.S.C. ch. 29—Oil and Gas Royalty Management30 U.S.C. ch. 30—National Critical Materials Council30 U.S.C. ch. 31—Marine Mineral Resources Research30 U.S.C. ch. 32—Methane Hydrate Research and Development