43 CFR 3509.40 - What are fractional interest prospecting permits and leases?

Regulations last checked for updates: Dec 18, 2025

Title 43 - Public Lands: Interior last revised: Nov 24, 2025

View all text of Subpart 3509 [§ 3509.10 - § 3509.51]

§ 3509.40 - What are fractional interest prospecting permits and leases?

They are prospecting permits and leases for parcels where the United States holds less than 100 per cent of the mineral interest of the parcel. Fractional interest leases allow development of the shared mineral interests.

authority: 5 U.S.C. 552; 30 U.S.C. 189,192c,and; 43 U.S.C. 1701

source: 64 FR 53536, Oct. 1, 1999, unless otherwise noted.

cite as: 43 CFR 3509.40