Mineral Estate
The rights, title, and interest in minerals which a party owns. The mineral estate is severed from the surface estate in a conveyance when the grantor excepts or reserves all or part of the minerals from the land being conveyed.
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More Coal Mining Dictionary Terms
- Michigan Meridian
- Mile Corner
- Mill Site
- Mill Site Entry
- Mine Survey
- Mineral
- Mineral Adverse Claim
- Mineral Application
- Mineral Classification
- Mineral District
- Mineral Estate
- Mineral Exam
- Mineral Examiner
- Mineral In Character
- Mineral Investigation
- Mineral Land Entry
- Mineral Lands
- Mineral Lease
- Mineral Leasing Act
- Mineral Monument
Coal Lease News From The Coal Fields™
Learn more about the Bureau of Land Management, Public Land Survey System, and coal leases.
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Understanding Lease Ownership
We receive lots of emails from people who find their name or a relative’s name on our site and want to know if this means they have some right to the land listed under that name.
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Understanding BLM Administrative Areas
Whether it is filing a lease or researching one, the administering BLM office is going to be the definitive source.
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Understanding Location Data
Lease handled by the Bureau of Land Management are not mapped by latitude and longitude, instead, these leases harken back to the Public Land Survey System.
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Understanding Townships
A “township” can refer to two different things. Both are part of the PLSS measurement system but have different uses.
