Sec. 6. Mineral lands
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Subject to the provisions of this Act, a western State may select, and the Secretary may convey, lands that are mineral in character under this Act. A western State may not select, and the Secretary may not convey— land that includes only a portion of a mineral lease or permit; or only the Federal mineral estate, unless the United States does not own the associated surface estate. To facilitate the conversion of Federal mining claims to State mining leases on land selected by a western State, a Federal mining claimant may file with the Secretary a voluntary relinquishment of a Federal mining claim conditioned on conveyance of the land to the western State.
If the land subject to a Federal mining claim for which a conditional relinquishment has been filed with the Secretary is not conveyed to the western State under this Act, the conditional relinquishment of land under paragraph
(1)shall be of no effect.