Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.390 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.390
Affidavit and petition to explore and develop mine or claim
Status: in_force

1. Whenever a patented mine or mining claim has become the property of a county through operation of the revenue laws of this state, any citizen of the United States may file with the board of county commissioners of such county an affidavit and petition to explore and develop the mine or claim, provided the mine or claim has been the property of the county for less than 1 year, at the time of such filing.

2. The affidavit and petition shall state: (a) That the petitioner is a citizen of the United States. (b) That there is belonging to the county, as shown by the official records thereof, a patented mine or mining claim, sufficiently identifying it, which has become the property of the county through operation of the revenue laws of this state. (c) The amount of the tax, penalties and costs, if any, for which the mine or claim became the property of the county. (d) That it is the petitioner's bona fide intention to explore and develop the mine or claim.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.0305 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0305
“Overriding royalty” defined
Status: in_force

“Overriding royalty” means a share of production taken from the lessee's interest under an oil and gas lease.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.290 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.290
Development and administration of program by Division of Minerals; requirements for program; regulations; action to recover costs incurred by program
Status: in_force

1. The Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources shall develop and administer a program providing for the pooling of reclamation performance bonds to assist: (a) An operator to comply with the bonding and surety requirements of this chapter; (b) A person who engages in small mining operations or small exploration projects to comply with the requirements for financial guarantees set forth in the regulations adopted pursuant to 43 U.S.C. § 1740 ; or (c) A person who engages in mining operations, small mining operations, exploration projects or small exploration projects to comply with the bonding requirements imposed pursuant to an ordinance adopted by a county in this State.

2. The program must: (a) Be designed to reduce the financial burden of obtaining a reclamation performance bond for mining operations, small mining operations, exploration projects or small exploration projects; (b) Require each operator or any other person who participates in the program to: (1) Pay an amount into the pool each year which annually is actuarially determined to enable the program to be self-sustaining; (2) Execute an agreement of indemnity on a form provided by the Division of Minerals; and (3) Provide collateral or other security approved by the Administrator of the Division of Minerals if the Administrator considers it necessary to ensure against the forfeiture of a reclamation performance bond; (c) Use the money in the pool to cover the bonded liability of the operators and any other persons who participate in the program; (d) Provide a limit on the total bonded liability of any person who may be covered under the program; and (e) Provide conditions for the release and forfeiture of bonds.

3. The Division of Minerals shall adopt regulations relating to the development and administration of the program.

4. If the reclamation performance bond of an operator or any other person who participates in the program is forfeited, the Attorney General may bring an action in the name of the State of Nevada in any court of competent jurisdiction against the operator or such other person to recover the costs incurred by the program in the reclamation of the land.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.0878 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0878
Operation of well in unit area by persons not included in unit unlawful
Status: in_force

After the effective date of an order of the Division creating a unit and prescribing the plan of unitization applicable thereto, the operation of any well producing from the pool or portion thereof within the unit area defined in the order by persons other than the unit or persons acting under its authority or except in the manner and to the extent provided in the plan of unitization is unlawful.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.050 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.050
Venue; service of process; applicability of Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure
Status: in_force

1. All suits instituted under the provisions of NRS 520.010 to 520.070 , inclusive, shall be brought in the county within which the mining claim is located.

2. Where the defendant is a nonresident of the county within which suit is brought, but a resident of the State, service of summons may be had personally, as in other cases, or by publication in the same manner as provided by Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure for service of summons by publication where the defendant is a nonresident of the State.

3. All of the provisions of law and Nevada Rules of Civil Procedure regulating proceedings in other civil cases shall, so far as the same are applicable, apply to suits instituted under NRS 520.010 to 520.070 , inclusive.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.0395 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0395
“Working interest” defined
Status: in_force

“Working interest” means the interest granted under an oil and gas lease, giving the lessee the right to work on the leased property to search for, develop and produce oil and gas.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.290 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.290
Applicability of NRS 517.010 to 517.280, inclusive
Status: in_force

The provisions of NRS 517.010 to 517.280 , inclusive, shall be construed as equally applicable to all classes of locations, except where the requirement as to any one class is manifestly inapplicable to any other class or classes.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.039 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.039
“Waste” defined
Status: in_force

“Waste” includes:

1. The inefficient, excessive or improper use of or unnecessary dissipation of reservoir energy.

2. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner which results or tends to result in reducing the quantity of oil or gas to be recovered from any pool in this state under operations conducted in accordance with good engineering practices in an oil field.

3. The inefficient aboveground storage of oil.

4. The locating, spacing, drilling, equipping, operating or producing of any oil or gas well in a manner causing or tending to cause unnecessary or excessive surface loss or destruction of oil or gas.

5. Producing oil or gas in such manner as to cause unnecessary water channeling or coning.

6. The operation of an oil well with an inefficient ratio of gas to oil.

7. The drowning with water of any pool or part thereof capable of producing oil or gas, except insofar as and to the extent authorized by the Commission under this chapter.

8. Underground waste.

9. The creation of unnecessary fire hazards.

10. The escape into the open air, from a well producing oil or gas, of gas in excess of the amount which is reasonably necessary in the efficient production of the well.

11. The use of gas for the manufacture of carbon black, except as provided for in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 514.020 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 514 / Section 514.020
Compensation and expenses of Board of Regents
Status: in_force

Members of the Board of Regents shall serve without compensation, but shall be reimbursed for the actual expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.038 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.038
“Royalty” defined
Status: in_force

“Royalty” means the mineral owner's share of production.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 512.008 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 512 / Section 512.008
“Unwarrantable failure of an operator to comply” defined
Status: in_force

“Unwarrantable failure of an operator to comply” means the failure of an operator to prevent the occurrence of or to abate a violation of a health or safety standard or regulation adopted pursuant to the provisions of this chapter due to indifference, lack of diligence or lack of reasonable care.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.120 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.120
Registration of stockholder with county clerk or justice of the peace; fee for registration and administering oath
Status: in_force

1. Each county clerk, or justice of the peace in each of the townships, shall keep in his or her office a suitable book for registration, in which he or she shall enter the names of all persons who shall be entitled to the privileges granted by NRS 520.110 to 520.150 , inclusive.

2. The county clerks, or justices of the peace of the several townships, are authorized to administer an oath or affirmation to each applicant for such privileges. For administering such oath or affirmation and for registering the name of the applicant, the county clerk or justice of the peace shall receive a fee of $1, to be paid by the applicant at the time of registration.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.160 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.160
Definition of boundaries; erection of monuments
Status: in_force

1. Within 60 days after the posting of the notice of location, the locator of a tunnel right or location shall define the boundaries of the tunnel by monuments placed at intervals of not more than 300 feet from the face or point of commencement of the tunnel to the terminus of 3,000 feet therefrom.

2. The monuments must be of the same size and character as those provided for lode or placer claims in this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.170 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.170
Express agreement unnecessary; origin of relationship
Status: in_force

An express agreement to become partners or to share the profits and losses of mining is not necessary to the formation or existence of a mining partnership. The relation arises from the ownership of shares or interests in the mine and working it for the purpose of extracting the minerals therefrom.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 513.063 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 513 / Section 513.063
Duties
Status: in_force

The Commission shall:

1. Keep itself informed of and interested in the entire field of legislation and administration charged to the Division.

2. Report to the Governor, the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission created by NRS 514A.040 and the Legislature on all matters which it may deem pertinent to the Division, and concerning any specific matters previously requested by the Governor or the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission.

3. Advise and make recommendations to the Governor, the Mining Oversight and Accountability Commission and the Legislature concerning the policy of this State relating to minerals.

4. Formulate the administrative policies of the Division.

5. Adopt regulations necessary for carrying out the duties of the Commission and the Division.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.010 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.010
Institution of action
Status: in_force

When three or more persons, owning or claiming as joint tenants, tenants in common or coparceners a majority of the number of feet, shares or interests in any mining claim in this State, shall have formed, or shall hereafter form themselves into a corporation or organized association for the purpose of working and developing such mining claim, and shall actually proceed to work and develop the same, such corporation or association may, without demand, except by commencement of an action, institute in any court of competent jurisdiction suit in its corporate or associate name, as upon an implied contract for the payment of money, against any person not a stockholder in or a member of such corporation or association, owning or claiming to own in such mining claim as joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener, for his or her proportion of the money actually expended, or indebtedness assumed, by such corporation or association in the actual and necessary working and development of such mining claim.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.024 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.024
“Division order” defined
Status: in_force

“Division order” means a written instrument executed for the purpose of:

1. Directing the distribution of the proceeds from the sale of the production from an oil or gas well among the owners of the interests in that production;

2. Setting forth the name and address of each of those owners; and

3. Enabling the purchaser of the production from an oil or gas well who is responsible for the distribution to make remittance directly to each of those owners.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.215 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.215
Comparison of record of survey to county map of mining claims; notice of proposal to change county map; change to county map if no hearing requested; hearing upon request
Status: in_force

1. When a record of survey filed with the county recorder by a professional land surveyor shows the location of a mining claim, the county recorder shall compare that record of survey to the county map of mining claims and ascertain whether the location of the claim is accurate according to the record of survey.

2. If the county map inaccurately shows the location of the claim, the county recorder shall propose a change to the county map and mail a notice to all persons whose claims would be affected by the proposed change.

3. The notice must include: (a) A description of the proposed change; and (b) A statement advising the owner of the claim that the proposed change will be made unless the owner makes a written request to the county recorder for a hearing within 30 days.

4. If a request for a hearing is not received by the county recorder within 30 days after he or she mailed the notice, the county recorder shall make the proposed change to the county map.

5. Upon receipt of a request for a hearing the county recorder shall request the board of county commissioners to hold a hearing on the proposed change.

6. Upon receipt of such a request the board of county commissioners shall, after notifying the county recorder and the owner of the mining claim at least 30 days in advance, hold a hearing and determine whether the proposed change is to be made.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.033 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.033
“Person” defined
Status: in_force

“Person” includes any department, agency or instrumentality of the State or any governmental subdivision thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 512.009 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 512 / Section 512.009
“Worker” defined
Status: in_force

“Worker” means any individual working for wages or other compensation, whether or not employed by an operator.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.350 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.350
Written instruments recorded in office of county recorder before February 20, 1873, deemed to impart notice to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers
Status: in_force

All instruments of writing relating to mining claims copied into books of mining records or other records in the office of the county recorders of the several counties prior to February 20, 1873, shall, after February 20, 1873, be deemed to impart to subsequent purchasers and encumbrancers and all other persons whomsoever notice of the contents thereof. Nothing contained in this subsection shall be construed to affect any rights acquired or vested prior to February 20, 1873.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.003 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.003
“Division” defined
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires, “Division” means the Division of Minerals of the Commission on Mineral Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 512.006 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 512 / Section 512.006
“Mine” defined
Status: in_force

“Mine” means:

1. An area of land: (a) Where exploration is conducted to discover or delineate minerals or mineral commodities in any deposit; (b) Where development is conducted to prepare or open any deposit of minerals or mineral commodities other than solid fuels for extraction; or (c) Where exploitation or extraction of minerals or mineral commodities other than solid fuels is conducted from any deposit;

2. Private ways and roads appurtenant to such areas;

3. Structures, equipment, machinery, apparatus or other property, upon the surface or underground, used or to facilitate the work of exploring, developing or extracting minerals or mineral commodities other than solid fuels in or from any deposit; or

4. Beneficiation plants, mills, smelters, refineries or other property used or to facilitate the treatment or reduction of any minerals or mineral commodities, whether or not contiguous to an area where exploitation or extraction of minerals or mineral commodities is conducted from any deposit.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519.030 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519 / Section 519.030
Notice to purchasers of their liability; institution of action to enforce title
Status: in_force

1. If any person, copartnership, association or corporation shall be or shall claim to be the owner or owners, or entitled to the possession or enjoyment, of any mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises, then in the possession of some other person, copartnership, association or corporation claiming to be the owner or owners or entitled to the possession thereof, and mining, shipping and treating or selling the ore therefrom, the person, copartnership, association or corporation may, if the person, copartnership, association or corporation shall intend or desire to hold purchasers of or those intending to purchase such ore or ores responsible for the value thereof, serve or cause to be served upon such purchaser or purchasers, or intending purchaser or purchasers, a notice in writing, which shall contain: (a) The name of the mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises. (b) The name of the person, copartnership, association or corporation claiming or asserting ownership or right to the possession or enjoyment thereof. (c) The name or names of the person, copartnership, association or corporation in possession of and mining, shipping and selling ore therefrom. (d) A warning to such purchaser or purchasers, or intending purchaser or purchasers, that he, she, they or it will be held liable and responsible for all ore or ores by him, her, them or it purchased and delivered or to be purchased and delivered from such mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises by such person, copartnership, association or corporation, or his, her, their or its heirs, assigns or agents subsequent to the service of such notice.

2. Within 30 days from and after the service of such notice, the person, copartnership, association or corporation serving or causing to be served the same shall: (a) Institute an action to enforce his, her, their or its title in some court of competent jurisdiction against the person, copartnership, association or corporation in possession of and mining and shipping ore from such mine, mines, mining claim, claims or premises, and to enjoin him, her, them or it from the mining or shipment and sale of ores taken therefrom pending such action; and (b) At once notify such purchaser or purchasers or intending purchaser or purchasers of such ore or ores of the pendency of such action.

3. If the notice required by this section shall be served after an action shall have been instituted, it shall not be necessary to commence another under the provisions hereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.220 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.220
Applicant to complete checklist for permit; contents
Status: in_force

The Division shall develop a checklist to be completed by applicants for a permit to engage in a mining operation. The information requested by the checklist must include:

1. Information relating to the plan for reclamation, including: (a) The proposed subsequent use of the land after the mining operation is completed; (b) The proposed schedule of reclamation that will be followed; (c) The proposed topography of the land after the mining operation is completed; (d) The treatment of slopes created or affected by the mining operation; (e) The proposed use of impoundments; (f) The kinds of access roads to be built and the manner of reclamation of road sites; (g) The methods of drainage that will be used during the mining operation and reclamation; (h) The revegetation of the land; (i) The monitoring and maintenance of the reclaimed land that will be performed by the operator; (j) The reclamation that will be necessary as a result of instream mining; (k) The effect that reclamation will have on future mining in that area; and (l) The effect of the reclamation on public safety.

2. Information relating to the mining operation and maps of the area which is required by the regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160 .

3. Other information as requested by the Administrator which the Administrator determines is pertinent to the reclamation activities of the mining operation.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.110 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.110
“Small exploration project” defined
Status: in_force

“Small exploration project” means an exploration project which is limited to a surface disturbance of not more than 5 acres in any calendar year. To determine the area of the surface disturbed, all land disturbed and left unreclaimed by an operator within a 1-mile radius of the center of the project must be considered.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.120 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.120
Location of nonmineral land as mill site
Status: in_force

The proprietor of a mine or mining claim or the owner of a mill or reduction works, may locate 5 acres of nonmineral land as a mill site.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.040 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.040
Specifications of summons
Status: in_force

The summons shall specify:

1. The amount of money actually expended or indebtedness assumed by such corporation or association in the actual and necessary working and development of the mining claim.

2. The amount due from each joint tenant, tenant in common or coparcener as his or her proportion of such money or indebtedness.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.270 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.270
Notice of noncompliance; method of service; contents; hearing
Status: in_force

If the Division has reason to believe that any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280 , inclusive, a plan for reclamation, any condition placed on a plan for reclamation or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160 , has been violated, the Division shall serve a notice of noncompliance upon the holder of the permit. The notice must:

1. Be served personally or by registered mail addressed to the holder of the permit at his or her address as shown on the records of the Division;

2. Specify each violation; and

3. Set a date and time for a hearing and inform the person that the person’s permit may be suspended or revoked and the person’s bond or other surety forfeited upon completion of the hearing or if the person fails to attend the hearing.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.213 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.213
Inclusion of patented mines and mining claims on county map; conformity of discrepancy between county map and record of survey showing location of mine or claim; duty of county recorder to provide map to county assessor
Status: in_force

1. The county recorder shall include all patented mines and mining claims in the county on the county map of mining claims in a manner which clearly distinguishes the patented mines and mining claims from the unpatented claims.

2. When a record of survey filed with the county by a registered surveyor shows the location of a patented mine or mining claim, the county recorder shall conform the county map to the record of survey if there is any discrepancy between the two maps concerning the location of the mine or claim.

3. A county recorder who records a map pursuant to this section shall, within 7 working days after the county recorder records the map, provide to the county assessor at no charge: (a) A duplicate copy of the map and any supporting documents; or (b) Access to the digital map and any digital supporting documents. The map and supporting documents must be in a form that is acceptable to the county recorder and the county assessor.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.460 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.460
Sale of mine or claim not subject to prospecting permit: Order for and notice of sale; conveyance to purchaser; disposition of proceeds
Status: in_force

1. Upon receipt of an affidavit and petition as required by NRS 517.450 , the board of county commissioners, by an order appearing in its minutes, shall direct the county treasurer to sell the patented mine or mining claim described in the affidavit and petition, after giving notice of the sale, for a total amount not less than the amount of the taxes, costs, penalties and interest legally chargeable against the mine or claim so stated in the order.

2. Notice of the sale must be posted in at least three public places, including one at the courthouse and one on each claim, for a period of not less than 20 days before the day of sale or, in lieu of such posting, by publication of such notice for a like period in some newspaper published within the county, if the board of county commissioners by its order so directs.

3. Upon compliance with the order the county treasurer shall make, execute and deliver to any purchaser, upon payment to the county treasurer of a consideration not less than that specified in the order, a deed conveying the title of the county to the mine or claim.

4. All moneys received from the sale of such patented mines or mining claims must be credited to the county's general fund.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.040 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.040
“Affected” defined
Status: in_force

“Affected” means that the surface of the land is or will be disturbed by mining, or that the land will be used:

1. As an evaporation or settling pond, leach dump, placer area or tailings pond or dump; or

2. In conjunction with any structure, facility, equipment, machine, tool, material or property incident to mining.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.230 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.230
Notice of existence of liens
Status: in_force

A purchaser of the interest of a partner in a mine, when the partnership is engaged in working it, takes with notice of all liens resulting from the relation of the partners to each other and to the creditors of the partnership.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.0844 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.0844
Property acquired by unit is owned by lessees subject to management by unit
Status: in_force

All property, whether real or personal, which the unit may in any way acquire, hold or possess, may not be acquired, held or possessed by the unit for its own account but must be so acquired, held and possessed by the unit for the account and as agent of the several lessees and is the property of the lessees as their interests may appear under the plan of unitization, subject to the right of the unit to the possession, management, use or disposal of the property in the proper conduct of its affairs, and subject to any lien the unit may have on it to secure the payment of unit expense.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 513.023 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 513 / Section 513.023
Creation; appointment of members; terms of office
Status: in_force

1. The Commission on Mineral Resources, composed of seven members appointed by the Governor, is hereby created.

2. The Governor shall appoint: (a) Two persons who are familiar with large-scale mining; (b) One person who is familiar with the production of oil and gas; (c) One person who is familiar with exploration for and development of minerals; (d) One person who is familiar with the situations unique to small-scale mining and prospecting; (e) One person who is familiar with the development of geothermal resources; and (f) One member to represent the general public.

3. The members of the Commission shall serve terms of 4 years, except when appointed to fill unexpired terms.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 512.210 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 512 / Section 512.210
Administrator to notify Attorney General on failure or refusal of operator to comply with order; action by Attorney General
Status: in_force

Upon the unwarrantable failure of an operator to comply or upon refusal of an operator of any mine to comply with the requirements of any order issued to such operator, the Administrator may immediately notify the Attorney General of the unwarrantable failure to comply or the refusal. The Attorney General, or the district attorney of the county in which the mine is situated at the instigation of the Attorney General, must thereupon immediately commence an action in the name of the State against the operator so notified for the enforcement of the penalty designated in NRS 512.270 .
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.140 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.140
Application of chapter; lands subject to jurisdiction of United States
Status: in_force

1. As the State of Nevada is a sovereign state and not disposed to jeopardize or surrender any of its sovereign rights, this chapter applies to all lands in the State of Nevada lawfully subject to its police powers. It applies to lands of the United States or to lands subject to the jurisdiction of the United States only to the extent that control and supervision of conservation of oil and gas by the United States on its lands fails to effect the intent and purposes of this chapter and otherwise applies to those lands to such extent as an officer of the United States having jurisdiction, or the officer’s authorized representative, approves any of the provisions of this chapter or the order or orders of the Division which affects those lands.

2. This chapter applies to any lands committed to a unit agreement approved by the Secretary of the Interior of the United States or his or her authorized representative, except that the Division may, under the unit agreements, suspend the application of this chapter or any part of this chapter so long as the conservation of oil and gas and the prevention of waste is accomplished thereby, but the suspension does not relieve any operator from making such reports as are necessary or advised to be fully informed as to operations under the agreement and as the Division may require under this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.180 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.180
Location of blind or unknown lode or vein in tunnel
Status: in_force

All blind lodes, or veins or lodes not previously known to exist, discovered in a tunnel run for the development of a vein or lode, or for the discovery of mines, and within 3,000 feet from the face of such tunnel, shall be located upon the surface and held in like manner to other lode claims under the provisions of this chapter.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 517.150 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 517 / Section 517.150
Requirements for location
Status: in_force

The locator of a tunnel right or location shall locate his or her tunnel right or location by posting a notice of location at the face or point of commencement of the tunnel, which notice must contain:

1. The name of the locator and the locator’s mailing address.

2. The date of the location.

3. The proposed course or direction of the tunnel.

4. The height and width thereof.

5. The position and character of the boundary monuments.

6. A description of the tunnel by reference to a natural landmark or a readily identifiable artificial landmark which identifies the claim or tunnel right.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.060 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.060
“Division” defined
Status: in_force

“Division” means the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.037 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.037
“Producer” defined
Status: in_force

“Producer” means the owner of a well or wells capable of producing oil or gas, or both.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.240 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.240
Authority of member to bind partnership
Status: in_force

No member of a mining partnership or other agent or manager thereof can, by a contract in writing, bind the partnership, except by express authority derived from the members thereof.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 522.160 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 522 / Section 522.160
Nevada to join Interstate Compact
Status: in_force

The Governor is authorized and directed, for and in the name of the State of Nevada, to join with the other states in the Interstate Compact to Conserve Oil and Gas, which was heretofore executed in the city of Dallas, Texas, on February 16, 1935, and which is now on deposit with the Department of State of the United States, and which has been extended to September 1, 1955, all with the consent of the Congress of the United States.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 520.140 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 520 / Section 520.140
Order for admission to mine
Status: in_force

Immediately upon complying with the provisions of NRS 520.130 , the county clerk or justice of the peace shall furnish the applicant with a written order for admission to the mine and mining properties which the applicant may desire to examine.
Nev. Rev. Stat. § 519A.280 — NV Code / Title 46 / Chapter 519A / Section 519A.280
Penalties; disposition of money; injunctions and other remedies
Status: in_force

1. Except as otherwise provided in NRS 445C.010 to 445C.120 , inclusive, a person who violates any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280 , inclusive, or any regulation adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160 , is guilty of a misdemeanor and, in addition to any criminal penalty, is subject to a civil penalty imposed by the Division at a hearing for which notice has been given, in an amount determined pursuant to the schedule adopted by the Commission pursuant to NRS 519A.160 .

2. Any money received by the Division pursuant to subsection 1 must be deposited with the State Treasurer for credit to the appropriate account of the Division. All interest earned on the money credited pursuant to this section must be credited to the account to which the money was credited.

3. In addition to any other remedy provided by this chapter, the Division may compel compliance with any provision of NRS 519A.010 to 519A.280 , inclusive, or of any regulation adopted or permit or order issued pursuant to those sections, by injunction or other appropriate remedy. The Division may institute and maintain in the name of the State of Nevada any such enforcement proceedings.