Subdivision 1. Use for road construction and other purposes. In case the commissioner of natural resources shall determine that any paint rock, taconite, or other iron-bearing material belonging to the state is needed and suitable for use in the construction or maintenance of any road, tailings basin, settling basin, dike, dam, bank fill, or other works on public or private property, and that such use would be in the best interests of the public, the commissioner may authorize the disposal of such material therefor as hereinafter provided.
Subd. 2. Materials subject to state iron ore mining lease. If such material is subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease or located on property subject to an existing state iron ore mining lease, the commissioner, by written agreement with the holder of the lease, may authorize the use of the material for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 that will facilitate the mining and disposal of the iron ore therein on such terms as the commissioner may prescribe consistent with the interests of the state, or may authorize the holder of the lease to dispose of the material otherwise for any purpose specified in subdivision 1 upon payment of an amount therefor equivalent to the royalty that would be payable under the terms of the lease if the material were shipped or otherwise disposed of as iron ore, but not less than the applicable minimum rate prescribed by section 93.20.
Subd. 3. Issuing leases. If such material, whether in the ground or in stockpile, is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may issue leases for the taking and removal thereof for the purposes specified in subdivision 1 in like manner as provided by section 92.50 for leases for the taking and removal of sand, gravel, and other materials specified in said section, and subject to all the provisions thereof, so far as applicable.
Subd. 4. Sale of stockpiled iron-bearing material in place. If such material is in stockpile and is not subject to an existing lease, the commissioner may sell stockpiled iron-bearing material in place. The sale must be to a person holding an interest in the surface of the property upon which the stockpile is located or to a person holding an interest in publicly or privately owned stockpiled iron-bearing material located in the same stockpile.
1951 c 452 s 1; 1953 c 550 s 1,2; 1969 c 1129 art 10 s 2; 1986 c 444; 1989 c 116 s 1; 1997 c 231 art 8 s 1
Structure Minnesota Statutes
Chapters 92 - 94 — Lands And Minerals
Section 93.001 — Policy For Mineral Development.
Section 93.0015 — Mineral Coordinating Committee.
Section 93.003 — Iron Mining; Conditions.
Section 93.01 — Reservation Of Minerals And Water Powers.
Section 93.02 — Instruments Transferring Interest; Reservation.
Section 93.03 — Patent Under Land Grant To Railroad; Reservation.
Section 93.04 — Disposition Of Minerals Reserved.
Section 93.05 — Holder Of Lease.
Section 93.055 — Action To Quiet Title To Lands Covered By Mineral Lease.
Section 93.06 — Reservation Of Minerals Under Navigable Lakes.
Section 93.14 — Leases To Prospect For Ores.
Section 93.15 — Mining Units; Designation.
Section 93.16 — Leases; Sale And Notice.
Section 93.17 — Application For Leases; Bids; Awards.
Section 93.171 — Eligibility And Performance.
Section 93.1925 — Negotiated Leases.
Section 93.193 — Taconite Iron Ore Mining Lease; Extension.
Section 93.20 — Form Of Lease; Required Content; Modification.
Section 93.201 — Royalties For Taconite Concentrates.
Section 93.21 — Execution Of Lease.
Section 93.22 — Disposition Of Payments.
Section 93.222 — Taconite Iron Ore Special Advance Royalty Account.
Section 93.2235 — Taconite Mining Grants; Appropriations.
Section 93.2236 — Minerals Management Account.
Section 93.245 — Mining Minerals Other Than Iron Ore.
Section 93.25 — Ores Other Than Iron; Leases.
Section 93.26 — Leases To Be Filed.
Section 93.27 — Assignments, Agreements, Or Contracts Affecting Leases; Filing.
Section 93.28 — Approval Of Instruments.
Section 93.285 — Stockpiled Iron Ore.
Section 93.33 — Leasing Surface Of Land.
Section 93.335 — Lands Held In Trust; Mineral Rights Only; Mineral Rights Acquired Under Tax Laws.
Section 93.34 — Draining Public Waters.
Section 93.41 — State-owned Iron-bearing Materials.
Section 93.43 — Leases To Nonferrous Metallic Minerals Producers.
Section 93.44 — Declaration Of Policy.
Section 93.45 — Iron Range Trail.
Section 93.461 — Peat Included In Mine Land Reclamation.
Section 93.47 — Duties And Authority Of Commissioner.
Section 93.481 — Permit To Mine.
Section 93.482 — Reclamation Fees.
Section 93.483 — Contested Case.
Section 93.49 — Financial Assurance Of Operator.
Section 93.51 — Penalties For Violation.
Section 93.515 — Oil And Gas Wells; Rules Relating To Spacing, Pooling, And Unitization.
Section 93.52 — Ownership Of Severed Mineral Interests.
Section 93.55 — Forfeiture Of Severed Mineral Interest.
Section 93.551 — Validation Of Certain Statements; Correction Of Certain Errors.