WITHDRAWALS/SEGREGATIONS FROM MINERAL DEVELOPMENT

The attached information provides a general indication of the withdrawals/segregations of Federal land from mineral development in Utah. The statistics were derived without in-depth study and thus may not be completely accurate. A minimum amount of double counting may exist in the statistics.  Mineral leases exist on much of the temporarily segregated area.

FORMAL WITHDRAWALS FROM MINERAL DEVELOPMENTS1/

NPS 2/----------------------  1,921,455 acres (Segregated from mining and mineral leasing)

Defense Dept.---------------  1,836,771 acres (Segregated from mining and mineral leasing)

USFS 3/---------------------     218,516 acres (Segregated from mining, leasing partially)

FWLS 4/--------------------       66,000  acres (Segregated from mining, leasing partially)

BOR 5/-----------------------    645,122  acres (Segregated from mining only)

BLM (Primitive/Other6/)-----     130,130  acres (Segregated from mining only)

Total-------------------------  4,817,994 acres

1/ Does not include 2,757,310 acres of Federal oil shale land withdrawn from the General  Mining Law by Executive order (EO 5327) of 1930 and further interpreted by Public Land Order (PLO) 4522 of 1968. Withdrawal was for the purpose of preventing further clouding of oil shale title to allow leasing.
2/ National Park Service
3/ U.S. Forest Service
4/ Fish and Wildlife Service
5/ Bureau of Reclamation
6/ 930 acres Pavant Butte

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