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                      FOREST SERVICE MANUAL
                           WASHINGTON

                TITLE 2800 - MINERALS AND GEOLOGY

                     Amendment No. 2800-92-1

                    Effective October 2, 1992


POSTING NOTICE.  Amendments are numbered consecutively by title 
and calendar year.  Post by document name.  Place the Table of 
Contents in front of chapter 2860.  Retain this transmittal as 
the first page of this document.  The last amendment to this 
Title was Amendment 2800-91-1 to FSM 2800 Zero Code.

                                            Superseded    New
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2860 Contents - Creates the chapter table of contents as a 
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F. DALE ROBERTSON
Chief







                 FSM 2800 - MINERALS AND GEOLOGY
                     WO AMENDMENT 2800-92-1
                        EFFECTIVE 10/2/92

      CHAPTER 2860 - FOREST SERVICE AUTHORIZED PROSPECTING
                     AND MINERAL COLLECTING

                            Contents


2860.2   Objectives
2860.3   Policy
2860.4   Responsibility
2860.4a  Deputy Chief, National Forest System
2860.4b  Regional Foresters
2860.4c  Forest Supervisors
2860.4d  District Rangers
2860.5   Definitions

2861     DETERMINING FOREST SERVICE JURISDICTION
2861.1   General Criteria
2861.2   Allowable Activities Under Forest Service Jurisdiction

2862     EXCEPTIONS AND SPECIAL SITUATIONS
2862.1   Hardrock Mineral Collecting
2862.2   Coal-Related Activities
2862.3   Geophysical Activities
2862.4   Forest Service Exploration License for Hardrock Leasable 
           or Solid
         Leasable Minerals Other Than Coal and Oil Shale
2862.5   Geothermal-Related Activities
2862.6   Wilderness