{"identifier":"/us/usc/t30/s643","title":30,"num":"\u00a7\u202f643.","heading":"\u201cExploration\u201d defined","text":"\u00a7\u202f643.\n\u201cExploration\u201d defined\nAs used in this chapter, the term \u201cexploration\u201d means the search for new or unexplored deposits of minerals, including related development work, within the United States, its Territories and possessions, whether conducted from the surface or underground, using recognized and sound procedures including standard geophysical and geochemical methods for obtaining mineralogical and geological information.","url":"https://projectusc.org/usc/t30/s643.html","content":[{"t":"sec","id":"/us/usc/t30/s643","children":[{"t":"num","text":"\u00a7\u202f643."},{"t":"heading","text":"\u201cExploration\u201d defined"},{"t":"content","text":"\n","children":[{"t":"p","text":"As used in this chapter, the term \u201cexploration\u201d means the search for new or unexplored deposits of minerals, including related development work, within the United States, its Territories and possessions, whether conducted from the surface or underground, using recognized and sound procedures including standard geophysical and geochemical methods for obtaining mineralogical and geological information.","tail":"\n"}]},{"t":"text","text":"\n"}]}]}