Nevada § 396.650 - Limitations on number of samples and quantitative analyses
Full text of Nevada Nevada Revised Statutes § 396.650 — Limitations on number of samples and quantitative analyses, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 396.650. Limitations on number of samples and quantitative analyses
1. Gold and silver samples requiring assays and exact quantitative determinations
are limited to two in any 30-day period; and of the so-called strategic or war minerals,
such as antimony, arsenic, beryllium, manganese, magnesium, tungsten, molybdenum,
quicksilver, zinc, lead, copper, tin, chromium, cadmium, or other strategic minerals
for the assaying of which the average assay office is not equipped, there shall be
run up to five assays or quantitative determinations for any single person or associated
group of persons. Samples sent for ordinary rock and mineral determinations are limited to 10 in any
30-day period. 2. In order to save the State unnecessary expense, if preliminary examinations by
microscope and qualitative tests indicate material of no economic value, exact quantitative
analyses are not to be run on such samples, and reports on such material will indicate
why such material has no commercial value.
Source: official Nevada text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 396.650 ("Limitations on number of samples and quantitative analyses") is part of the Nevada Revised Statutes, the codified statutory law of Nevada. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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