# S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6: Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election

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## Section

- **Citation:** S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6
- **Heading:** Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election
- **Jurisdiction:** South Dakota
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** SD Code / Title 45 / Chapter 4 / Section 45-4-6

## Text

The length of any lode claim may equal but not exceed fifteen hundred feet along the vein or lode.

The width of a lode claim shall be three hundred feet on each side of the center of the vein or lode. However, any county may, at any general election, determine upon a width less than three hundred feet but not less than twenty-five feet on each side of the vein or lode.

Source: PolC 1877, ch 31, §§ 1, 2; CL 1887, §§ 1997, 1998; SL 1899, ch 115, § 1; RPolC 1903, §§ 2532, 2533; RC 1919, §§ 8726, 8727; SDC 1939, § 42.0102; SL 2011, ch 165, § 171.

## Nearby sections

- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-1 Discovery of lode within limits of claim essential](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-1.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-2 Conditions precedent to filing of location certificate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-2.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-3 Marking surface boundaries of claim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-3.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-4 Location certificate--Recording of claim--Contents--Validity](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-4.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-5 Location certificate limited to single location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-5.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-6 Dimensions of lode claim--Determination of width by election](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-6.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-7 Fee for recording and certification of location certificate--Certified copy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-7.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-8 Additional location certificate--Relocation--Existing rights of others not affected--Claimant not precluded from proving title under previous location](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-8.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-9 Relocation of abandoned lode--Fixing of boundaries--Erection of new discovery monument--Contents of relocation certificate](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-9.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-10 Location certificate--Surface ground included and excluded](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-10.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-11 Longitudinal limits of claim](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-11.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-13 Right to mine separate from right to surface--Security required of miner--Enforcement](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-13.md)
- [S.D. Codified Laws § 45-4-14 Fencing of mining claim or mineral property for protection of livestock--Duties on abandonment--Liability for damages--Violation as misdemeanor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_SD_T45_C4_S45-4-14.md)
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