Prospecting permits and leases for solid leasable and hardrock minerals are not available under this part for:

1. (a) Lands within the boundaries of any unit of the National Park System, except as expressly authorized by law;
2. (b) Lands within Indian Reservations, except the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation, Hillcreek Extension, State of Utah;
3. (c) Lands within incorporated cities, towns and villages;
4. (d) Lands within the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, oil shale reserves and national petroleum reserves;
5. (e) Lands acquired by the United States for development of helium, fissionable material deposits or other minerals essential to the defense of the country, except leasable minerals;
6. (f) Lands acquired by foreclosure or otherwise for resale;
7. (g) Acquired lands reported as surplus under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 471 et seq.);
8. (h) Any tidelands or submerged coastal lands within the continental shelf adjacent or littoral to any part of lands within the jurisdiction of the United States;
9. (i) Lands within the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument;
10. (j) Lands adjacent to or within Searles Lake, California, which are not available for potassium prospecting permits (BLM will lease potassium in this area by competitive bidding); and
11. (k) Any other lands withdrawn from mineral leasing.