10.1-108 - Definitions. - Virginia Statutes

§ 10.1-108. Definitions.

As used in this article, unless the context requires a different meaning:

"Environment" means the natural, scenic, scientific and historic attributesof the Commonwealth.

"Exploration" means the examination and investigation of land for thepurpose of locating and determining the extent of minerals, by excavating,drilling, boring, sinking shafts, sinking wells, driving tunnels, or othermeans.

"Mineral" means petroleum, natural gas, coal, ore, rock and any other solidchemical element or compound which results from the inorganic process ofnature. For the purposes of this article, the word mineral shall not includetimber.

(1978, c. 835, § 10-17.113; 1988, c. 891.)