# Selling surface rights, keeping minerals
**URL:** https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110
**Category:** Rogers County, OK
**Created:** [June 10, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110 "2013-06-10T18:00:10Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Louise\_Tario](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Louise_Tario)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2013, 6:00pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110/1 "2013-06-10T18:00:10Z")
My family has 6/80 acres (surface and mineral) in T24-R12. The owner who has the majority if not all of the land there would like to buy out our undivided surface rights. He appears to be a fair & reasonable man. We were told that undivided surface rights sell for about 1/6th of the market rate per acre. This is due to the undivided nature of it.
Does anyone have an idea of what an acre of surface goes for in a rural area such as this?
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### Author:  [@r\_w\_kennedy](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/r_w_kennedy)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110/2 "2013-06-10T18:53:59Z")
An acre of surface is an acre of surface to me and someone who suggested to me that it was only worth 1/6th of an acres value would be told that I would never sell it to them. You have the right to partition, to split off your acres, your share of the surface, you can do this voluntarily with the cotenant/tennant in common or you could do it through the courts, it is your right. If it increases the value of your sirface acres by 500% it may also be good business. If the other party thinks that the surface acres would then be worth 6 times as much, they may offer you more than 1/6 of their value to avoid the hassle. You have the right to demand your acres be partitioned. I suggest that you not practically give your acres away at fire sale prices. You could still give them a fantastic deal at 1/2 price and receive 3 times as much. Do a little internet search and good luck.
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### Author:  [@Louise\_Tario](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/Louise_Tario)
#### Post date: [June 11, 2013, 3:10am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110/3 "2013-06-11T03:10:37Z")
thank you. With this information I will definatly run this past an attorney. I need to consult with one to get the distribution deed corrections.
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### Author:  [@system](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2018, 1:54am UTC](https://www.mineralrightsforum.com/t/selling-surface-rights-keeping-minerals/15110/4 "2018-08-15T01:54:08Z")