Yes, unless you specifically reserved the minerals in the deed to your brother, it is assumed that you quit claimed the entire fee simple estate (all of the ownership rights) of your property. There is specific reservation language that must be used in the deed that would to allow the seller to keep his interest in the oil, gas, and minerals. Without seeing the specific deed in question, it is difficult to say if you made this reservation or not, but it sounds like you didn't because the minerals were not mentioned at all. From what I can tell your brother is correct, and he got all of the interest in the property with the quit claim deed including the minerals.
Answered on Aug 16th, 2013 at 4:18 PM