2016-10-20_PERMIT FILE - C1981035A ‎(18)‎

• Permit No: C1981035A
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/20/2016
• Doc Name: Cultural and Historic Resources Survey
• Section_Exhibit Name: KII Appendix 03
• Media Type: D
• Archive: Yes

and enable the formulation of hypotheses towards a variety of research domains that can be accepted,
modified, or rejected by researchers. A low to moderate site density was expected in the Hay Gulch
vicinity based on record search results and small survey size.
4.3 Previous Investigations
On October 20, 2016, Paula Fluder of SEAS conducted a records search on COMPASS, Colorado's
online cultural resource database, to determine if any previously recorded sites occur within the project
area. Nine previously recorded sites are located within a one -mile radius of the proposed project (Table
4.1). Of the ten temporal components, one is an unspecified Native American open lithic site (10%), two
are historic habitations dating to the 1920s and 1930s (20%), and seven are mines (70%). None of the
sites are within or adjacent to the proposed monitoring well locations.
Table 4.1 Previously Recorded Sites Within a Mile of the Project Area
Site NumberT_
Cultural Affiliation
Site Type
5LP 197
1 1) Native American, unspecified
1) Open Lithic
--._.__....._..._.._._._............
2) Unknown historic .
_..._........._................................ --- _
; 2 Habitation _.__.._._.__._...._
5LP 450
Unknown historic --.....---
I Habitation
---_._._..__... ---........ __.................... ...............
_
5LP 1412
................................... .___-.----............................._._....._.._..-
mine (Hay_ Gulch Mine)_ ................_.__ -__..._Mine
(tunnel) _....... ......... .................................. _._....... __............ _........ —
_ ..._.__..__._..._Historic
5LP 1414
Historic mine (Minoletti Mine)
Mine (tunnel)
5LP 1415
Historic mine (Peacock Mine No. —Mine
tunnel, tailings tipple) — _
5LP 1416
Historic mine (Burnwell No. 1 and 2)
Mine (tailings, powder house, tipple,
tun_ne_I)
--------..................._...._._._._._.._...._
5LP 1417
.._......_.......-....._....__.._.............._._..._.-_ _ ..__..
Historic mine Durkan Mine
_.
I Mine tunnel, tailing s
5LP 1418
Historic mine (Tipotsch..Mine)--
I—Mine (tunnel, tailings) _._._ ............................. ..... _......... _
- _
5LP 4584
.......................- --- -
Historic mine Blue Flame
; Coal mine
4.4 Methodoloav and Definitions
The APE for GCC Energy's proposed Groundwater Monitoring Wells Project is 0.23 acre. The total area
surveyed is 2.58 acres. All parcels were surveyed for cultural resources by walking parallel transects
space no more than 15 meters apart to cover 100 percent of the project areas and buffer zones.
For this inventory, a site was defined as any manifestation of past human activity consisting of a feature
and /or 10 or more artifacts. An isolated find is defined as one to nine artifacts in a definable space not
associated with a feature or structure, typically representing an isolated event or expedient activity.
However, site and IF definitions are guidelines only and all cultural manifestations are individually
evaluated for data potential. All field notes, maps, photographs, and inventory documents are on file at
the SEAS office in Ignacio, Colorado. Sites are mapped, photographed, and site forms completed.
Artifact inventory forms are completed with exact counts for artifact classes up to 100 items. For sites
with more than 100 artifacts in any artifact class, field analysis may include 100 or more items per artifact
class, until the nature of the assemblage has been adequately characterized. A primary flake is defined as
having 100 percent cortex on the dorsal surface; a secondary flake is defined as having 1 to 99 percent
cortex on the dorsal surface; a tertiary flake is defined as having no cortex on the dorsal surface. Bifacial
thinning flakes are recognized by faceted, retouched, or lipped platforms, diffuse bulbs, thin cross
sections, multiple flake scars paralleling the dorsal surface margin, and eraillures. Pressure flakes are
small (less than 1 cm), thin, and usually non-cortical with a high frequency of collapsed platforms. Many
An Intensive CRI for GCC Energy's Proposed Groundwater Monitoring Wells
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