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COLORADO CULTURAL RESOURCE SURVEY Cultural Resource Re -Visitation Form A Re -Visitation Form can only be used when a Management Data Form and component forms have been previously filed with the land managing agency and/or the Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and no substantive changes to the character of the site are required as a result of the current re - visitation. Please use the Management Data Form and supporting forms (archaeological component, linear, vandalism, etc.) when changes are required to: • Site type • Linear resources • Additional artifact assemblages and/or features • Boundary size • Vandalism • NRHP recommendations OAHP1405 Rev. 11110 Official determination (OAHP use only) ❑Determined Eligible NR\SR ❑Determined Not Eligible NR\SR ❑Nominated ❑Need Data NR\SR []Contributing to NR Dist.\SR Dist. ❑Not Contributing to NR Dist.\SR Dist. ❑Supports overall linear eligibility NR\SR ❑Does not support overall linear eligibility NR\SR 1. Resource Number: 5MF.969 2. Temporary Resource Number: 3. Resource Name: Somemore Site 4. Project Name/Number: Colowyo Coal Company's Collom Expansion Project 2015 Site Revisit and Assessment 5. Government Involvement: ❑ Local ® State ❑ Federal Agency: Colorado Office of Archaeology and Historic Preservation and Department of Reclamation, Mining, and Safety 6. Site Categories: (Check as many as apply) Prehistoric: ®Archaeological site ❑ Paleontological site In existing National Register District? ❑ Yes ® Name: No Local Landmark? ❑ Yes ® No Name: Historic: ❑Archaeological site ❑Building (s) ❑ Structure(s) ❑Object(s) In existing National Register District? ❑ Yes ® No Name: Local Landmark? ❑ Yes ® No Name: 7. Owner(s) Name and Address: Colowyo Coal Company, 5731 Highway 13, Meeker, Colorado 81641 8. Was the site relocated? ® Yes ❑ No If no, why? (100% collected in previous recording, ground disturbance, etc.) 9. Previous recordings: Site 5MF.969 was originally recorded in 1980 by the BLM for a Class II sampling survey for Utah International coal lease. It was re-examined in 1981 by the BLM; in 1983 by the BLM and Mariah Associates Inc. for a Class III survey for Utah International coal lease. Again in 1995 by the BLM and Metcalf Archaeological Consultants for the Colowyo Coal Company Lease and Exploration Areas: Class III Cultural Resource Inventory project. Most recently, it was revisited in 2005 by TRC Mariah Associates Inc. for the Collom Mine Expansion Class III Inventory project. 10. Most recent National Register Eligibility Assessment: ❑ Eligible ❑ Not Eligible ® Need Data Explain: In 1980 Site 5MF.969 was first recommended as needing additional data to be assessed for eligibility for inclusion on the NRHP in 1980. The BLM posited that the site is one of the first well documented Paleoindian sites in the region, and possesses the ability to further contribute to the body of data regarding subsistence strategies in Northwest Colorado. In 1983, Mariah Associates Inc. tested the site by mechanical soil auger and failed to yield any buried cultural material. However, the site remained potentially eligible and further testing was recommended in order to determine the extent of any potentially eligible subsurface material. In 1995, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants located a small grey quartzite interior waste flake along the edge of the arroyo downstream from the bison bones. In 2005 TRC noted no change to the overall site condition and concurred with the NRHP recommendation. No significant Page 1 of 3