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Colorado Cultural Resourc^ Survey Site or Property Reevaluation Form Attachments: (check as many as ,apply) photographs site sketch map X U.S.G.S. map photocopy other _ other Official Determination (OAHP use only) Determined Eligible J Determined Not Eligible Need Data Nominated _ Listed Contributing to N.R. Dist. Not Contributing to N.R. Dist. This form should be used to updtite information on a previously recorded site/ property. Photographs are required for all structures. A photocopy of the USGS quad. map showing site location is required for all archaeological sites with updated location al information. A revised site sketch map is necessary if the site boundaries or components have greatly changed. If the original form is incomplete or otherwise inadequate please submit anew set of site forms. State No. 5RT869 2. Site/Property Name 3. Purpose of this current site visit (check as many as apply) site is within a current project area resurvey update of previous site form(s) _ surface collection testing to determine eligibility excavation X other (specify): located site to determine whether in impact area of proposed Yoast Mine. describe See 5) below. 4. Previous recordings - name(s), organization(s), date(s) L. Travis, J. Scott, S. Cochran, Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc, 17 August 1992 Travis, Lauri 1994 Peabody Coal Company's Yoast Mine Expansion Area, Class III Cultural Resource Inventory, Routt County, Colorado. Edited by Carl Sp~th. Metcalf Archaeological Consultants, Inc. Eagle, Colorado. On file, Bureau of Land Management, Little Snake Resource Area, Craig, Colorado. • C~ 5. Changes or additions to the previous site/property description(s) This site was recorded as a small and relatively sparse open lithic scatter consisting of 16 pieces of debitage (Travis 1994). Current investigations confirm the sparse nature of the artifact scatter. The site was misplotted during the original fieldwork. The site was positively identified by locating the site datum and comparison of the site map to the area examined. The site is well removed from any proposed Peabody Yoast Mine impacts. The site is located on a high point on a ridge top. Based on the location and examination of the edge of the nearby two-track, little to no deposition is present. • The area is wind swept and only a thin mantle of eolian deposited soil partially covers the bedrock. Based on examination of the two-track, soil at the site is less than 5 cm deep where present. Such a situation is well documented in the general project area (see descriptions of shovel probes at other sites during this project: Johnson et al. 1980; Wheeler 197<.1, 1980).