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11 <br /> <br />• <br />• . <br />SITE ~ 5MF680 , <br />SITE TYPE: Open Lithic <br />LOCATION ' <br />NE=;NE';SE1;SE=;, Sec. 6, T5n, R91w <br />UTM: E216,065m,N4,476,900m, Zone 13 <br />The site is located on <br />bench extending from an <br />lower than a southr;est <br />The site is on a small <br />high point of the bench <br />the south) and the main <br />steeply to the north. <br />asouth-trending <br />d considerably <br />trending ridge. <br />saddle between the <br />(a small knob to <br />ridge rising <br />DESCRIPTION <br />,• <br />~5MF681 ';. , <br />j <br />,)=„e.; j'.~ FBI <br />I .•~ ~; <br />~~o ., ~ .. <br />,. o <br />` ~. ,.,. ~ <br />.r _.... ~` ~. <br />~ ~ ~ ,.,. <br />~;:;; 1 <br />_ , „•. <br />t; ~: <br />1.~: r; ~: ,,,. . <br />Round Bottom 7=' Quadrangle <br />The site consists of a moderate lithic scatter extending over most of the saddle. <br />Tool and flake material was primarily banded chert and quartzite with some t•rhite <br />chalcedony and occurred in two concentrations. Concentration 1 was found near the <br />of the saddle, while Concentration 2 consisted of a large number of tools and fla' <br />eroding out of the west side of the saddle. Tools included 1 biface, 3 biface fra! <br />ments, 2 scrapers, and 12 utilized flakes. <br />DIAGNOSTIC ARTIFACTS <br />None <br />EVALUATIOPJ <br />This site seems to have served as a tool manufacturing station and, in light of the <br />large number of tools and flaJ:es eroding out of the rest side of the saddle, protr- <br />ably contains a significant amount of buried material. .Because of this al,parent <br />depth of occupation, site 51.1FG60 has potential for greatly increasing our 1;now1- <br />edge of the pre}ristory of tl~e Craig area, an area for which prehistoric culture <br />processes and affinities are not yet o-rell understood, and should therefor•~ be <br />considered for nomination to the National Register of Historic Places. Since the <br />site is well out of the tray of the proposed development, construction of the 4Jise <br />Nill No. G and I•lise hill ctn. 7 rnines, no action concerning 5FL~GIIO need he taken <br />by Empire Energy Corporation at Chis tinu~ er.cept to mal:c every effort Lo +rvoid any <br />inadvertent deumge to the site and Co notify the BLht district archaeologist in <br />Craig iu,nediatcly should any future devcloprncnt endanger the site. <br />