PERMFILE104701

• Permit No: C1981022
• IBM Index Class Name: Permit File
• Doc Date: 10/10/2003
• Doc Name: Class III Cultural Resourcse Inventory Elk Crk Exploration Project ‎(Oct 2001)‎
• Section_Exhibit Name: Exhibit 2.04-E2 Part 13
• Media Type: D
• Archive: No

Resource Number: 5GN1661.2
Temporary Resource Number:
Management Data Form
(page 2 of 4)
13. USGS Quad: Somerset 7.5' XX 15' Datels): 1964/pr1978 lattach photocopy)
14. County: Gunnison 15. Other Maps: N/A
16. UTM Reference:
A. 13 2 8 4 3 6 0 mE 4 3 1 0 8 4 0 mN Northeastern boundary
B. 13 2 8 4 2 8 0 mE 4 3 1 0 7 4 0 mN Southwestern boundary
C. mE mN
D. mE mN
17. Address: N/A Lot Block Addition
18. Location/Access: Drive along Colorado Highway 133, approximately one mile west of
Somerset, Colorado. Turn right (north) onto dirt road following Bear Creek. Site is
immediately at turn off from highway.
III. NATURAL ENVIRONMENT
19. Topographic Featurels)
mountain ledge playa
hill terrace/bench talus slope
tableland/mesa XX canyon alluvial fan
ridge XX valley plain
saddle/pass basin dune ..
alcove/rockshelter XX tloodplain
cliff cutbank
slope arroyolgully
20. Site Topographic Description (mention named landforms): The D&RGW railroad grade is
located along the Gunnison River Valley in north central Colorado. The segment located in the
Project Area is between Juanita Junction and Somerset and is at the junction of Bear Creek
with the North Fork of the Gunnison River.
21. Site Elevation: 5953 feet =1x .3048) 1815 meters 22. Aspect: E/W
Z3. Degree of Sfope on Site: 0-5% 24. Soil Depth: 50-100 cm
25. Soil Description (character and color): Reddish brown loam with same gravels.
26. Depositional Environment:
Aeolian Colluvial Residual
Alluvial XX Moraine None
Other, specify;
27. Nearest Water: name/nature: Bear Creek distance: 0 m O ft.
28. Nearest Permanent Water: name: same distance: same m same ft.
29. Vegetation on Site (list predominant species): Grasses, weeds and short shrubs
30. Vegetation AssociationslComrriunities Surrounding Site: Scrub oak is dominant with
Gambel's oak, serviceberry, chokecherry, grasses, brumes, sedges and wildflowers.