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~roRT of E?:.5~:;;:: , ~ . c;:: ruK t.uLl uniu. nr_avun~~a .,,. <br /> _ <br /> -Lease: -Right-of-Lay <br /> Other <br />I. Abstract: Pedestrian survey of Orchard Valley Mine expansion. Lease modification <br /> tract. No cultural resources were discovered. <br />• .a. Resource Area: Uncompahgre Planning Unit: NW-?7... <br /> Location: T 135 R91W Sec. 18 E 19 USCS Quad: Bowie, 1963, 7.5' <br /> BLM lands. <br />3. Project Description: Sfze: 1b0 acres ' <br />Underground mine expansion with some potential for surface subsidence. <br />Topography: South slope of Grand Mesa. North Fork of the Gunnison River. Extreme <br />local relief. Most of area is sloping greater than 20$. Few level areas. <br />Vegetation• Mostly juniper mixed with very dense snowberry and Gamble's oak. <br />Very few open areas. A variety of other shrubs and grass are present. <br />4, Examination Procedure: Pre-field check on 7/23/82. Negative results. Pedestrian <br />survey using two archaeologist. Spacing varied with emphasis placed on finding <br />areas where the ground was visible and the arc haeolo isL could travel Lhrough and <br />still watch the ground surface. Slopes greater than'~0$ and dens e;foliage not <br />5. FinrdinYs= One existing road followed as a transecL.Actual acreage 'surveyed ca. 20. <br />g - No cultural resources were located in the surveyed areas. The potential <br />for sites in the unsurveyed areas is negligible. <br />6. Recommendations: Clearance should be granted. No National Register properties <br />will be affected. <br />~ Permit 0 82-CO-175 <br />• (BLM work-job code) <br />I certify that this examination complies Lith <br />7/27/82 <br />Date(s) of Ea amina[ion <br />This report meets (does oot meet) applicable standards of acceptability. <br />A 106 statement is __ _is no[ required for this project, <br />Date <br />BLN P.eviewing Archaeologist/Historian <br />A c]ear copy of (or an original of) the USGS Topographic N,ap of the project <br />and [he area survevrd must be attached. <br />• - <br />C50 8]00-1 (July 1979) <br /> <br />