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OFFICE OF TFiE STATE ARC:IAEOLOGIST <br />1300 Brcadway <br />Denver, CO S0203 87 <br />(303) 839-3391 <br />ISOLaTcD FIiiD RICO°J <br />1)OSAC Site PIo, ; ShtF1130 (2)T ty ~ <br />zwp, iA.: AS 80-CO-14 3)Crnm Moffat <br />~.LCC?.TICV IF-1 <br />4)Legal I.ccaticn: ~, c 4, sfa ~, n~ta 4, Sec. 2s T 6N R 91ta PM 6th <br />5)LSCS Quad: N,i~ Castor Gulch Size 7.5' late 1966 <br />6)1TL°f:Zcr:e 13 , 2 7 3 L 8 0 rF, 4 4 8 0 7 8 0 mV.Attach copy of portion of USGS Quid, <br />II.ARGI.~OLCGIC.~_L L'~T_4: - - - - - <br />~)ArtlfaCCS: Triangular bif acially worked tool of brown chert with black dendritic spots. <br />The tool comes to a sharp point on one end. <br />8)Inferred ftmction/des~iptien: The sharpness of the point would suggest a piercing and <br />cutting function. <br />9)Cliltu-ral Affiliation Unknown TYme Period Unknown ~ <br />_,~ <br />10)IF' Dlar_nSioils 62mm X 36mm <br />III.E'yZTLa.C`~'G"•IL4L DATA: <br />11)Elev. 6320 ft. 1926 m. 12)Soi1 Brocan sandy loam <br />13)Topography Rid2etoo overlooking Yampa Eloodnlain. 14)Slepe: Site 10% St~rotztdLZg 50% <br />15)idearest water:r~e/nanse Unnamed stream elev. 1920m diSt. 152m directi0[1 SIJ <br />•UeareSt perlnanerlt Writer yampa River elev. 1890indist•2067mdircctlon Nlt <br />16)Veg. on Site safe. medium grasses. nricb:ly 17)Stn rotstding Veg. scree, Brasses, oats <br />peer <br />A.iditional CC(iSTPl1tS: There are a series of ridges or terraces east of the yampa River. The <br />~ot[he noc~fieas~5:1F945) is on such a terrace. This isolate was on the next major terrace <br />P1.ADDTiICt\~T ?`^1.TIC.d: (I~v^-ative, dras,rinzs, sketch ;earl <br />The soils south of the ridgetop gave a higi grave content t at cops of a rupt y a ~e <br />crest of the ridge. No cherts were observed, but quartzite nodules were present which <br />would be suitable for tools. The site is located on the ridge crests closest to the <br />Yampa floodplain along this latitude. The crests to [he east had no cultural materials. <br />(See attached dracaing). <br />V.RE~L;~ Drr~1: <br />18)Collectien:yes n,.rs descriSe NA <br />~9)°.epository: `Nn 20)L~;:,~Hner Utah International, Inc. <br />21)Report tit12 Trapper Mine Survey near Craig, CO 22)SZCpr7~ Tom Babcock <br />23)Afflliation Arclieolo,Bical Services <br />Date 7 / 3 / 80 <br />Forte ;vo. <br />