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Wayne Sowards <br />7/16/81 <br />page 3 <br />~• <br />f;owever, the possible effect of blasting on archeological sites <br />is dependent upon the magnitude of the blast, the distance from <br />Lhe blasting location to the cultural resource site, the position <br />of the blast in surficial or subsurface contexts, the nature of <br />the bedrock in the area, and the nature of the cultural resource <br />site to be potentially affected. Evaluation of these variables <br />as an open system must he coordinated between Utah International <br />and the responsible permitting or regulatory agency. <br />3. Site 51.1F945 was revisited and reevaluated. This small, sparse <br />prehistoric lithic scatter site is located on a small silt-covered <br />hillcrest at the edge of a canyon floodplain. Presently the <br />site is represented by scattered primary and secondary vrhite <br />and gray chalcedony flakes. There are a few small cobbles <br />which were probably utilized as manos as there is some pecking <br />and grinding on the naturally ovate to circular cobbles. A few <br />reddened burned rocks were found scattered on the surface. <br />There is one eroded disturbed hearth at the northern end of <br />the site which is perhaps 5 cm below the surface. <br />The integrity of the site is poor due to gravel operations and <br />plowing around and across the site, along with some animal <br />burrowing and erosion. The edges of the hillcrest have eroded <br />to a white sandy clay (sterile). The surface is covered with <br />a light broom silty soil which is perhaps 30 cm thick in some <br />areas. The potential for the site to contribute additional <br />information is limited to a slight possibility for semi-intact <br />buried cobble hearths which could perhaps date the occupation. <br />No diagnostics were found at the site. The age and original <br />site size are unknown. The site does not aopear able to <br />contribute information to the local or regional prehistory, <br />and thus does not appear to meet criteria for the National <br />Register. <br />A revised site form for this site and anew summary page for <br />the text (pg. 23) are attached. <br />4. Site 5MF950 was incorrectly located on Figure 1 of the <br />original report. This has been corrected and the revised <br />map is attached. The exact location is Sld/SW/SE/NW Sec.32 <br />T5N-R90W. <br />5. Is 5t1F949 (recorded during the A.S. survey of the Trapper <br />I4ine) the same site as 5MF290 (previously recorded by <br />Breternitz)? After a careful examination of all records it <br />was felt by Utah International personnel that sites 5MF290 and <br />5MF949 were probably the same site, although the legal loca- <br />l.!• <br />2 •~g$`I. <br />5,_~ <br />