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INTRODUCTION <br /> • A cultural resources survey of a pr000sec mining access road ;n the <br /> ,� <br /> White River National Forest, SoDri s District, Yras conauc Led g October <br /> rtment oi <br /> for Mid-Continent Resources , Inc. at the reGeffected <br /> ef�cted of Lto comply ewath Execur <br /> Agriculture Forest Service. the survey was _f e <br /> tive Order 11593, the National Historicc Pres 1e�d�workon cwaosfper6o rnedobYne <br /> National Environmental Policy Act of 1 <br /> 969.Carl E. Conner of Grand River Institute, District Ranaer Vnd Junc-tion, ictory K.uneyer. <br /> Special Use Permit (no number) issued y - <br /> Location <br /> The surveyed new mining access oadta, Colorado��' i963u SnG.S ' 7 . 5' <br /> topographic map series quadrangle P <br /> T. 10S . , R.89W. , 6th P.M. <br /> Section 20, SE L <br /> -� N. N4l=a NW% SW'- and SW- S'-"- SL1 : Sb: <br /> Section 21 , 2 <br /> (see map) <br /> Teeoar�ahy/Access <br /> The route surveyed for the new mining access road ascends the northeast <br /> • side of huntsman Ridge, zczaoc nq up the drainage of the <br /> (Pit <br /> County) - 1 Croak, which is in turn a <br /> southern fork of Dutch Creek, a tributary to CO�cK� up at the terminus of an <br /> tributary to the Crystal River. he new road p <br /> existing bladed road at an elevation of approximately 101400 feel and rises <br /> to a point along the Huntsman Ridge-top having an el r <br /> evation of Just view of the Elkand <br /> 11,000 feat and from which one is aflordne Dutch extensive <br /> CreekGdrainage year-round, <br /> Test Elk Mountains. There is water <br /> due to many seeps and springs issuing from -- <br /> the from Carbondale <br /> Access to the study area is gained by t <br /> on Colorado 133 approximately 16. 5 miles to�the tinCoaliCreek road�owhn�re is then <br /> traveled approximately 7.5 miles to Mid-Cont. <br /> travels approximately .5 mile southwest of an exist na road to the beginning <br /> of the new access road (flagged) (see map, . <br /> Geology/Soils <br /> upper part of the Mesaverde Formation underlies the study area. <br /> The upp ytie Upper Cretaceous period and consist of <br /> These beds were deposited during + Mcench , and Reed <br /> tone d i°78) <br /> interlayered sands , shale, an coal beds (Twe�o, <br /> Larae sandstone bounders are scattered throughout the study area , especially <br /> near the top of Huntsman Ridge. loams, formed in re- <br /> Soils in the study area are dark, shaley/clayey re shallow <br /> siduum from the underlying sandstone , shale, and coal beds . They a <br /> and fairly dry near the upper elevations of the study area, becoming mo <br /> ister <br /> lower in the drainage . <br /> i <br />