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Class III Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project <br />Landowner Private <br />Site Dimensio 108 x 39 m <br />335 <br />Site Description Site 5MF1655 lies within the north - central portion of the current Colowyo <br />Collom Mine project. It was recorded in 1983 by TRC Mariah for the Utah International Inc. <br />Danforth Hills project. The site consisted of a diffuse open camp located on a northwest- facing <br />bench overlooking Little Collom Gulch at an elevation of 6,900 ft (2,103 m) (Figure 6.206). On -site <br />sediment consisted of shallow sandy loam overlying bedrock. Numerous sandstone outcrops occured <br />in the general area. The dense vegetation community (approximately 75% ground cover) consisted <br />of big sagebrush, serviceberry, scrub oak, wheatgrass and cheatgrass, and various forbs. The site had <br />been heavily impacted by erosion. The artifact assemblage consisted of one biface fragment, one <br />flake tool, four flakes, one mano, and two metate fragments. All of the artifacts were collected. <br />Four auger tests were excavated with negative results. The shallow sediment was determined to have <br />( a maximum depth of only 12 cm. <br />Twelve previously unrecorded artifacts were identified during the current inventory that consist of <br />one sandstone mano and 11 flakes. The nearly complete mano is 13 AP x 7.2 x 3.2 cm and exhibits <br />light grinding on one face and moderate grinding on the obverse face (Figure 6.207). One end is <br />battered. No pecking or shaping was noted. The 11 flakes are all tertiary flakes consisting of four <br />white opaque chert, two semitranslucent chert, and five various chert flakes. None of these artifacts <br />were collected. <br />NRHP Eligibility Recommendation and Project Effect Site 5MF 1655 was recommended as not <br />eligible for listing on the NRHP, and the Colorado OAHP database lists the site as not eligible -field <br />evaluation. The current evaluation concurs that Site 5MF1655 is not eligible for listing on the <br />NRHP when evaluated under Criterion D. The site lacks dateable cultural features and temporally <br />diagnostic artifacts. The artifact assemblage (including the collected 1983 artifacts) is limited in <br />density and limited in diversity, and the majority of artifacts were collected during the initial <br />recording. Based on auger tests (1983) and recent visual surface examination, the site has no <br />• <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc. <br />