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Class W Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 101 <br />0 6.1.22 Site 5MF6080 (NF -23) <br />Site Type Prehistoric lithic scatter /historic artifacts <br />Legal Locatio Section 13, T4N, R94W <br />Landowner Private <br />Site Dimensio 150 x 25 in <br />Site Descripti Site 5MF6080 is a diffuse multicomponent site located on the north end of the <br />ridge spine between Morgan and Collom Gulches (Figure 6.47). The site is at 6,840 ft (2,085 m) and <br />overlooks the mouth of Morgan Gulch to the northwest and Axial Basin to the north. The general <br />area consists of broad northeast - trending ridges and gulches (Figure 6.48). Bedrock outcrops are <br />common throughout the area in general and within the site proper. On -site sediment is residual with <br />tabular sandstone cobbles and a shallow discontinuous veneer of aeolian silty sand overlying <br />ip bedrock. The vegetation community consists of sagebrush, rabbitbrush, low grasses, and various <br />forbs. Impacts to the site include erosion and livestock trampling. <br />The site consists of a diffuse prehistoric lithic scatter and two historic artifacts. The lithic scatter <br />consists of one flake tool and four flakes. The flake tool is a retouched flake made of opaque chert <br />that measures 3.9 x 2.7 x 1.5 em. It is made on a complete tertiary flake and has a steep retouched <br />distal margin and limited dorsal retouch for thinning. Possible usewear was noted along the distal <br />margin. The debitage assemblage consists of four tertiary flakes. Of these flakes, three are made <br />of white opaque chert and one is made of semitranslucent chert. <br />The sparse historic component consists of one clear glass bottle and one crushed hinged -lid tobacco <br />can. The bottle has a round base and continuous thread finish. It measures 6 11/16 x 3 x <br />3 3/8 inches and has "Federal. Law Forbids Sale or Reuse of the Bottle" embossed on the body. The <br />presence of the embossing and the bottle top design date the bottle to post -1924. The tobacco can <br />was too crushed for measurement, but the hinged -lid design dates to between 1907 and 1948. <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc. <br />M <br />