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124 Class IIIInventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project NRHP Eligibility Recommendation and Project Eff ect: Site 5MF6086 is recommended as not eligible for listing on the NRHP when evaluated under Criterion D. The site is a surface expression consisting of a limited density and diversity of artifacts with no dateable cultural features or temporally diagnostic artifacts. The results of testing suggest that the site has little or no potential to contain intact significant subsurface cultural deposits. The site occurs within the mine permit boundary, but it is not eligible for the NRHP, and the project will have no effect. Cultural resource clearance is recommended, with no further work. 6.1.29 Site 5MF6087 (NF -16) Site Tyne Lithic scatter Legal Location Section 13, T4N, R94W Landowner Private Site Dimensions 73 x 42 m Site Description Site 5MF6087 is a Lithic scatter located on a lower southeast - facing slope near the north end of a long northeast - trending ridge (Figure 6.65). The site lies at 6,640 ft (2,024 m) and overlooks the confluence of Collom and Little Collom Gulches to the southeast and a broad drainage basin to the north (Figure 6.66). On -site sediment consists of a mantle of aeolian sheet deposits intermixed with slopewashed sandstone bedrock detritus.. Bedrock exposures occur farther downslope from the site, as well as along a low ridgeline to the immediate north of the site. The vegetation community consists of dense low sagebrush, rabbitbrush, cheatgrass, low grasses, and various forbs. Small stands of juniper are located in proximity to the exposed bedrock near the site. Impacts to the site include erosion and grazing. The lithic scatter consists of 141 flakes (139 tertiary flakes and two secondary flakes). White opaque chest is the dominant material type with 140 flakes (138 tertiary flakes and two secondary flakes). One tertiary flake is made of pink opaque chert. I* 47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc.