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Class HI Inventory, Colowyo's Collom Mine Project 225 <br />The site is located outside the revised project boundary, and the current project will have no effect. <br />Cultural resource clearance is recommended, with no further work. <br />6.1.56 Site 5MF6114 (RR -4) <br />Site Type Prehistoric lithic scatter <br />Legal Location Section 22, T4N, R94W <br />Landowner Private <br />Site Dimensions 600 x 50 m <br />Site Description Site 5MF6114 is a diffuse prehistoric lithic scatter located along the spine of a <br />northeast- trending ridge at 6,856 ft (2,090 m). The site overlooks the confluence of Morgan and <br />Straight Gulches (Figure 6.135). The spine upon which the site is located is at a descending <br />midslope position with major ridges located on either side of the two gulches that parallel the ridge <br />and join together to the northeast (Figure 6.136). Exposures of sandstone bedrock are common <br />throughout the general area and on the site proper. On -site sediment consists of residual sandy clay <br />with a large volume of gravel and eroding bedrock detritus. The moderately dense vegetation <br />community consists of sagebrush, rabbitbrush, low bunchgrasses, and various forbs. Impacts to the <br />site include a two -track road passing through portions of the site along the crest of the ridge, erosion, <br />and livestock trampling. <br />The lithic scatter consists of one biface fragment, one core, and 106 flakes. The biface fragment is <br />the distal portion of a possible preform that measures 2.OP x 1.8P x 0.4 cm and is made of <br />semitranslucent chert. The exhausted semitranslucent chest core measures 7.0 x 4.3 x 2.0 cm and <br />exhibits five flake scars. Secondary cortex is present on approximately 50% of the dorsal surface. <br />The debitage assemblage consists of 106 flakes (49 secondary, 36 tertiary, 12 primary, and nine <br />pieces of shatter). The most common material type is white opaque chert with 90 specimens <br />(39 secondary, 34 tertiary, eight primary, and nine pieces of shatter). The remainder consists of <br />15 opaque chert flakes (10 secondary, four primary, and one tertiary) and one quartzite tertiary flake. <br />47599 TRC Mariah Associates Inc <br />