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A file search of the Colorado Inventory of Cultural Resources by , it <br />the Colorado Historical Society revealed that no cultural properties in the <br />proposed impact area. These results are presented in F~chibit 7, <br />Archaeologic Information. <br />The intensive field investigations recorded no significant <br />cultural resources. The only phenomena of cultural origins observed in the <br />area was a stock pond, located in the drainage bottan immediately north of <br />the highway (Figure 2, Regional Map Showing Locations of Project Area). <br />This feature consists of an earthen dam piled in a curvilinear shape across <br />the width of the drainage. A small pond (now dry) is impounded behind this <br />embankment. it is considered to be of fairly recent age. <br />No significant cultural resources were observed on the PPA. <br />Though the likelihood of cultural resources being found in this area is <br />greater than for the RDA, that possibility was negated by deposits of <br />underground developnent waste. <br />No cultural resources were recorded in the proposed project area. <br />Consequently, no further archaeological work is considered to be necessary <br />in those localities and clearance is recrnrtiended. <br />2.04.5 General Description of Geology and Hydrology <br />(1) - (3) A general description of the hydrologic and geologic setting <br />of the New Elk Mine area is included in Exhibit 8, Hydrology and Geology <br />Information. A geologic and hydrologic map of the mine plan area (Map 5, <br />Geology, Map 6, Surface and Bedrock Geology (Refuse Area), and Map 8, <br />Regional Hydrology) have been produced to show baseline conditions in the <br />mine plan area. Due to the Golden Eagle and New Elk Mines proximity to one <br />another and the similarity of the geology and hydrology of the two permit <br />areas, baseline data for both mines have been considered to establish <br />correlation of geologic and hydrologic environments. <br /> <br />2.04-8 <br />