A Cultural Resource Evaluation of the Salt River Project Fence Lake Coal Mine and Transportation Corridor in Catron County, New Mexico

Author(s): Dennis Gilpin; Richard Anduze

Editor(s): Jean Ballagh

Year: 1994

Summary

On August 15 and 16, 1994, Dennis Gilpin and Richard A. Anduze, archaeologists, and Lex Palmer, historical specialist, of SWCA, Inc., Environmental Consultants, evaluated seven previously recorded archaeological sites and attempted to relocate an eighth in the proposed Fence Lake Mine and Railroad Transporation Corridor in Catron County, New Mexico. The project was sponsored by Salt River Project (SRP); the lead federal agency for cultural resources is the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Las Cruces District, Socorro Resource Area. Within the Fence Lake Coal Mine, the land in Section 31 is privately owned and the BLM manages the subsurface mineral rights. The land in Section 15 is New Mexico State Trust Land. The project was conducted under Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Use Permit No. 110-2920-94-8 and New Mexico Blanket Survey Permit No. 94/055. The project (SWCA project number 23-94826) was conducted for Judy Brunson-Hadley, Ph.D., Project Archaeologist, Salt River Project.

Cite this Record

A Cultural Resource Evaluation of the Salt River Project Fence Lake Coal Mine and Transportation Corridor in Catron County, New Mexico, 152. Dennis Gilpin, Richard Anduze, Jean Ballagh. 1994 ( tDAR id: 426390) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8426390

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Keywords

Culture
Anasazi • Archaic • Navajo

Material
Basalt • Cans • Catridges • Ceramic • Chalcedony • Chert • Chipped Stone • Glass • Ground Stone • Mano • metate • Silicified Wood • Vitrophyre • Wood

Site Name
BLM 463 • Cow Density Site • DCA-83-488 • DCA-83-502 • LA 105988 • LA 46515 • LA 46520 • LA 48087 • LA 86265 • LA 87065 • LA 87076 • LA 87078 • NM-02-1613 • OCA:202:2 • SWCA 1 • ZCRE 5-106 • ZCRE 5-159 • ZCRE 5-183

Site Type
Archaeological Feature • Artifact Scatter • Domestic Structure or Architectural Complex • Encampment • Hogan • Mine • Resource Extraction / Production / Transportation Structure or Features • Settlements

Investigation Types
Archaeological Overview • Site Evaluation / Testing

General
Coal Mine • Cultural Resource • Evaluation • Salt River Project • SRP • Transportation

Geographic Keywords
35003 (Fips Code) • 35006 (Fips Code) • Apache (County) • Arizona (State / Territory) • Catron (County) • Cibola (County) • Fence Lake Coal Mine • New Mexico (State / Territory) • Salt River

Temporal Keywords
1550s - 1800s • 16th Century • 1910s - 1930s • 19th Century • 20th Century • Archaic • Euroamerican • Navajo • Pueblo I

Spatial Coverage

min long: -108.809; min lat: 34.339 ; max long: -108.457; max lat: 34.638 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Salt River Project Cultural Resource Manager

Field Director(s): Richard Anduze

Principal Investigator(s): Dennis Gilpin

Prepared By(s): SWCA Environmental Consultants

Submitted To(s): Salt River Project

Record Identifiers

New Mexico Blanket Survey Permit No. (s): 94/055

SWCA Report No.(s): 94-152

Bureau of Land Management Cultural Resource Use Permit No.(s): 110-2920-94-8

NADB document id number(s): 5448486

SWCA Project No. (s): 23-94826

NADB citation id number(s): 000000232816

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