A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of A Sandia Penetrator Target Site on Range R4809, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada

Part of the Nellis Air Force Base (DRAFT) project

Author(s): Lonnie C. Pippin

Year: 1991

Summary

Sandia National Laboratories proposes to construct a penetrator target site near the Antelope Tuff locality on the Tonopah Test Range (Figure 1). This development will include the excavation of a 15 to 25 ft deep exploratory backhoe trench. the construction of the penetrator target and an associated camera station and the improvement of an existing access road to the target area. A Class III cultural resources survey of the 500 by 500 ft square area (5.7 acres; 2.3 hectares) proposed for target development and 930 ft of proposed access route improvement did not disclose the existence of any cultural resources.

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A Class III Cultural Resources Survey of A Sandia Penetrator Target Site on Range R4809, Tonopah Test Range, Nye County, Nevada. Lonnie C. Pippin. Desert Research Institute. 1991 ( tDAR id: 456097) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8456097

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min long: -117.728; min lat: 36.054 ; max long: -114.082; max lat: 38.36 ;

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