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<< Text Pages >> Tosawihi Quarry - Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in United States in The West

Submitted by bat400 on Monday, 21 February 2011  Page Views: 8503

Site WatchSite Name: Tosawihi Quarry Alternative Name: 26Ek3032
Country: United States
NOTE: This site is 110.467 km away from the location you searched for.

Region: The West Type: Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry
Nearest Town: Elko NV  Nearest Village: Carlin, NV
Latitude: 40.720000N  Longitude: 116.1W
Condition:
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4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
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1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
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5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
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1co-ordinates of the nearest town
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Ancient Mine, Quarry or other Industry in Elko County, Nevada.
Prehistoric quarry pits, ledges of exposed opalite, hundreds of lithic reduction scatters, and fields of biface reduction debris litter the ground for several thousand acres.

Quarrying is estimated to have started 10,000 years ago. Hearths and other domestic structures are also found here.

The site is considered sacred by the Western Shoshone.

The majority of the site is administered by the Bureau of Land Management, Elko District.

The location given is for Carlin, the nearest village.

Note: "If someone disregards requirements, they will no longer work for us." Mine vows better protection, settlement pays $1.5 million. See comment.
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Sacred Shoshone site to be protected from further damage by bat400 on Monday, 21 February 2011
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The Tosawihi landscape in Nevada, is dominated by the remnants of 10,000 years of opalite mining and lithic processing activities. Prehistoric quarry pits, battered ledges of exposed opalite, hundreds of lithic reduction scatters, and fields of biface reduction debris litter the ground for several thousand acres, encompassing numerous sites and localities.

Questions that are being asked relates to the domestic sites and if they are directly associated with the use of the quarries

There is plentiful evidence of tool manufacturing activities, special task areas and food processing, and domestic assemblages suggested by milling equipment, ceramics, and hearths. Questions that are being asked relates to the domestic sites and if they are directly associated with the use of the quarries. There is also a possibility that evidence can be used to understand gender roles in the foraging groups using the quarries.

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has signed a settlement agreement with Rodeo Creek Gold, Inc (RCG) that addresses damage to archaeological resources within areas of exploratory drilling operations, located within the Tosawihi Quarry Archaeological District in Nevada.

RCG has agreed to assist the BLM in the protection and study of archaeological resources by contributing a total of $1.5 million over the next 10 years. RCG and the BLM stated that they share a commitment to protect and preserve historic properties and cultural resources, and will work together to better protect and preserve the Tosawihi Quarry Archaeological District, which includes the requirement that all drilling sites and access routes in the district be approved by a BLM archaeologist in the field.

As part of the Agreement, an account will be established and administered by the BLM, separate from general funds, and used exclusively to benefit the Tosawihi Quarry Archaeological District. This account will be utilized to restore damaged areas, complete a cultural inventory within the Tosawihi Quarries Archaeological District, develop an archaeological management plan and provide for Native American consultation and input in the development of the plan.

“This area is important to the Western Shoshone. They consider the material to be sacred and the location to be sacred,” said Bill Fawcett, archaeologist for the Tuscarora Field Office. Fawcett said there are a number of ways in which to use the fund, including working with the Western Shoshone to set up a historic preservation office and training Shoshone people to become site stewards.


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    BLM deal to fund northeast Nevada archaeology site by bat400 on Monday, 21 February 2011
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    "Rodeo Creek Gold Inc. and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's Elko District have reached a $1.5 million settlement that creates a special fund focused on the Tosawihi Quarries.

    "Rodeo Creek Gold, a subsidiary of Great Basin Gold Ltd., will contribute the money over a 10-year period for the fund designated for the protection and preservation of the Tosawihi Quarry Archaeological District.

    "Officials said it may be a record-setting agreement for the Elko BLM district and a precedent-setting agreement for the BLM and a mining company.

    " "It's probably the first archaeological settlement of this size in the Elko district," said Deb McFarlane, assistant field manager for nonrenewable resources for the Tuscarora Field Office that is part of the Elko district."

    Read more from an article on the same subject, but from an industry news magazine website, R&D Magazine.
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