Class II Cultural Resources Inventory for a Proposed Facility Additions in the Vicinity of the Starfire Optical Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, Bernalillo County, New Mexico
Creators: name: Butler, Valerie
name: Carra, Marsha
Publisher: name: Ogden Environmental & Energy Services Co., Inc.
Year: 2001
Subjects: subject: Bernalillo (County)
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/3646/bernalillo-county
subject: Albuquerque, New Mexico
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/84765/albuquerque-new-mexico
subject: Cibola National Forest
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17697/cibola-national-forest
subject: Kirtland Air Force Base
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/geographic-keyword/17943/kirtland-air-force-base
subject: Historic
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5728/historic
subject: World War II
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/3992/world-war-ii
subject: WWII
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/temporal-keyword/5196/wwii
subject: LA113905
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133153/la113905
subject: AR 03-03-05-429
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-name/133154/ar-03-03-05-429
subject: Mine Shaft
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/1297/mine-shaft
subject: Mine
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/site-type/290/mine
subject: Archaeological Overview
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/1/archaeological-overview
subject: Reconnaissance / Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/7/reconnaissance-survey
subject: Heritage Management
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/24/heritage-management
subject: Systematic Survey
valueUri: https://core.tdar.org/browse/investigation-type/12/systematic-survey

description: An archaeological inventory was completed on a 36-acre parcel of land located on United States Forest Service Cibola National Forest, lands withdrawn to Kirtland Air Force Base (AFB), New Mexico. A proposal to construct a 54,000 SF structure (Telescope Atmospheric Compensation Laboratory, TAC Lab) on withdrawn lands has been presented to Kirtland AFB by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). One previously recorded site is located within the current project area. Site #AR 03-03-05-429/LA 113905 was recorded in 1996 as a mineshaft, mining camp, a cairn and a prospect pit. The location of the site was initially recorded incorrectly and a feature was missed during the initial survey. An updated site form has been completed. The information potential of AR 03-03-05-429/LA 113905 has been exhausted. Based on available information, there is no indication that the mine and related features are, "...associated with events that have made a significant contribution to the broad patterns of history"; or that it is "...associated with the lives of persons significant in our past." The area did not produce enough ores to contribute greatly to the mining industry. The site is recommended ineligible to the National Register of Historic Places. Based on the record search and the archaeological inventory, it is recommended that no further archaeological studies be completed for this project.