Thistle Junction
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BMars7391
N 40° 00.003 W 111° 29.642
12T E 457829 N 4427879
Benchmark on the top of the ridge.
Waymark Code: WME1TC
Location: Utah, United States
Date Posted: 03/22/2012
Views: 9
01/01/1964 by USGS (GOOD)
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1964 STATION MARK STAMPED ---THISTLE JCT 1938---, REFERENCE MARK NO.1 NOT FOUND. LOCATED ABOUT 0.25 MI. NE. OF THISTLE JUNCTION, A STATION ON THE RIO GRANDE RAILROAD, ON HIGHEST POINT NEAR END OF A ROCKY SPUR. TO REACH FROM HIGHWAY FORKS AT SE. EDGE OF THISTLE JUNCTION, GO E. ON U.S. HIGHWAY 50 FOR 0.6 MI. AND TURN LEFT ONTO A SECONDARY RD. THAT CLIMBS RIDGE TO N., GO 1 MI. TO TOP NEAR SADDLE. LEAVE CAR AND WALK SW. ALONG RIDGE TO STATION. STATION MARK - STANDARD TABLET STAMPED ---THISTLE JCT 1938--- CEMENTED IN BEDROCK. REFERENCE MARK NO.1 - STANDARD REFERENCE TABLET CEMENTED IN BEDROCK 24.62 FT. FROM STATION MARK, N 51 DEG 28 MIN E. REFERENCE MARK NO.2 - STANDARD REFERENCE TABLET STAMPED ---NO.2--- CEMENTED IN BEDROCK, 26.03 FT. FROM STATION MARK, S 20 DEG 13 MIN E.
Condition: Mark found in good condition
Designation: Thistle JCT
Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey
Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk
County: Thistle, Utah County
USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Thistle
Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used
Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): [Web Link]
Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed
Monumentation type (if other): Not listed
Special category (optional): Not listed
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