NW0357 - USGS PALOMINO NO 1 - 1972 - Oregon
Posted by: Volcanoguy
N 42° 51.226 W 117° 56.084
11T E 423630 N 4744999
U.S. Geological Survey reference mark.
Waymark Code: WMTBTA
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 10/29/2016
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This reference mark is located along Ore. Hwy. 78 about 7 miles NW of Burns Junction. The cap is set in bedrock about 50 feet SW of highway centerline and about 70 feet NE of PALOMINO station. The cap was set by the US Geological Survey in 1972 and marked PALOMINO NO 1.
NGS PID NW0357 - (
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DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1972 LOCATED ABOUT 45.8 MI WSW. OF JORDAN VALLEY, 15.7 MI WNW. OF ROME, 6.9 MI NW. OF BURNS JUNCTION ON STATE HWY. 78, 120 FT SW. OF STATE HWY. 78. TO REACH FROM BURNS JUNCTION, DRIVE 6.9 MI NW. ON STATE HWY. 78 TO SMALL ROCK CUT THROUGH ROCKY BENCH. TURN LEFT (SW.) 120 FT TO STATION MARK ON TOP OF ROCKY BENCH 2.8 FT E. OF WHITE WOODEN WITNESS POST. STATION MARK--USBPR BRASS BM TABLET, UNSTAMPED, IN CENTER OF 1 X 1-FT CONCRETE POST PROJECTING 0.2 FT. RM 1--STANDARD RM TABLET STAMPED---PALOMINO NO 1 1972---, CEMENTED IN DRILL HOLE IN ROCK OUTCROP, 0.3 FT BELOW STATION MARK. RM 2--STANDARD RM TABLET STAMPED---PALOMINO NO 2 1972---, SET ON COPPER-COATED ROD ENCASED IN 6-INCH COLLAR, 0.4 FT BELOW STATION MARK. INSTRUMENT STAND 4.05 FT ABOVE STATION MARK.