KK0357 City 8 -- Denver CO - U.S. Benchmarks on Waymarking.com

Blasterz do love the weird ones!

This benchmark is the top of a granite ball gate ornament at the Denver US Mint.

From the NGS Datasheet on Geocaching: (visit link)

"KK0357 DESIGNATION - CITY 8
KK0357 PID - KK0357
KK0357 STATE/COUNTY- CO/DENVER
KK0357 USGS QUAD - ENGLEWOOD (1984)
KK0357
KK0357 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
KK0357 ___________________________________________________________________
KK0357* NAD 83(1986)- 39 44 22. (N) 104 59 31. (W) SCALED
KK0357* NAVD 88 - 1596.047 (meters) 5236.36 (feet) POSTED
KK0357 ___________________________________________________________________
KK0357
KK0357_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
KK0357
KK0357 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By
KK0357 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED CGS
KK0357 HISTORY - 1939 GOOD NGS
KK0357
KK0357 STATION DESCRIPTION
KK0357
KK0357''DESCRIBED BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1939
KK0357''AT DENVER.
KK0357''AT DENVER, DENVER COUNTY, ON THE SOUTH SIDE OF WEST COLFAX
KK0357''AVENUE, AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE TO THE UNITED STATES MINT, AND AT
KK0357''THE EAST SIDE OF THE STEPS. THE TOP OF A GRANITE BALL"

Condition: Mark found in good condition Designation: -none- Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey Monumentation type: other (not any of the below) Monumentation type (if other): Top of a granite ball County: Denver Co. CO USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Englewood 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] NGS PID: KK0357 Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed Special category (optional): Not listed Special Category (if other): Not listed Local database's URL (optional): Not listed

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