AH8153 - USGS 'BELL' Reference Mark 1 - Mineral County, NV
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N 38° 13.919 W 118° 10.452
11S E 397232 N 4232207
An NGS reference marks as part of the BELL series of marks located just off Hwy 360.
Waymark Code: WMY2W0
Location: Nevada, United States
Date Posted: 04/09/2018
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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I recovered this U.S. Geological Survey reference mark from 1966 in good condition. It is a brass disk monumented on top of a low-lying boulder and projecting a few inches above the ground and NE of station mark. The NGS datasheet description is adequate for station recovery.

NGS datasheet info:

01/01/1966 by USGS (MONUMENTED)
DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1966 LOCATED ABOUT 9.2 MI. (AIRLINE) E. OF MARIETTA, ABOUT 8.5 MI. SW. OF SODAVILLE, ABOUT 0.7 MI. N. OF BELLEVILLE (SITE), AT THE JUNCTION OF STATE HIGHWAY 10 AND MARIETTA RD., ABOUT 130 FT. N. OF INTERSECTION. TO REACH FROM THE JUNCTION OF U.S. HIGHWAY 95 AND STATE HIGHWAY 10, GO SE. ON STATE HIGHWAY 10 FOR 5 MI. TO RD. FORK TO MARIETTA. REFERENCE MARK NO. 1--STANDARD REFERENCE MARK TABLET STAMPED--- ---NO 1 1966--- CEMENTED IN BOULDER, 41.47 FT. FROM STATION MARK IN DIRECT 249 DEGREES 14 MINUTES.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: No. 1 1966

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: REFERENCE MARK Disk

County: Mineral County

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Belleville (1982)

Find type: Searched @ "BM" on a topographic map

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NGS PID: AH8153

Local database's URL (optional): [Web Link]

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

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