EQ0212 4618 -- New Mexico Tech, Socorro NM
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N 34° 03.996 W 106° 54.429
13S E 324004 N 3771181
A benchmark monumented on a sundial at the campus if the NM Institute of Mining and Technology -- known far and wide as NM Tech
Waymark Code: WMMEXH
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 09/10/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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This USGS benchmark has a unique setting as part of a sundial on the campus of NM Tech.

From the NGS datasheet: (visit link)

"EQ0212 DESIGNATION - 4618
EQ0212 PID - EQ0212
EQ0212 STATE/COUNTY- NM/SOCORRO
EQ0212 COUNTRY - US
EQ0212 USGS QUAD - SOCORRO (1979)
EQ0212
EQ0212 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL
EQ0212 ______________________________________________________________________
EQ0212* NAD 83(1986) POS- 34 03 57.1(N) 106 54 13.4(W) HD_HELD1
EQ0212
EQ0212_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 13SCT2431971093(NAD 83)
EQ0212
EQ0212_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
EQ0212_SETTING: 30 = SET IN A LIGHT STRUCTURE
EQ0212_SP_SET: SUNDIAL BASE
EQ0212_STAMPING: 4618
EQ0212_MARK LOGO: USGS
EQ0212_STABILITY: D = MARK OF QUESTIONABLE OR UNKNOWN STABILITY
EQ0212_SATELLITE: THE SITE LOCATION WAS REPORTED AS SUITABLE FOR
EQ0212+SATELLITE: SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS - August 10, 2014
EQ0212
EQ0212 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By
EQ0212 HISTORY - UNK MONUMENTED USGS
EQ0212 HISTORY - 1951 GOOD CGS
EQ0212 HISTORY - 20050625 GOOD GEOCAC
EQ0212 HISTORY - 20140810 GOOD GEOCAC
EQ0212
EQ0212 STATION DESCRIPTION
EQ0212
EQ0212'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1951
EQ0212'IN SOCORRO.
EQ0212'AT THE NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MINES, 157 FT SOUTHEAST OF
EQ0212'THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF BROWN HALL ADMINISTRATION BUILDING,
EQ0212'SET IN THE TOP OF THE NORTH EDGE OF THE SUNDIAL BASE.
EQ0212
EQ0212 STATION RECOVERY (2005)
EQ0212
EQ0212'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2005 (BMC)
EQ0212'HANDHELD COORDINATES ARE
EQ0212'34 03.952N
EQ0212'106 54.224W
EQ0212
EQ0212 STATION RECOVERY (2014)
EQ0212
EQ0212'RECOVERY NOTE BY GEOCACHING 2014 (LPC)
EQ0212'RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION."
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: 4618

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Geological Survey

Monumentation type: BENCH MARK (or B.M.) Disk

County: Socorro, Socorro Co NM

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): Socorro

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: EQ0212

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (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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  2. A 'distant' photo including the mark in the view is highly recommended. Include the compass direction you faced when you took the picture.
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