E69 - Anaconda, MT
Posted by: Groundspeak Premium Member T0SHEA
N 46° 06.295 W 112° 53.004
12T E 354440 N 5107428
This benchmark is beside the railway tracks just east of Mill Creek Road (Hwy 569), which runs south off Highway 1, a total of 3.8 miles east and south from Anaconda. The NGS description will get one to it without problem.
Waymark Code: WMKY0Z
Location: Montana, United States
Date Posted: 06/11/2014
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member Ernmark
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From the NGS: 
DESIGNATION -  E 69
PID         -  RX0446
STATE/COUNTY-  MT/DEER LODGE
COUNTRY     -  US
USGS QUAD   -  ANACONDA SOUTH (1996)

MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK
SETTING: 7 = SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
SP_SET: SET IN TOP OF CONCRETE MONUMENT
STABILITY: C = MAY HOLD, BUT OF TYPE COMMONLY SUBJECT TO
STABILITY: SURFACE MOTION

HISTORY     - Date     Condition        Report By
HISTORY     - UNK      MONUMENTED       USGS
HISTORY     - 1958     GOOD             CGS
HISTORY     - 19871104 GOOD             USPSQD

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1958
4.6 MI SE FROM ANACONDA.
4.6 MILES SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BUTTE, ANACONDA AND PACIFIC RAILWAY FROM
THE POST OFFICE AT ANACONDA, DEER LODGE COUNTY, 1780 FEET EAST OF THE
MILEPOST 22, 115 FT. EAST OF MILL CREEK ROAD, AND 55 FEET SOUTHWEST OF
CENTERLINE OF TRACK.  A STANDARD DISK, STAMPED E 69 1934 AND SET IN
THE TOP OF A CONCRETE POST.
Condition: Mark found in good condition

Designation: E69 1934

Benchmark Agency: U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey

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

County: Deer Lodge

USGS 7.5' Topographic Quadrangle Name (optional): ANACONDA NORTH

Find type: Coordinates and/or to-reach information from the NGS database (or Geocaching's copy of it) were used

NGS PID: RX0446

Benchmark Agency (if other): Not listed

Monumentation type (if other): Not listed

Special category (optional): Not listed

Special Category (if other): Not listed

Web address of this benchmark's datasheet (optional): Not listed

Local database's URL (optional): Not listed
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