National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = NOVEMBER 24, 2002 GS0796 *********************************************************************** GS0796 DESIGNATION - DEATH RESET GS0796 PID - GS0796 GS0796 STATE/COUNTY- CA/INYO GS0796 USGS QUAD - EMIGRANT CANYON (1986) GS0796 GS0796 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GS0796 ___________________________________________________________________ GS0796* NAD 83(1992)- 36 29 59.32023(N) 117 07 48.70028(W) ADJUSTED GS0796* NAVD 88 - 2053.0 (meters) 6736. (feet) VERTCON GS0796 ___________________________________________________________________ GS0796 EPOCH DATE - 1991.35 GS0796 LAPLACE CORR- 0.46 (seconds) DEFLEC99 GS0796 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.36 (meters) GEOID99 GS0796 GS0796 HORZ ORDER - SECOND GS0796 GS0796.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods GS0796.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in March 1994. GS0796.The horizontal coordinates are valid at the epoch date displayed above. GS0796.The epoch date for horizontal control is a decimal equivalence GS0796.of Year/Month/Day. GS0796 GS0796.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GS0796.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GS0796 GS0796.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. GS0796 GS0796.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. GS0796 GS0796; North East Units Scale Converg. GS0796;SPC CA 4 - 631,064.387 2,167,498.235 MT 0.99994317 +1 06 55.8 GS0796;SPC CA 4 - 2,070,417.08 7,111,200.46 sFT 0.99994317 +1 06 55.8 GS0796;UTM 11 - 4,039,395.017 488,340.364 MT 0.99960167 -0 04 38.8 GS0796 GS0796: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az GS0796:SPC CA 4 - DEATH AZ MK 148 06 18.0 GS0796:UTM 11 - DEATH AZ MK 149 17 52.6 GS0796 GS0796|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GS0796| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | GS0796| dddmmss.s | GS0796| DA7479 DEATH RM 2 6.490 METERS 10248 | GS0796| DA7477 DEATH AZ MK 1491313.8 | GS0796| DA7478 DEATH RM 1 14.424 METERS 18224 | GS0796|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GS0796 GS0796 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GS0796 GS0796 NAD 83(1986)- 36 29 59.31503(N) 117 07 48.71124(W) AD(1984.00) 2 GS0796 NAD 27 - 36 29 59.51300(N) 117 07 45.48700(W) AD( ) 2 GS0796 NGVD 29 - 2052.0 (m) 6732. (f) VERT ANG GS0796 GS0796.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GS0796.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GS0796.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GS0796 GS0796_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SMA8834039395(NAD 83) GS0796_MARKER: Z = SEE DESCRIPTION GS0796_SETTING: 0 = UNSPECIFIED SETTING GS0796 GS0796 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By GS0796 HISTORY - 1949 MONUMENTED CGS GS0796 HISTORY - 1950 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GS0796 GS0796 STATION DESCRIPTION GS0796 GS0796'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (MTP) GS0796'THE STATION MARK IS A USGS DISK STAMPED DEATH. THE STATION GS0796'WAS NOT BUILT. A LIGHT WAS SHOWN FROM A LIGHT STAND OVER THE GS0796'MARK. GS0796' GS0796'TO REACH THE STATION FROM STOVEPIPE WELLS HOTEL, GO WESTERLY GS0796'TOWARDS LONE PINE ON STATE HIGHWAY 190 FOR 8.7 MILES TO A GS0796'BLADED ROAD TO THE LEFT WHICH IS ABOUT 50 FEET BEYOND A ROAD GS0796'SIGN SLOW. TURN LEFT ON A BLADED ROAD FOR 0.4 MILE TO A POINT GS0796'WHERE THE ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. TURN LEFT IN THE WASH ON GS0796'DIM TRACKS FOR 0.35 MILE (WASH RUNS DOWN IN A NORTHERLY GS0796'DIRECTION) TO A SMALL ROCK CAIRN. TURN BACK SHARP RIGHT, GS0796'SOUTHEASTERLY, FOR 1.35 MILES TO THE OLD ROADSITE. CONTINUE GS0796'STRAIGHT AHEAD UP THE WASH THAT ENTERS THE MOUNTAINS. THE GS0796'ROAD IS PLAINLY MARKED ALONG HERE. AFTER GOING 0.8 MILE GS0796'THERE WILL BE A GAS DRUM ON THE LEFT AND A ROAD SIGN TUCKI GS0796'MINE 7 MILES AND A ROAD FORK. TAKE THE RIGHT FORK FOR 5.7 GS0796'MILES TO WHERE THE ROAD STARTS TO DECEND TO AN OLD GS0796'ABANDONED MINE AND CABINS WHICH IS ABOUT 0.6 MILE GS0796'DISTANT. FROM THE TOP OF THE DECENT, USING A JEEP, TURN GS0796'LEFT, WESTERLY, UP A VERY STEEP RIDGE FOR 0.6 MILE TO THE GS0796'TOP OF A NORTH-SOUTH RIDGE. TURN LEFT, SOUTHERLY, ALONG THE GS0796'TOP OF THE RIDGE FOR 0.2 MILE TO A POINT WHERE A RIDGE ON GS0796'THE RIGHT LEADS DOWN INTO A SMALL VALLEY. TURN DOWN THIS GS0796'RIDGE INTO THE VALLEY, ABOUT 0.3 MILE, AND CONTINUE ACROSS THE GS0796'VALLEY IN A WESTERLY DIRECTION FOR 0.4 MILE TO THE TOE OF GS0796'A RIDGE COMING DOWN FROM THE NORTH. PASS AROUND THE TOE GS0796'OF THE RIDGE AND TURN RIGHT UP ANOTHER SHORT VALLEY FOR 0.1 MILE GS0796'TO A 4X4 POST SET IN THE GROUND AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM GS0796'HERE PACK TO THE LEFT, WESTERLY, TO A SMALL SADDLE AND AN ARROW GS0796'SCUFFED IN THE GROUND POINTING DIRECTLY TOWARDS THE STATION. PICK GS0796'WAY ACROSS COUNTRY FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS TO THE STATION SITE. GS0796 GS0796 STATION RECOVERY (1950) GS0796 GS0796'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RJS) GS0796'THE STATION IS LOCATED ON THE WESTERNMOST AND HIGHEST ONE OF GS0796'A GROUP OF BARE ROUNDED SUMMITS KNOWN AS TUCKI MOUNTAIN. IT GS0796'IS APPROXIMATELY 23 MILES AIR LINE NORTH OF TELESCOPE PEAK, GS0796'ABOUT 14 MILES AIR LINE WEST-NORTHWEST OF THE FURNACE CREEK GS0796'RANCH, ABOUT 8 MILES AIR LINE SOUTH-SOUTHEAST OF THE STOVE GS0796'PIPE WELLS HOTEL. THE MARK, A STANDARD U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY GS0796'BENCH MARK, IS NEAR THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE MOUNTAIN, SET IN GS0796'AN OUTCROP WHICH PROJECTS ABOUT 8 INCHES BUT THE MARK IS GS0796'DEPRESSED ABOUT 6 INCHES. IT IS STAMPED DEATH 1949. AT GS0796'THE TIME THE STATION WAS VISITED THE MARK WAS FOUND TO BE GS0796'LOOSELY SET IN BROKEN ROCK. TO REINFORCE AND MAKE THIS GS0796'MARK SUBSTANTIAL IT WAS NECESSARY TO RESET IT 0.30 METERS GS0796'LOWER THAN THE ORIGINAL ELEVATION, IN THE BEDROCK BELOW. THE GS0796'HORIZONTAL POSITION OF THE MARK WAS NOT ALTERED. GS0796' GS0796'REFERENCE MARK NO. 1 IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REFERENCE GS0796'DISK, APPROXIMATELY THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION. IT IS GS0796'SET IN BEDROCK, PROJECTING 8 INCHES AND STAMPED DEATH 1 1949. GS0796' GS0796'REFERENCE MARK NO. 2 IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY REFERENCE DISK, GS0796'APPROXIMATELY 1 FOOT LOWER THAN THE STATION. IT IS SET IN GS0796'BEDROCK, PROJECTING 1 FOOT, AND STAMPED DEATH 2 1949 GS0796' GS0796'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS ALONG THE ROUTE TO THE STATION ON THE GS0796'CREST OF A NORTHWEST-SOUTHEAST RIDGE AND IS 2 FEET SOUTHWEST OF GS0796'A 3 FOOT CAIRN. THE MARK IS STAMPED DEATH USGS 1949 AND SET GS0796'IN A BOULDER FLUSH WITH THE SURFACE. GS0796' GS0796'TO REACH FROM THE STOVE PIPE WELLS HOTEL, DRIVE SOUTHWESTERLY GS0796'ALONG STATE HIGHWAY 190 FOR 8.2 MILES TO A BLADED ROAD LEFT, GS0796'ABOUT 50 FEET BEYOND ROAD SIGN SLOW. TURN LEFT, LEAVING GS0796'HIGHWAY, AND FOLLOW BLADED ROAD FOR 0.35 MILE TO A WASH WHERE GS0796'THE ROAD HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. TURN LEFT, DOWN WASH, AND GO GS0796'0.35 MILE TO A SMALL CAIRN. TURN SHARP RIGHT AND FOLLOW DIM GS0796'ROAD UP WASH FOR 1.35 MILES TO THE HILLS AND ENTRANCE TO GS0796'CANYON. CONTINUE STRAIGHT AHEAD UP CANYON WASH ON A WELL GS0796'DEFINED ROAD FOR 0.65 MILE TO AN OLD BARREL AND SIGN TUCKI MINE GS0796'AT A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE FOR 1.65 MILES GS0796'TO A FORK. KEEP THE RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE UP WASH FOR GS0796'5.35 MILES TO THE SUMMIT AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL FOR A GS0796'2-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE. WITH A 4-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE TURN GS0796'LEFT, LEAVING ROAD, AND CONTINUE UP RIDGE FOR 0.5 MILE TO THE GS0796'SUMMIT. CONTINUE FOR 0.2 MILE TO LARGE CAIRN AND THE GS0796'AZIMUTH MARK AND THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL FOR A 4-WHEEL GS0796'DRIVE VEHICLE. FROM THIS POINT THE STATION IS VISIBLE GS0796'TO THE NORTHWEST AND APPEARS TO BE THE HIGHEST AND MOST GS0796'DISTANT POINT. PACK DOWN RIDGE AND CONTINUE NORTHERLY GS0796'ACROSS VALLEY FOR ABOUT 0.7 MILE TO A 4 X 4 INCH STAKE DRIVEN GS0796'INTO THE GROUND. FROM HERE FOLLOW A DIM TRAIL UP THE GS0796'SLOPE OF THE MOUNTAIN TO A SADDLE. AT THIS POINT THE GS0796'STATION BEARS 323 TRUE. USE YOUR OWN JUDGEMENT AS TO THE GS0796'BEST ROUTE TO THE STATION. A 3-HOUR PACK WITH A 4-WHEEL DRIVE GS0796'VEHICLE, AND A 4-HOUR PACK WITH A 2-WHEEL DRIVE VEHICLE.