National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = APRIL 26, 2000 DU2086 *********************************************************************** DU2086 DESIGNATION - SUPERSTITION DU2086 PID - DU2086 DU2086 STATE/COUNTY- AZ/PINAL DU2086 USGS QUAD - GOLDFIELD (1986) DU2086 DU2086 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL DU2086 ___________________________________________________________________ DU2086* NAD 83(1992)- 33 24 39.66108(N) 111 24 02.75525(W) ADJUSTED DU2086* NAVD 88 - 1542.1 (meters) 5059. (feet) VERTCON DU2086 ___________________________________________________________________ DU2086 LAPLACE CORR- 4.55 (seconds) DEFLEC99 DU2086 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.91 (meters) GEOID99 DU2086 DU2086 HORZ ORDER - FIRST DU2086 DU2086.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods DU2086.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 1993. DU2086 DU2086.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to DU2086.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) DU2086 DU2086.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. DU2086 DU2086.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. DU2086 DU2086; North East Units Scale Converg. DU2086;SPC AZ C - 267,451.058 261,343.312 MT 0.99992838 +0 17 02.7 DU2086;UTM 12 - 3,696,925.591 462,736.598 MT 0.99961712 -0 13 14.4 DU2086 DU2086: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az DU2086:SPC AZ C - SUPERSTITION AZ MK 203 39 38.8 DU2086:UTM 12 - SUPERSTITION AZ MK 204 09 55.9 DU2086 DU2086|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DU2086| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | DU2086| dddmmss.s | DU2086| DU2031 FOUR PEAKS APPROX.30.7 KM 0124629.0 | DU2086| SUPERSTITION RM NE 1.760 METERS 04312 | DU2086| SUPERSTITION RM 3 6.053 METERS 17914 | DU2086| CZ1935 DESERT PEAK APPROX.76.8 KM 1795812.0 | DU2086| CG1129 COMOBABI PEAK 1854806.8 | DU2086| SUPERSTITION AZ MK 2035641.5 | DU2086| DV2128 MARE APPROX.83.3 KM 2594119.2 | DU2086| SUPERSTITION RM CROSS 2.267 METERS 29025 | DU2086|---------------------------------------------------------------------| DU2086 DU2086 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL DU2086 DU2086 NAD 83(1986)- 33 24 39.65650(N) 111 24 02.75909(W) AD( ) 1 DU2086 NAD 27 - 33 24 39.48000(N) 111 24 00.28500(W) AD( ) 1 DU2086 NGVD 29 - 1541.5 (m) 5057. (f) VERT ANG DU2086 DU2086.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. DU2086.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. DU2086.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. DU2086 DU2086_MARKER: DD = SURVEY DISK DU2086_SETTING: 66 = SET IN ROCK OUTCROP DU2086_STABILITY: A = MOST RELIABLE AND EXPECTED TO HOLD DU2086+STABILITY: POSITION/ELEVATION WELL DU2086 DU2086 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By DU2086 HISTORY - 1899 MONUMENTED USGS DU2086 HISTORY - 1910 GOOD USGS DU2086 HISTORY - 1936 GOOD CGS DU2086 HISTORY - 1938 GOOD CGS DU2086 HISTORY - 1946 GOOD CGS DU2086 DU2086 STATION DESCRIPTION DU2086 DU2086'DESCRIBED BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1899 DU2086'LOCATED ON EASTERN END OF SUPERSTITION MTN., ON HIGH, SHARP DU2086'POINT. PROBABLY HIGHEST POINT ON MTN. WHICH IS ALMOST DU2086'INACCESSIBLE EXCEPT FROM SOUTHERN FACE. DU2086' DU2086'TO REACH NOT GIVEN. DU2086' DU2086'STATION MARK--ALUMINUM TABLET, STAMPING UNKNOWN, SET IN SOLID DU2086'ROCK UNDER ROCK CAIRN 5 FT AT BASE AND 7 FT HIGH. DU2086' DU2086'RMS--NONE SET. DU2086 DU2086 STATION RECOVERY (1910) DU2086 DU2086'RECOVERY NOTE BY US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY 1910 (JSH) DU2086'THIS STATION IS IDENTICAL WITH UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DU2086'STATION CALLED SUPERSTITION POINT. IT IS ON HIGHEST PEAK OF DU2086'SUPERSTITION MTS, 25 MILES N OF FLORENCE AND 25 MILES E DU2086'OF MESA, TOWNS ON A BRANCH OF SOUTHERN PACIFIC, AND ABOUT DU2086'3 MILES NW OF CRISWELL RANCH (OLD BARKS RANCH). PEAK IS DU2086'RUGGED, BUT WITH CARE PACK ANIMALS CAN BE TAKEN WITHIN 50 METERS DU2086'OF TOP. BEST APPROACH IS FROM MESA VIA CRISWELL RANCH. DU2086'STATION IS MARKED WITH A UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DISK DU2086'STATION MARK CEMENTED INTO A DRILL HOLE IN SOLID ROCK. DU2086'REFERENCE MARK, A CROSS CUT IN TOP OF A LARGE ROCK, IS 2.265 DU2086'METERS FROM STATION N 69 DEG 27 MIN W. DU2086 DU2086 STATION RECOVERY (1936) DU2086 DU2086'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1936 (WM) DU2086'STATION WAS RECOVERED AND FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION. FOLLOWING DU2086'IS A REVISED DESCRIPTION. STATION IS IDENTICAL WITH U.S. DU2086'GEOLOGICAL SURVEY STATION CALLED SUPERSTITION POINT. IT DU2086'IS ON HIGHEST PEAK OF SUPERSTITION MTS., WHICH IS NEAR SE DU2086'END OF MOUNTAIN AND ON JAGGED ROCK PEAK. IT IS ABOUT 26 MILES DU2086'N OF FLORENCE, 25 MILES E OF MESA, AND ABOUT 8-1/2 MILES E DU2086'OF APACHE JUNCTION. PEAK IS RUGGED, BUT WITH CARE PACK DU2086'ANIMALS CAN BE TAKEN WITHIN 50 METERS OF TOP. STATION IS DU2086'BEST REACHED FROM SE BASE OF MOUNTAIN. DU2086' DU2086'REACHED FROM APACHE JUNCTION BY GOING SE ON U.S. 80 (PAVED) DU2086'5.9 MILES TO LOST DUTCHMAN SERVICE STATION AT A BEND IN DU2086'HIGHWAY (THIS SERVICE STATION IS ABOUT 13 MILES NW OF FLORENCE DU2086'JUNCTION ON U.S. 80). THENCE CONTINUE E ON U.S. 80, 2.45 MILES DU2086'TO A SIDE ROAD ON L. THENCE LEAVE U.S. 80, TURN L AND FOLLOW DU2086'MAIN-TRAVELED, UNIMPROVED ROAD NORTHEASTERLY 4.1 MILES TO DU2086'A FORK. THENCE L FORK NORTHEASTERLY 1.5 MILES TO A DIM DU2086'FORK ABOUT 50 YARDS AFTER CROSSING A WASH. THENCE TAKE L DU2086'FORK ON MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD 0.6 MILE TO A FORK. THENCE LEAVE DU2086'MAIN-TRAVELED ROAD, TAKE L FORK, AND GO NORTHERLY TOWARDS DU2086'MOUNTAIN 0.6 MILE TO A GATE IN FOREST RESERVATION FENCE. DU2086'PASS THRU GATE AND CONTINUE 0.25 MILE TO END OF ROAD AT AN DU2086'OLD TENT FRAME AT BASE OF MOUNTAIN. (NOTE--WATER ABOUT DU2086'100 YARDS N ON SIDE OF MOUNTAIN). FROM END OF TRUCK TRAVEL DU2086'PACK W ALONG BASE OF MOUNTAIN TOWARDS HIGH ROCK BLUFF, TO A DU2086'WASH, THEN R, UP WASH TO SADDLE. STATION CAN BE SEEN DU2086'FROM THIS SADDLE. THEN TURN L TO TOP OF MOUNTAIN, THEN R, DU2086'ALONG TOP OF MOUNTAIN TO HIGHEST POINT AND STATION. IT IS DU2086'ABOUT A 2 1/2-HOUR PACK OF ROUGH GOING. DU2086' DU2086'STATION IS MARKED WITH A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ALUMINUM DISK DU2086'STATION MARK CEMENTED INTO A DRILL HOLE IN SOLID ROCK OUTCROP DU2086'ON HIGHEST POINT OF PEAK. MARK IS NOT STAMPED. REFERENCE DU2086'MARKS ARE STAMPED. CROSS CUT IN TOP OF A LARGE ROCK WNW DU2086'OF STATION, MARKED IN 1910. A STANDARD DISK REFERENCE MARK DU2086'STAMPED SUPERSTITION 1910-1936 WAS SET IN DRILL HOLE IN SOLID DU2086'ROCK NE OF STATION. DU2086 DU2086 STATION RECOVERY (1938) DU2086 DU2086'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1938 (FGJ) DU2086'LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES E OF MESA, ARIZONA, AND ABOUT 6 MILES DU2086'NNE OF SAND TANKS SERVICE STATION (ON U.S. 60), ON SOUTHEASTERNMOST DU2086'ONE OF TWO HIGHEST PEAKS OF SUPERSTITION MTS. IT IS ON HIGHEST DU2086'POINT OF PEAK, WHICH IS NARROW AND HAS NEARLY VERTICAL SIDES DU2086'NEAR TOP. DU2086' DU2086'TO REACH STATION FROM MESA, GO E ON U.S. 60 ABOUT 18 MILES DU2086'TO APACHE JUNCTION. THENCE CONTINUE E ON U.S. 60, 5.8 MILES DU2086'TO SAND TANKS SERVICE STATION. THENCE CONTINUE E ON U.S. 60, DU2086'1.0 MILE TO A CATTLE GUARD AND A GATE ON L. HERE LEAVE DU2086'HIGHWAY, TAKE TRACK ROAD L THRU GATE N AND NORTHEASTERLY DU2086'1.2 MILES TO A FORK AT A SIGN, (MA PA AND THE BABY, TO CANYON DU2086'KEEP LEFT). THENCE TAKE R FORK E 0.1 MILE TO FORK AT SIGN DU2086'(DONS). HERE TAKE L FORK AND GO NORTHERLY 0.9 MILE TO PLAIN DU2086'TRACK ROAD COMING IN FROM R. THENCE CONTINUE NORTHERLY ON DU2086'TRACK ROAD 0.1 MILE TO A DIM FORK L. HERE TAKE L FORK DU2086'NORTHERLY 0.3 MILE TO W SIDE OF BARCLAYS CORRALS. THENCE KEEP DU2086'STRAIGHT AHEAD ALONG W SIDE OF CORRALS AND N 0.3 MILE TO A DU2086'DIM FORK. THENCE R FORK 1.3 MILES TO A FOREST SERVICE DU2086'FENCE. HERE GO THRU GATE AND CONTINUE NORTHERLY ON TRACK DU2086'ROAD UP A ROCKY RIDGE 0.9 MILE TO WHERE GRADE GETS TOO STEEP DU2086'AND ROCKY AT END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE PACK UP DU2086'RIDGE TO R FOLLOWING BREAKS IN CLIFFS TO HIGHEST POINT AND DU2086'STATION. PEAK IS E ABOUT THREE HOURS OF HARD PACKING DU2086'FROM END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. DU2086' DU2086'STATION AND REFERENCE MARKS WERE RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. DU2086'SINCE NO INFORMATION CONCERNING EXISTENCE OR WHEREABOUTS DU2086'OF AZIMUTH MARK WAS AT HAND, ONLY A SUPERFICIAL SEARCH WAS DU2086'MADE FOR IT. DU2086' DU2086'STATION IS A STANDARD U.S.G.S. MARK CEMENTED INTO BEDROCK. DU2086'ONE REFERENCE MARK IS A CHISELED CROSS IN A ROCK, AND OTHER DU2086'REFERENCE MARK IS A STANDARD U.S.C. AND G.S. REFERENCE MARK DU2086'STAMPED 1910 AND 1936. DU2086 DU2086 STATION RECOVERY (1946) DU2086 DU2086'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1946 (DHK) DU2086'STATION AND REFERENCE MARK FOUND IN GOOD CONDITION AND AS DU2086'DESCRIBED. AN ADDITIONAL REFERENCE MARK AND AN AZIMUTH MARK DU2086'WAS ESTABLISHED. DU2086' DU2086'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES AIRLINE EAST OF MESA DU2086'AND ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 70, 80 AND 89, ON DU2086'THE MOST SOUTHEASTERLY OF THE TWO HIGHEST PEAKS OF SUPERSTITION DU2086'MOUNTAIN. THE STATION MARK IS A U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY DU2086'BENCH MARK SET IN BEDROCK FLUSH WITH GROUND LEVEL ON THE HIGHEST DU2086'POINT OF PEAK. THE PEAK HAS ALMOST VERTICAL SIDES NEAR THE DU2086'TOP. THE MARK IS NOT STAMPED. DU2086' DU2086'A U.S.C. AND G.S. BRONZE REFERENCE DISK, STAMPED, SUPERSTITION DU2086'1910 1936, IS SET IN BEDROCK NORTHEAST OF AND SAME ELEVATION DU2086'AS STATION MARK. DU2086' DU2086'A CROSS IS CHISELED IN OUTCROPPING BED ROCK WEST-NORTHWEST DU2086'OF AND SAME ELEVATION AS STATION MARK. DU2086' DU2086'REFERENCE MARK NO. 3 IS A U.S.C. AND G.S. BRONZE REFERENCE DU2086'DISK STAMPED, SUPERSTITION 1946, SET IN OUTCROPPING BEDROCK DU2086'WHICH PROJECTS 4 FEET. IT IS SOUTH OF AND 2 FEET LOWER THAN DU2086'STATION MARK. DU2086' DU2086'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A U.S.C. AND G.S. BRONZE DISK STAMPED, DU2086'SUPERSTITION 1946, SET IN THE NORTHEAST END OF THE NORTH DU2086'ABUTMENT OF A CATTLE GUARD, 32 PACES EAST OF SUPERSTITION DU2086'MOUNTAIN HISTORIC MARKER, 19 PACES EAST OF CENTER LINE OF DU2086'U.S. HIGHWAY 60, 70, 80 AND 89, 9 FEET NORTH OF CENTER LINE DU2086'OF ROAD LEADING TOWARD SUPERSTITION MOUNTAIN. DU2086' DU2086'TO REACH STATION FROM FLORENCE JUNCTION. GO WEST ON HIGHWAY DU2086'8.2 MILES TO A ROAD RIGHT THROUGH A CATTLE GUARD AT A HISTORICAL DU2086'MARKER, ALSO AZIMUTH MARK AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. TURN RIGHT OFF DU2086'HIGHWAY AND FOLLOW ROAD 4.6 MILES TO A FORK. TURN LEFT, DU2086'GO 0.7 MILE TO A ROAD LEFT. TURN LEFT, GO 0.2 MILE TO A DU2086'FORK. TAKE MAIN TRAVELED ROAD TO RIGHT AND GO 0.5 MILE TO DU2086'A FORK. KEEP ON ROAD TO RIGHT AND GO 0.8 MILE TO A WIRE FENCE DU2086'AND END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. FROM HERE CROSS FENCE AND PACK NORTH DU2086'UP THE RIDGE TO THE MAIN CANYON, EAST OF THE VERTICAL CLIFFS. DU2086'FOLLOW UP CANYON TO SADDLE, THENCE LEFT UP STEEP SLOPE TO DU2086'TOP OF RIDGE, THENCE RIGHT ALONG CREST OF RIDGE TO HIGHEST DU2086'POINT AND STATION AS DESCRIBED ABOVE. A FOUR HOUR PACK. DU2086' DU2086'OBSERVATIONS MADE FROM A 1.4 METER TRIPOD.