National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = APRIL 27, 2000 GQ0421 *********************************************************************** GQ0421 DESIGNATION - HANCOCK PEAK GQ0421 PID - GQ0421 GQ0421 STATE/COUNTY- AZ/MOHAVE GQ0421 USGS QUAD - MOUNT BANGS (1985) GQ0421 GQ0421 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GQ0421 ___________________________________________________________________ GQ0421* NAD 83(1992)- 36 47 33.97697(N) 113 51 17.10487(W) ADJUSTED GQ0421* NAVD 88 - 2443.3 (meters) 8016. (feet) VERTCON GQ0421 ___________________________________________________________________ GQ0421 LAPLACE CORR- 15.02 (seconds) DEFLEC99 GQ0421 GEOID HEIGHT- -24.78 (meters) GEOID99 GQ0421 GQ0421 HORZ ORDER - SECOND GQ0421 GQ0421.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods GQ0421.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in August 1993. GQ0421 GQ0421.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GQ0421.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GQ0421 GQ0421.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. GQ0421 GQ0421.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. GQ0421 GQ0421; North East Units Scale Converg. GQ0421;SPC AZ W - 642,501.592 204,011.286 MT 0.99993441 -0 03 45.9 GQ0421;UTM 12 - 4,075,686.648 245,277.757 MT 1.00039942 -1 42 38.5 GQ0421 GQ0421: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az GQ0421:SPC AZ W - HANCOCK PEAK AZ MK 175 59 41.1 GQ0421:UTM 12 - HANCOCK PEAK AZ MK 177 38 33.7 GQ0421 GQ0421|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GQ0421| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | GQ0421| dddmmss.s | GQ0421| HANCOCK PEAK RM 1 6.626 METERS 03528 | GQ0421| HANCOCK PEAK AZ MK 1755555.2 | GQ0421| HANCOCK PEAK RM 2 7.468 METERS 31331 | GQ0421|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GQ0421 GQ0421 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GQ0421 GQ0421 NAD 83(1986)- 36 47 33.97334(N) 113 51 17.10290(W) AD( ) 2 GQ0421 NAD 27 - 36 47 34.05000(N) 113 51 14.23700(W) AD( ) 2 GQ0421 NGVD 29 - 2442.3 (m) 8013. (f) VERT ANG GQ0421 GQ0421.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GQ0421.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GQ0421.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GQ0421 GQ0421_MARKER: DS = TRIANGULATION STATION DISK GQ0421_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER GQ0421 GQ0421 HISTORY - Date Condition Recov. By GQ0421 HISTORY - 1953 MONUMENTED CGS GQ0421 HISTORY - 1960 GOOD CGS GQ0421 HISTORY - 1972 GOOD AZHD GQ0421 GQ0421 STATION DESCRIPTION GQ0421 GQ0421'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (LGT) GQ0421'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTH OF THE UTAH-ARIZONA GQ0421'STATE LINE, ABOUT 12 MILES EAST OF MESQUITE, NEVADA, AND ABOUT GQ0421'11 MILES EAST OF THE NEVADA-ARIZONA STATE LINE. IT IS NEAR GQ0421'THE HIGHEST PART OF THE HIGHEST PEAK IN THE VICINITY WHICH GQ0421'IS LOCALLY KNOWN AS HANCOCK MOUNTAIN. GQ0421' GQ0421'REACHED FROM THE POST OFFICE IN MESQUITE BY DRIVING SOUTHWEST GQ0421'ALONG U.S. HIGHWAY 91 FOR 2.4 MILES TO THE SOUTH END OF THE GQ0421'BRIDGE ACROSS VIRGIN RIVER AT A ROAD LEFT. TURN SHARP LEFT GQ0421'ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF THE RIVER AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A FORK. GQ0421'TAKE THE RIGHT FORK AND FOLLOW THE GRADED ROAD SOUTHEAST FOR GQ0421'2.9 MILES TO A ROAD FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AS PER SIGN, GQ0421'TUNGSTEN 2- LIME KILN, AND GO 3.5 MILES TO A FORK. TAKE THE GQ0421'RIGHT FORK AS PER SIGN, TUNGSTEN 2 -LIME KILN, AND GO 2.3 GQ0421'MILES TO A NARROW ROAD FORK. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND GO 0.85 GQ0421'MILE TO A REVERSE Y FORK. AT THIS POINT THERE IS A RED GQ0421'HOUSE ON THE RIGHT. TAKE THE LEFT FORK AND CONTINUE AS GQ0421'PER SIGN, LIME KILN, UP THE CANYON AND THROUGH A SADDLE GQ0421'IN THE HILL FOR A DISTANCE OF 5.1 MILE TO A FORK ON THE EAST GQ0421'SLOPE. TAKE THE LEFT FORK, DOWN HILL, FOR 0.9 MILE TO A GQ0421'FORK WHICH IS ABOUT 0.1 MILE SOUTH OF A SMALL MINE. TAKE GQ0421'THE RIGHT FORK AND GO 0.5 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT GQ0421'FORK AND CONTINUE FOR 1.2 MILES TO A WIRE GATE. PASS GQ0421'THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE DOWN THE WASH, PASSING THROUGH GQ0421'A STOCK PEN AT A WIND MILL, EAST THEN NORTH TO A ROAD GQ0421'LEFT WHICH IS ABOUT 0.1 MILE BEFORE REACHING AN EARTHEN GQ0421'RESERVOIR. TURN LEFT (NORTHWEST) AND GO 0.1 MILE TO A WIRE GQ0421'GATE. PASS THROUGH GATE AND CONTINUE FOR 3.2 MILES TO A GQ0421'STOCK CORRAL. TURN LEFT AT THE CORRAL AND FOLLOW THE GQ0421'ROAD UP OVER THE HILL FOR 0.7 MILE TO A FORK. TAKE THE LEFT GQ0421'FORK AND CONTINUE NORTH-NORTHWEST FOR 5.5 TO A STONE CABIN GQ0421'AND THE AZIMUTH MARK AS DESCRIBED BELOW. CONTINUE STRAIGHT GQ0421'AHEAD FOR 0.3 MILE TO A LARGE CEMENT WATER TANK AND THE END GQ0421'OF TRUCK TRAVEL. AT THIS POINT A TRAIL FOLLOWS THE WASH IN GQ0421'A NORTHERLY DIRECTION. FOLLOW THIS TRAIL (NORTHERLY) FOR GQ0421'ABOUT 40 MINUTES TO A POINT OPPOSITE THE STATION PEAK AT AN GQ0421'OLD CAMP SITE AND A SMALL CAIRN. AT THIS POINT OR THE GQ0421'IMMEDIATE VICINITY THE TRAIL TAKES OFF UP THE RIDGE (WESTERLY) GQ0421'TOWARD THE STATION. FOLLOW THE TRAIL TO A POINT WHERE IT GQ0421'LEAVES THE GENERAL DIRECTION OF THE STATION HILL. HERE GQ0421'LEAVE THE TRAIL AND PACK (WESTERLY) TO THE HIGHEST POINT GQ0421'AND THE STATION. APPROXIMATELY 2-1/2-HOUR PACK. GQ0421' GQ0421'THE STATION IS 10 FEET SOUTH OF THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE PEAK. GQ0421'IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A LARGE, 10X6X4 FOOT GQ0421'BOULDER. THE MARK IS STAMPED HANCOCK PK 1953. GQ0421' GQ0421'REFERENCE MARK 1 IS ABOUT 18 INCHES LOWER THAN THE STATION. GQ0421'IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET ON A SLOPE IN THE TOP OF A 8X3X2 GQ0421'FOOT BOULDER THAT PROJECTS ABOUT 2 FEET. THE MARK IS STAMPED GQ0421'HANCOCK PK NO 1 1953. GQ0421' GQ0421'REFERENCE MARK 2 IS ABOUT THE SAME ELEVATION AS THE STATION. GQ0421'IT IS A STANDARD DISK SET IN THE TOP OF A MONSTROUS BOULDER. GQ0421'THE MARK IS STAMPED HANCOCK PK NO 2 1953. GQ0421' GQ0421'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS SET IN THE NORTH EDGE OF A CONCRETE STEP GQ0421'AT THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE ROCK CABIN MENTIONED IN THE GQ0421'DESCRIPTION ABOVE. IT IS STAMPED HANCOCK PK 1953. GQ0421 GQ0421 STATION RECOVERY (1960) GQ0421 GQ0421'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1960 (NES) GQ0421'THE STATION, R.M. 1, R.M. 2 AND THE AZIMUTH MARK WERE RECOVERED GQ0421'AS DESCRIBED AND FOUND TO BE IN GOOD CONDITION. A NEW ROUTE GQ0421'TO THE STATION FOLLOWS-- GQ0421' GQ0421'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE POST OFFICE IN MESQUITE, NEVADA, GQ0421'GO NORTHEAST ON U.S. HIGHWAY 91 FOR 3.0 MILES TO A SIDE ROAD GQ0421'RIGHT, TURN RIGHT AND FOLLOW THE BLADED ROAD EAST FOR 1.7 MILES GQ0421'TO THE VIRGIN RIVER. CROSS THE RIVER AND CONTINUE EAST ON THE GQ0421'BLADED ROAD FOR 4.4 MILES TO A CORRAL AT THE MOUTH OF A CANYON, GQ0421'PASS TO THE LEFT OF THE CORRAL AND GO SOUTHEAST ON MAIN TRAVELED GQ0421'ROAD FOR 4.3 MILES TO A SMALL WIRE CORRAL ON THE LEFT. GQ0421'CONTINUE EAST FOR 3.3 MILES TO A FORK, TAKE THE RIGHT FORK FOR GQ0421'0.1 MILE TO A REVERSE Y FORK, CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO GQ0421'A STONE CABIN AND THE AZIMUTH MARK CEMENTED IN THE NORTH GQ0421'END OF THE FIRST CONCRETE STEP AT THE EAST ENTRANCE TO THE GQ0421'CABIN. GO NORTH ON BLADED ROAD FOR 0.05 MILE TO A FORK, GQ0421'TAKE RIGHT FORK AND CONTINUE NORTH AND WEST FOR 3.0 MILES TO GQ0421'THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. PACK SOUTHWEST TO THE HIGHEST PART GQ0421'OF THE MOUNTAIN AND STATION. LENGTH OF PACK IS ABOUT 1 GQ0421'HOUR. GQ0421 GQ0421 STATION RECOVERY (1972) GQ0421 GQ0421'RECOVERY NOTE BY ARIZONA HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT (NOW AZDT) 1972 GQ0421'GENERAL LOCATION--ABOUT 13 MILES S OF THE UTAH-ARIZ. ST. GQ0421'LINE AND ABOUT 12 MILES E OF MESQUITE, NEV. AND ABOUT 11 MILES GQ0421'E OF THE - NEV.-ARIZ. ST. LINE GQ0421' GQ0421'TO REACH--AS PER USC AND GS DESCRIPTIONS AND RECOVERY NOTES GQ0421' GQ0421'STATION MARK--STD USC AND GS BC SET IN TOP OF LARGE BOULDER GQ0421'STAMPED HANCOCK PK 1953 GQ0421' GQ0421'REFERENCE MARKS--NO 1 AND NO 2 STD USC AND GS BCS SET IN GQ0421'BOULDERS STAMPED HANCOCK PK 1953 RESPECTIVELY