National Geodetic Survey, Retrieval Date = NOVEMBER 24, 2002 GS0899 *********************************************************************** GS0899 DESIGNATION - PYRAMID PEAK GS0899 PID - GS0899 GS0899 STATE/COUNTY- CA/INYO GS0899 USGS QUAD - EAST OF ECHO CANYON (1987) GS0899 GS0899 *CURRENT SURVEY CONTROL GS0899 ___________________________________________________________________ GS0899* NAD 83(1994)- 36 23 30.51133(N) 116 36 43.35681(W) ADJUSTED GS0899* NAVD 88 - 2044.4 (meters) 6707. (feet) VERTCON GS0899 ___________________________________________________________________ GS0899 LAPLACE CORR- 2.14 (seconds) DEFLEC99 GS0899 GEOID HEIGHT- -28.29 (meters) GEOID99 GS0899 GS0899 HORZ ORDER - SECOND GS0899 GS0899.The horizontal coordinates were established by classical geodetic methods GS0899.and adjusted by the National Geodetic Survey in June 1998. GS0899 GS0899.The NAVD 88 height was computed by applying the VERTCON shift value to GS0899.the NGVD 29 height (displayed under SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL.) GS0899 GS0899.The Laplace correction was computed from DEFLEC99 derived deflections. GS0899 GS0899.The geoid height was determined by GEOID99. GS0899 GS0899; North East Units Scale Converg. GS0899;SPC CA 4 - 620,112.878 2,214,203.911 MT 0.99994906 +1 25 28.6 GS0899;SPC CA 4 - 2,034,487.00 7,264,434.00 sFT 0.99994906 +1 25 28.6 GS0899;SPC NV C - 6,182,143.638 504,900.054 MT 0.99990030 +0 01 56.7 GS0899;UTM 11 - 4,027,477.076 534,791.894 MT 0.99961491 +0 13 48.6 GS0899 GS0899: Primary Azimuth Mark Grid Az GS0899:SPC CA 4 - PYRAMID PEAK AZ MK 177 03 26.1 GS0899:SPC NV C - PYRAMID PEAK AZ MK 178 26 58.0 GS0899:UTM 11 - PYRAMID PEAK AZ MK 178 15 06.1 GS0899 GS0899|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GS0899| PID Reference Object Distance Geod. Az | GS0899| dddmmss.s | GS0899| CC6298 PYRAMID PEAK RM 1 6.702 METERS 17110 | GS0899| CC6297 PYRAMID PEAK AZ MK 1782854.7 | GS0899| CC6299 PYRAMID PEAK RM 2 5.859 METERS 28404 | GS0899|---------------------------------------------------------------------| GS0899 GS0899 SUPERSEDED SURVEY CONTROL GS0899 GS0899 NAD 83(1992)- 36 23 30.50631(N) 116 36 43.35840(W) AD(1991.35) 2 GS0899 NAD 83(1986)- 36 23 30.50295(N) 116 36 43.35985(W) AD(1984.00) 2 GS0899 NAD 27 - 36 23 30.66300(N) 116 36 40.18600(W) AD( ) 2 GS0899 NGVD 29 - 2043.6 (m) 6705. (f) VERT ANG GS0899 GS0899.Superseded values are not recommended for survey control. GS0899.NGS no longer adjusts projects to the NAD 27 or NGVD 29 datums. GS0899.See file dsdata.txt to determine how the superseded data were derived. GS0899 GS0899_U.S. NATIONAL GRID SPATIAL ADDRESS: 11SNA3479227477(NAD 83) GS0899_MARKER: DO = NOT SPECIFIED OR SEE DESCRIPTION GS0899_SETTING: 80 = SET IN A BOULDER GS0899 GS0899 HISTORY - Date Condition Report By GS0899 HISTORY - 1949 MONUMENTED CGS GS0899 HISTORY - 1950 SEE DESCRIPTION CGS GS0899 GS0899 STATION DESCRIPTION GS0899 GS0899'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1949 (MTP) GS0899'THE STATION IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FURNACE CREEK INN, GS0899'13 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEATH VALLEY JUNCTION, AND 6 MILES GS0899'SOUTHWEST OF LEES WELL. IT IS ON THE SOUTHERNMOST HIGH ROCKY GS0899'PEAK OF THE AMARGOSA RANGE. GS0899' GS0899'THE USGS TRIANGULATION STATION DISK, MARKING THEIR STATION GS0899'FURNACE, WAS FOUND INSECURE NECESSITATING THE ESTABLISHMENT GS0899'OF A NEW STATION. IT IS STAMPED PYRAMID PK 1949. GS0899' GS0899'REFERENCE MARK NOS. 1 AND 2 ARE STAMPED PYRAMID PK NO 1 AND GS0899'NO 2 RESPECTIVELY, 1949. GS0899' GS0899'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS USC AND GS BENCH MARK G 699. IT IS 0.65 GS0899'MILE WEST OF THE MAIN ROAD, 60 FEET EAST OF THE OLD RAILROAD GS0899'BED MENTIONED IN THE TRAVEL. IT IS STAMPED G 699. GS0899' GS0899'TO REACH THE STATION FROM LATHROP WELLS, GO SOUTHWESTERLY ON GS0899'STATE HIGHWAY NO. 29 FOR 14.3 MILES TO A BLADED ROAD ON THE GS0899'RIGHT AND A SIGN MIER TRANSPORTATION CO (THIS IS 0.9 MILE GS0899'BEFORE REACHING THE CALIFORNIA-NEVADA STATE BOUNDARY). TURN GS0899'RIGHT, GOING 2.3 MILES TO A Y FORK AND STOCK CORRALS. TAKE GS0899'RIGHT FORK FOR 0.15 MILES AND AGAIN KEEP RIGHT FORK THENCE ALL GS0899'RIGHT FORKS FOR 2.7 MILES TO A CROSS ROAD AND SIGN BEATTY GS0899'36-1/2 D.V.JTC. 12 1/2. CONTINUE AHEAD FOR 1.2 MILES, PASSING GS0899'THROUGH AN OPEN SPOT, TO A 1 X 4 STAKE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE GS0899'ROAD. TURN LEFT, OFF THE MAIN ROAD, FOLLOWING DIM TRACKS GS0899'FOR 0.65 MILE TO AN OLD RAILROAD BED AND THE USC AND GS GS0899'BENCH MARK. CROSS THE RAILROAD BED AND CONTINUE STRAIGHT GS0899'AHEAD ACROSS COUNTRY ON A BEARING 227 DEGREES (TRUE) GS0899'TOWARDS THE PEAK AND A LARGE WASH. GO UP WASH FOR GS0899'APPROXIMATELY 5.6 MILES THENCE BEAR RIGHT OUT OF WASH AND GS0899'ONTO A LOW GRAVEL RIDGE LEADING TO A HIGH LIGHT-COLORED GS0899'PEAK WITH A BLACK OUTCROP ON THE LEFT SIDE OF SAME. TRAVEL GS0899'THIS RIDGE CAREFULLY FOR ABOUT 1-1/4 MILES TO THE END OF GS0899'TRUCK TRAVEL IN A WASH AT THE BASE OF THE STATION PEAK. GS0899'PACK UP RIDGE IN A WEST SOUTHWESTERLY DIRECTION TO A GS0899'SADDLE WHICH IS LEFT OF THE STATION PEAK. FROM THE SADDLE, GS0899'FOLLOW A BLACK RIDGE TO ITS SUMMIT, JUDGING THE LOSS OF GS0899'ELEVATION AS TO SEVERAL PEAKS ENCOUNTERED. CONTINUE TO THE GS0899'HIGHEST ELEVATION AND THE STATION SITE. GS0899 GS0899 STATION RECOVERY (1950) GS0899 GS0899'RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1950 (RJS) GS0899'THE STATION IS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GS0899'FURNACE CREEK RANCH AND ABOUT 13 MILES WEST-NORTHWEST OF DEATH GS0899'VALLEY JUNCTION, ON THE SOUTHERNMOST AND HIGHEST POINT OF THE GS0899'AMARGOSA MOUNTAIN RANGE. FROM THE SOUTH THIS PEAK APPEARS GS0899'TO BE CAPPED WITH A WHITE QUARTZ OUTCROP. THE STATION MARK GS0899'PROJECTS 8 INCHES AND IS STAMPED PYRAMID PK 1949. GS0899' GS0899'A USGS MARK WAS FOUND BUT HAS APPARENTLY BEEN MOVED A GS0899'CONSIDERABLE DISTANCE FORM ITS ORIGINAL POSITION AND DIRECTIONS GS0899'WERE NOT TAKEN TO IT. GS0899' GS0899'REFERENCE MARK NO 1 IS APPROXIMATELY 3 FEET LOWER THAN THE GS0899'STATION MARK, PROJECTS ABOUT 6 FEET AND IS STAMPED PYRAMID PK GS0899'NO 1 1949. GS0899' GS0899'REFERENCE MARK NO 2 IS APPROXIMATELY 18 INCHES LOWER THAN GS0899'THE STATION MARK, PROJECTS 3 INCHES AND IS STAMPED PYRAMID GS0899'PK NO 2 1949. GS0899' GS0899'THE AZIMUTH MARK IS A U.S. COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY BRONZE GS0899'BENCH MARK DISK SET IN A 12X12 INCH CONCRETE POST PROJECTING GS0899'8 INCHES AND IS STAMPED F672 1942. IT IS LOCATED 110 FEET GS0899'EAST OF A SIGN BIG CACTUS, 92 FEET EAST-SOUTHEAST OF THE GS0899'INTERSECTION OF A DIRT ROAD AND THE HIGHWAY, 36 FEET SOUTH GS0899'OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE HIGHWAY 190 AND 3 FEET EAST OF A GS0899'WHITE WITNESS POST. GS0899' GS0899'TO REACH THE STATION FROM THE SERVICE STATION AT FURNACE CREEK GS0899'INN, GO EAST ON STATE HIGHWAY 190 FOR 10.3 MILES TO A FORK GS0899'IN THE HIGHWAY. TAKE THE LEFT FORK, STATE HIGHWAY 190, FOR 0.1 GS0899'MILE TO THE DEATH VALLEY MONUMENT INSPECTION STATION. CONTINUE GS0899'EAST ON THE HIGHWAY FOR 6.4 MILES TO A DIRT ROAD, SIGN BIG GS0899'CACTUS AND THE AZIMUTH MARK ON THE RIGHT, SOUTH, SIDE OF THE GS0899'HIGHWAY. THE STATION BEARING IS TRUE NORTH FROM THIS POINT. GS0899'HERE TURN LEFT AND GO NORTH-NORTHEAST ACROSS COUNTRY TOWARD GS0899'A SADDLE BETWEEN TWO MOUNTAIN RANGES AND THEN UP A LARGE GS0899'SANDY WASH FOR 2.65 MILES TO A FORK IN THE WASH. TAKE THE GS0899'LEFT WASH FOR 0.25 MILE TO THE END OF TRUCK TRAVEL. HERE GS0899'PACK NORTH-NORTHWEST TO THE TOP OF THE RIDGE. GS0899'THENCE LEFT, NORTHWESTERLY, UP THE RIDGE TO THE GS0899'HIGHEST POINT AND STATION. A 3 HOUR PACK. A 4 WHEEL DRIVE GS0899'VEHICLE IS REQUIRED FOR THE CROSS COUNTRY DRIVING.