TRINITY COUNTY

SLATE MOUNTAIN

Trinity National Forest
​36N-6W-3

National Geodetic Survey

DESIGNATION - SLATE MOUNTAIN LOT 1954
PID - MX1058
STATE/COUNTY- CA/TRINITY
COUNTRY - US
USGS QUAD - WHISKY BILL PEAK (1986)


STATION DESCRIPTION

DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1953 (RAG)
THE STATION IS THE BASE AND CENTER OF THE FOREST SERVICE
LOOKOUT TOWER ON THE SUMMIT OF A PROMINENT BARE-TOPPED MOUNTAIN
KNOWN LOCALLY AS SLATE MOUNTAIN. IT LIES BETWEEN SLATE CREEK
AND SOUTH SLATE CREEK, ABOUT 5 MILES (AIRLINE) WEST-NORTHWEST
OF LAMOINE, AND ABOUT 8 MILES (AIRLINE) EAST OF TRINITY
CENTER.

THE LOOKOUT TOWER IS A WOODEN STRUCTURE 22 FEET SQUARE AT
THE BASE AND ABOUT 45 FEET IN HEIGHT. IT IS PAINTED WHITE.

THIS STATION WAS ESTABLISHED BY DISTANCE AND DIRECTION FROM
TRIANGULATION SLATE. IT IS 15.810 METERS, (51.87 FEET)
NORTH OF TRIANGULATION SLATE.

STATION RECOVERY (1954)

RECOVERY NOTE BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1954 (LSB)
THE STATION IS THE APEX OF THE SLATE MOUNTAIN LOOKOUT TOWER,
LOCATED ABOUT 17 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINERSVILLE, ABOUT 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF DELTA, ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF TRINITY CENTER,
ABOUT 5-1/2 MILES NORTHWEST OF LAMOINE AND ON THE HIGHEST
POINT OF SLATE MOUNTAIN.

THE TOWER, AN ELEVATED WOOD STRUCTURE PAINTED WHITE, IS THE
PROPERTY OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE FOREST SERVICE. THE BUILDING
IS ABOUT 22 FEET SQUARE AT THE BASE AND IS ENCLOSED AT THE
BOTTOM FORMING A GARAGE AND STORAGE ROOM.

A TRAVERSE CONNECTION WAS MADE TO TRIANGULATION STATION
SLATE 1953, THE DISTANCE BEING 49.38 FEET, 15.051 METERS
AND THE TOP OF THE ROOF OF THE BUILDING IS 13.043 METERS,
42.791 FEET HIGHER THAN STATION SLATE.