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Super Fun Mystery Cache

Hidden : 5/20/2017
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
3 out of 5

Size: Size:   regular (regular)

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Geocache Description:

Trash Out, Cache In. The cache is NOT at the posted coordinates. Do a little web searching to get the answers, and do a little math to get the final coordinates.


Imagine my surprise to realize, nearly 3 years later, we almost unknowingly bought a house in Concord, NC that was within a couple football fields length of parts of an EPA Superfund site. It has been nearly completely remediated, and you can see some of that on the way. It's a bit of a walk, and a bit of a bushwack near the end, to get to the cache, which is located on the banks of nearby Irish Buffalo Creek. I chose to walk, but you could get there by small boat when the water is up, like it was recently.

Final coordinates are: N 35 2A.BCD W 080 3E.FGH

Suggested web search words: bypass ground water superfun contamination

Questions:

What name did EPA give to the site? Bypass ___ Ground Water Contamination

What years did Martin's Scrap Recycling Operate? LMNO - PQRS

Of 84 total contaminants listed, how many are designated "Ground Water?"  JK  (Site Contaminants link)

What year was the site placed on the Superfund National Priorities List? TUVW

How many additional "source areas" are in the surrounding area (designated "Operating Unit" 2)?  XY

How many Potentially Responsible Parties (PRP) were identified? ZA'B' (Scorecard http://scorecard.goodguide.com/env-releases/land/site.tcl?epa_id=NCD044440303 is no more) See log note of 02/27/2023

Math:

A = 2 x (JK) -20

B = N - L

C = W - T

D = Y

E = Number in the site title, First digit

F = B' - Z Update: See log note of 02/27/2023

G = J + K

H = X + X
 

Additional Hints ()

Qhpx Qhpx Tb uggcf://phzhyvf.rcn.tbi/fhcrepcnq/phefvgrf/pfvgvasb.psz?vq=0402753 Hfr lbhe abttva.

Decryption Key

A|B|C|D|E|F|G|H|I|J|K|L|M
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N|O|P|Q|R|S|T|U|V|W|X|Y|Z

(letter above equals below, and vice versa)

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