John Tynes Pit

Past Producer in El Dorado county in California, United States with commodity Stone
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10139012
MAS/MILS ID 0060171300
Record type Site
Current site name John Tynes Pit

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -120.85662, 38.8441 (WGS84)
Elevation 585
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

El Dorado(county)

California(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Garden Valley(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Placerville(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sacramento(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

South Fork American(hydrologic unit)

Lower Sacramento(hydrologic accounting unit)

Sacramento(hydrologic subregion)

California(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States California El Dorado

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Mount Diablo 012 N 010 E 34 SWNWSW California

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Stone Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -120.85662, 38.8441

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Operator
    Owner John Tynes
    ID 404032
    Home office California
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MSHA MINE FILE REFERENCE MARCH 1979.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-SEP-1986 Western Field Operations Center (WFOC) U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Current status (per MSHA)

StatusAbandoned since 04/23/1985
MSHA mine ID0404032
Mine name (MSHA)John Tynes Pit
Current operatorJohn Tynes
Mine typeSurface (Metal / non-metal)

MSHA cross-reference per the original MRDS record. Mine status and operator reflect MSHA's last published Mines export (February 2025); MSHA's public bulk feed has been unavailable since, so this may be out of date. See the Mine Data Retrieval System for current status.

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Authoritative California resources

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