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Manganite from
Puzzle mine, Poncha Springs, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Manganite
Formula:Mn3+O(OH)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Manganite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Puzzle mine, Poncha Springs, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:354689
Long-form Identifier:1:3:354689:5
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Manganite
0.2km (0.1 miles) ⓘBlue Stone Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
0.4km (0.3 miles) ⓘWhite King Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.4 miles) ⓘChimney Hill Mine (Morgan Ranch Deposits; Manganese Hill), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
0.7km (0.5 miles) ⓘLast Chance Mine (Lower Adit; Kramer Mine; Adit No. 1; Adit No. 2), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
1.1km (0.7 miles) ⓘSnowflake Deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
1.8km (1.1 miles) ⓘColorado - American Mine (West Vein; Trefone Adit; East Vein; American Shaft; Mill Adit; Branch or Collins Vein), Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
2.6km (1.6 miles) ⓘAlderman deposit, Browns Canyon Mining District, Chaffee County, Colorado, USA
25.2km (15.6 miles) ⓘWellsville Deposit (Iron Mountain Deposit), Wellsville Area, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
44.5km (27.6 miles) ⓘPershing Mine (Pershing Manganese Mine; Saguache Manganese Mine No. 334), Bonanza Mining District (Kerber Creek Mining District; Blake Mining District), Saguache County, Colorado, USA
50.3km (31.2 miles) ⓘSouth Park Mining Company, South Park, Park County, Colorado, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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