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Manganese Oxides from
Joses Ranch prospect, Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:'Manganese Oxides' (not an IMA approved species)
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Manganese Oxides data
Locality Data:Click here to view Joses Ranch prospect, Mountain Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:912576
Long-form Identifier:1:3:912576:6
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Manganese Oxides
5.8km (3.6 miles) ⓘCave City claim, Cave City, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
11.5km (7.1 miles) ⓘZurcher Mine (Zurcher prospect; Zurcher property; Quarry No. 1), Sheep Ranch, Mountain Ranch Mining District, East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
13.5km (8.4 miles) ⓘHauselt prospect (Hauselt patent; Hauselt Mine), Murphys, Murphys Mining District (Esmeralda Mining District; Sperry Mining District), East Belt, Calaveras County, California, USA
17.2km (10.7 miles) ⓘDigitalli prospect, Jackson Butte, Amador County, California, USA
19.0km (11.8 miles) ⓘAirola Mine (Airola deposit), Angels Camp area, Calaveras County, California, USA
24.3km (15.1 miles) ⓘExperimental Mine (Schoettgen prospect), Blewetts Point, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
25.3km (15.7 miles) ⓘFlaming Arrow Mine (Flaming Arrow 2 and 3 deposit; Pacific; Donovan; McCann; Vulture; Pine Ridge; Sobrante), American Camp Station, American Camp Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
29.7km (18.5 miles) ⓘMadrid claim (Madrid property), Browns Flat, Columbia Mining District, East Belt, Tuolumne County, California, USA
30.9km (19.2 miles) ⓘCuster prospect (Dooley prospect; Custer Dooley prospect), Sunnybrook, Pardee Mining District, Amador County, California, USA
31.7km (19.7 miles) ⓘDeaver prospect (Reeves Mine), Fiddletown (Oleta), Fiddletown Mining District (Oleta Mining District), Amador County, California, USA
References
(2005) Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS), US Geological Survey.
 
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