Manganese (Mn) Deposits

Important minerals :

• Brownite : Mn₂O₄
• Hausmanite : Mn₃O₄
• Manganite : MnO.OH
• Rhodochrosite : MnCO₃
• Rhodonite : MnSiO₃
• Pyrolusite : MnO₂
• Psilomelane : Hydrated oxide of Mn

Type of Deposits :

1. Bedded deposits
2. Lateroid deposits

Indian Deposits :-

Andhra Pradesh	Kodurite
Kalahandi and Koraput	Precambrian iron ore series