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Locality Name:
South Hamgyong Province, North Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.5

mindat Locality ID: 127071
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-127071.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Hamgyong Province, North Korea": 47
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 26

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Changjin-gun
Ham-heung
Hungnam Uranium Mine
Kokeiri
Munchon-gun
Shinheung Mine
Shinkodo
Songhung-dong
Taikwayodo
Tan-chun
Tanchon-gun
Yodok-gun
Yonghung-gun

Latitude: 39°53'37"N
Longitude: 127°28'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.893611111111,127.475

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
	This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Bournonite	Brucite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Chlorite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite
Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Gypsum	Humite	Löllingite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pentlandite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Scheelite	Serpentine
Sphalerite	Spinel	Talc	Tourmaline	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Brucite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Clinochlore ()*	Clinohumite ()*	Clinozoisite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Corundum ()*
Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Dravite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Hemimorphite ()*
Löllingite ()*	Magnesite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pentlandite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Schorl ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*	Talc ()*
Tremolite ()*	Zircon ()*	Zoisite ()*

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: Ag Al As Au B C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mo Na Ni O P Pb S Sb Si W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Bournonite Brucite Calcite Chalcopyrite Chlorite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite
Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Gypsum Humite Löllingite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Olivine Pentlandite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Scheelite Serpentine
Sphalerite Spinel Talc Tourmaline Zircon

48 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	89257	3419
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			1	89239	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	89239	244
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	89241	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			2	89249,89269	9052
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2500	1.5	1	89259	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2500	1.5	1	89259	1089
Brucite ()*	Brucite	Mg(OH)₂			1	89254	462
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			3	89241,89254,89262	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			4	89240,89249,89254,89269	27198
Clinochlore ()*	Chlorite Clay	Mg₅Al(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₈			1	89241	1756
Clinohumite ()*	Humite	Mg₉(SiO₄)₄F₂			1	89241	236
Clinozoisite ()*	Clinozoisite Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	89254	1025
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	89249	966
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃			1	89266	1797
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	89262,89263	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			3	89241,89254,89262	9895
Dravite ()*	Tourmaline	NaMg₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			2	89269,89271	648
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			2	89254,89257	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			2	89241,89262	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1.5	1	89259	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			4	89234,89246,89269,89277	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			2	89254,89257	2812
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O			1	89275	6890
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	1.5	1	89259	1689
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂			1	89269	762
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)			1	89245	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	89252,89254,89269	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	89239	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			3	89233,89240,89249	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			2	89239,89269	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	89262	2349
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	89254	1512
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	89262,89263	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			3	89249,89254,89269	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			3	89249,89254,89269	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			6	89233,89239,89240,89252,89254,89269	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			1	89269	4894
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	89239	2705
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅			1	89269	1516
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	1.5	1	89259	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2500	1.5	1	89259	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1.5	1	89259	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆			1	89239	688
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			2	89241,89262	3337
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	89241	2562
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	89252	5251
Zoisite ()*	Epidote	Ca₂Al₃[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	89254	1025

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00190	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age									127070	Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea	Komdok	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00346	1.64	1.5	1.64–1.5											127070	Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea	Geomdeok	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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