Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
North Pyongan Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 142178
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-142178.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Pyongan Province, North Korea": 44
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 30

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Changseong-gun
Cholsan-gun
Chonsan Mine
Hwangsan January Industrial Mine
Jongju
Kanggye-gun
Kujang Uranium Mine
Pakchon-gun
Syen-chun
Tokhyon
Uiju-gun
Unsan-gun
Yeng-byen

Latitude: 39°50'37"N
Longitude: 125°37'38"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.843611111111,125.62722222222

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.

Andalusite	Arsenic	Arsenolamprite	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite
Cobaltite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Löllingite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline
None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stannite	Stibnite	Tridymite	Triplite	Vivianite	Zircon

Andalusite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Cordierite ()*
Cosalite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Erythrite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Löllingite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Microcline ()*	Muscovite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spinel ()*
Stannite ()*	Teallite ()*	Triplite ()*	Zircon ()*

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: Al As Au Ba Bi C Ca Co Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O P Pb S Si Sn Ti W Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Andalusite Arsenic Arsenolamprite Arsenopyrite Baryte Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite
Cobaltite Copper Corundum Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Löllingite Marcasite Mica Nickeline
None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stannite Stibnite Tridymite Triplite Vivianite Zircon

39 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite ()*	Andalusite	Al₂SiO₅	1	89206	1310
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	89185	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	2	89191,89192	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	89177	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1	89177	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89185	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	89177	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	89177,89185	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS	1	89209	966
Cordierite ()*	Beryl	Mg₂Al₄Si₅O₁₈	1	89185	1008
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅	1	89177	344
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	89197,89198,89199,89200	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	89185	8173
Erythrite ()*	Vivianite	Co₃(AsO₄)₂·8H₂O	1	89209	814
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89188	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	89185	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	4	89185,89202,89213,89218	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	89185	2812
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	4	89181,89183,89184,89188	5433
Löllingite ()*	Löllingite	FeAs₂	1	89209	762
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89185	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	89185	5674
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	89184,89211	4924
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	2	89185,89206	17380
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	89188	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89197	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	4	89197,89198,89199,89200	2273
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	2	89177,89185	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	89185	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	6	89177,89183,89184,89185,89206,89209	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	89213	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	89175	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	89206	1516
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	89177,89185	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	2	89199,89200	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	89177	668
Teallite ()*	Arsenolamprite	PbSnS₂	1	89177	33
Triplite ()*	Triplite	Mn²⁺₂(PO₄)F	1	89177	233
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	89188,89213	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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