Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
South Pyongan Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 142180
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-142180.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Pyongan Province, North Korea": 24
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Kangso County
Kangso-gun
Kjongsu-gun
Pyongwon-gun
Soon-an
Sunch'on Uranium Mine (Suncheon Mine)
Taedong
Toksong (Tokonsong)
Yangdok-kun
Yongwon-gun

Latitude: 39°34'25"N
Longitude: 126°7'13"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 39.573611111111,126.12027777778

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.

Calcite	Chalcanthite	Clay	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Pyroxene	Quartz	Scheelite	Spinel	Titanite	Zircon

Aegirine-augite ()*	Calcite ()*	Chalcanthite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gold ()*	Hübnerite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kyanite ()*	Magnetite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
Titanite ()*	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 Au C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti W Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Chalcanthite Clay Columbite Copper Corundum Feldspar Fluorite Mica None
Not in a structural group Pyroxene Quartz Scheelite Spinel Titanite Zircon

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine-augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Na)(Fe³⁺,Mg,Fe²⁺)Si₂O₆	1	89317	286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89312	27770
Chalcanthite ()*	Chalcanthite	Cu(SO₄)·5H₂O	1	89324	925
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	2	89305,89306	1797
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89308	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	89315	30554
Hübnerite ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺(WO₄)	1	89321	469
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	89302	5433
Kyanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂OSiO₄	2	89305,89306	1507
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89308	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	3	89305,89306,89314	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89317	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	5	89308,89312,89314,89317,89324	61156
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	1	89308	4894
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	2	89305,89306	1516
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	89302	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	89302	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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