Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Kilchu-gun, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 143282
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143282.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kilchu-gun, North Hamgyong Province, North Korea": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Changbaeng-myon
Toksan-myon
Yangsa-myon

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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	Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Spinel
Titanite	Tridymite

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*
Forsterite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Johachidolite ()*	Nepheline ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Spinel ()*	Titanite ()*

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 B C Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Calcite Clay Corundum Feldspar Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Spinel
Titanite Tridymite

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	89123	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89123	8803
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	89120,89122,89127	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4	89120,89122,89123,89127	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂	3	89120,89122,89125	9895
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)	1	89120	1188
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	89125	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	89125	5433
Johachidolite ()*	None	CaAlB₃O₇	1	89123	2
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	1	89123	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89122	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	4	89120,89122,89123,89127	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	89125	61156
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	1	89127	1934
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	89125	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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