Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Chunchon-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 143736
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143736.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Chunchon-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea": 7
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Nam-myon
Namsan-myon
Sanae-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.

Amphibole	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Epidote	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Mica	Nickeline
None	Prehnite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Smectite-vermiculite	Sphalerite	Titanite

Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Prehnite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*

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 C Ca F Fe H K Mg Mn Na O S Si Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Epidote Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Mica Nickeline
None Prehnite Pyroxene Quartz Smectite-vermiculite Sphalerite Titanite

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	1	89047	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	89047	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	1	89047	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89050	9617
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	89050	1508
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89047	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89047	2349
Prehnite ()*	Prehnite	Ca₂Al(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89047	1898
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	89047	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	89047,89050	61156
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	89047	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	89047	21482
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	1	89047	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89047	2562

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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