Mineral Evolution Database

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

mindat Locality ID: 143745
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-143745.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Pyonggang-gun, Kangwon Province, North Korea": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Abdong Zr-Nb Deposit (Aptong; Apdong)
Hyonnae-myon
Nam-myon
So-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	Apatite	Bastnäsite	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chevkinite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Feldspar
Fluorite	Molybdenite	Monazite	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile
Sapphirine	Scheelite	Smectite-vermiculite	Sodalite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Titanite	Tridymite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Anatase ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Diopside ()*
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Ferro-ferri-nybøite ()*	Ferro-richterite ()*	Fluorapatite ()*
Fluorite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Katophorite ()*	Magnesite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Montmorillonite ()*
Nepheline ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*
Rutile ()*	Sodalite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Thorite ()*	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 C Ca Ce Cl F Fe H K Mg Mo Na Nb O P S Si Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Apatite Bastnäsite Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chevkinite Clay Columbite Corundum Feldspar
Fluorite Molybdenite Monazite Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile
Sapphirine Scheelite Smectite-vermiculite Sodalite Sphalerite Spinel Titanite Tridymite Zircon

36 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	89079	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	89079	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89079	8803
Anatase ()*	Not in a structural group	TiO₂	1	89079	2162
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89079	295
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F	1	89079	304
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)	1	89086	115
Chevkinite-(Ce) ()*	Chevkinite	Ce₄(Ti,Fe²⁺,Fe³⁺)₅O₈(Si₂O₇)₂	1	89079	89
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	89079	518
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	1	89079	4135
Fergusonite-(Y) ()*	Scheelite	YNbO₄	1	89079	196
Ferro-ferri-katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89079	6
Ferro-ferri-nybøite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89079	6
Ferro-richterite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)Fe²⁺₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89079	30
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F	1	89079	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	89079,89086	9617
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	89079	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	89079,89082	5433
Katophorite ()*	Amphibole	Na(NaCa)(Mg₄Al)(Si₇Al)O₂₂(OH)₂	1	89079	46
Magnesite ()*	Calcite	Mg(CO₃)	1	89079	1487
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89079	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89079	4924
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	2	89079,89086	5800
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)	1	89079	945
Montmorillonite ()*	Clay Smectite-vermiculite	(Na,Ca)_0.3(Al,Mg)₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂·nH₂O	1	89079	1508
Nepheline ()*	Tridymite	Na₃K(Al₄Si₄O₁₆)	2	89079,89088	884
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2	89079,89088	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	89079	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	89079	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	89079	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	89079	5614
Sodalite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Na₄(Si₃Al₃)O₁₂Cl	1	89088	444
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	89079	21482
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	89079	1006
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	2	89079,89082	4899
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	2	89079,89088	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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