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Locality Name:
North Hwanghae Province, North Korea


mindat Locality ID: 145559
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-145559.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Hwanghae Province, North Korea": 15
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Gogsan-Mannjon-gun
Koryeong Mine
Pongsan-gun
Pyongsan Fluorspar Mine
Singye County
Song-wha
Suan-gun

Latitude: 38°32'19"N
Longitude: 126°26'15"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 38.538611111111,126.4375

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ag Al Au B Ba Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBaryteBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCubanite
FluoriteGadoliniteHarkeriteHumiteLudwigiteMicaMolybdeniteNickelineNoneOlivine
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite
TitaniteWarwickiteWurtzite

46 IMA Minerals at location:
Baryte  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hessite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Miharaite  (*)
Molybdenite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Sakhaite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Suanite  (*)Sussexite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Warwickite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)18916411547
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi289170,891711966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3289170,891721935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4289170,891715516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2289169,89173462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)489169,89170,89171,8917227770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4189171154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2589166,89170,89171,89172,8917327198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2289170,89172285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2289169,89171236
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189171802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)189170498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6489169,89170,89171,891724135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2489170,89171,89172,891739895
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F318916952
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF2289160,891649617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)389169,89170,891711188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS289172,8917324243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO318917170
Gold  (*)CopperAu689167,89168,89169,89170,89171,8917230554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te189171804
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2489169,89170,89171,8917220
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)589168,89169,89170,89171,89172134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4389160,89169,8917314899
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS618917119
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS2289166,891735800
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2389170,89171,891722273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2789161,89164,89166,89169,89170,89172,8917339462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81891709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2689160,89161,89164,89166,89169,8917361156
Sakhaite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16(BO3)32(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)1891697
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)1891604894
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4189171249
Silver  (*)CopperAg1891615186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS489161,89166,89172,8917321482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O41891691934
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O518916916
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)18916925
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)18916987
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3189170276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S189172510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13289172,891735317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1891694899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2289169,891702562
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)18916915
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3189171297



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060940Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Koreahttps://rruff.info/R060940


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