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Locality Name:
Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 104.48

mindat Locality ID: 180782
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-180782.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Janggun Mine
Kumho Mine
Kumjong Mine (Kinsei Mine)
Sochon-myon

Latitude: 36°51'0"N
Longitude: 129°3'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.85,129.06638888889
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: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCorundumCubanite
EpidoteFeldsparHumiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyrite
PyroxeneQuartzRamsdelliteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedrite
WollastoniteWurtzite

38 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Epidote  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Janggunite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)
Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nsutite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rhodochrosite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Takanelite  (*)
Talc  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5109.62104.4811075281310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2109.62104.4811075283092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS109.62104.4811075289052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi109.62104.4811075281966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3109.62104.4811075281935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11109.62104.481107528843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3109.62104.4811075281089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)109.62104.48110752827770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2109.62104.48110752827198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2109.62104.481107528285
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3109.62104.481107528802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6109.62104.4811075284135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2109.62104.4811075289895
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11075338173
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)109.62104.4811075281188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS109.62104.48110752824243
Graphite  (*)NoneC109.62104.4811075282812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3109.62104.48110752814640
Janggunite  (*)None(Mn4+,Mn2+,Fe3+)6O8(OH)6109.62104.4811075285
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4109.62104.4811075285591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)109.62104.4811075281487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4109.62104.48110752814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2109.62104.4811075285674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)109.62104.4811075284924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2109.62104.48110752817380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x109.62104.481107528121
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2109.62104.4811075282273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2109.62104.48110752839462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8109.62104.4811075289056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2109.62104.48110752861156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)109.62104.4811075281711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)109.62104.4811075286417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS109.62104.48110752821482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4109.62104.481107528668
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O109.62104.48110752818
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2109.62104.4811075283337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13109.62104.4811075285317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3109.62104.4811075281247


1 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel IDMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)Age as listed in referenceDating MethodAge InterpretPrioritized?Sample SourceSample NumRun NumAge from other LocalityDated MineralMinerals explicitely stated as having this ageAge applies to these ElementsMinDat Locality IDDated Locality (Max Age)Location as listed in referenceReferenceReference DOIReference IDAge Notes
sedznpb-00406109.62104.48107.05±2.57        25274Janggun Mine, Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South KoreaJanggunSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 

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