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:
Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.5

mindat Locality ID: 191032
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191032.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 4

Number of Child Localities: 4
Child Localities:
Haksol-li
Sindong-ni
Taesil-li
Yon-gol Mica Deposit

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	Bournonite	Calcite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Feldspar	Mica	None
Not in a structural group	Olivine	Pyroxene	Rocksalt	Sphalerite	Talc

Actinolite ()*	Boulangerite ()*	Bournonite ()*	Calcite ()*	Diopside ()*
Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Forsterite ()*	Galena ()*	Graphite ()*
Hemimorphite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*
Sphalerite ()*	Talc ()*

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 C Ca Cu Fe H K Mg O Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Bournonite Calcite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Feldspar Mica None
Not in a structural group Olivine Pyroxene Rocksalt Sphalerite Talc

17 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	89257	3419
Boulangerite ()*	None	Pb₅Sb₄S₁₁	2500	1.5	1	89259	843
Bournonite ()*	Bournonite	CuPbSbS₃	2500	1.5	1	89259	1089
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			1	89262	27770
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			2	89262,89263	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	89262	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	89257	8173
Forsterite ()*	Olivine	Mg₂(SiO₄)			1	89262	1188
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2500	1.5	1	89259	24243
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	89257	2812
Hemimorphite ()*	Not in a structural group	Zn₄(Si₂O₇)(OH)₂·H₂O	2500	1.5	1	89259	1689
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			1	89262	2349
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂			2	89262,89263	2273
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	2500	1.5	1	89259	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	2500	1.5	1	89259	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2500	1.5	1	89259	21482
Talc ()*	Clay Talc	Mg₃Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂			1	89262	3337

2 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	sedexmvt-00190	2500	1600	Paleoproterozoic		host rock age									127070	Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea	Komdok	Taylor et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009_1297
	sedznpb-00346	1.64	1.5	1.64–1.5											127070	Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North Korea	Geomdeok	Singer et al. (2009)		USGSOFR2009-1252

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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