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Locality Name:
Ulsan, South Korea


mindat Locality ID: 191527
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-191527.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ulsan, South Korea": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Ulju-gun
Ulsan Mine

Latitude: 35°37'0"N
Longitude: 129°19'58"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.616666666667,129.33277777778
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 As Bi C Ca Co Cr Cu Fe H In Mg Mo Ni O Pb S Sb Si Sn Te W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteCobaltiteCubaniteLöllingiteMarcasiteMeneghinite
MolybdeniteNickelineNonePyritePyroxeneQuartzRocksaltScheeliteSphaleriteSpinel
StibniteTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

39 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aikinite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcocite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chromite  (*)
Cobaltite  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Galena  (*)
Hedenbergite  (*)Hessite  (*)Löllingite  (*)Mackinawite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Marcasite  (*)Mawsonite  (*)Miharaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Nickeline  (*)
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rammelsbergite  (*)Roquesite  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wittichenite  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Actinolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg4.5-2.5Fe2+0.5-2.5)Si8O22(OH)211076523419
Aikinite  (*)MeneghiniteCuPbBiS31107652315
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS11076529052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11076521966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311076521935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS411076525516
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)110765227770
Chalcocite  (*)NoneCu2S11076525707
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2110765227198
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O411076523902
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS1107652966
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S51107652344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S31107652802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O611076524135
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS110765224243
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O61107652741
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te1107652804
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs21107652762
Mackinawite  (*)None(Fe,Ni)1+xS (x = 0-0.07)1107652451
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110765214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS211076525674
Mawsonite  (*)NoneCu6Fe2SnS8110765292
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS6110765219
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS211076525800
Nickeline  (*)NickelineNiAs1107652633
Gersdorffite-Pa3  (*)PyriteNiAsS1107652767
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311076521425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2110765239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S811076529056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO22107651,10765261156
Rammelsbergite  (*)LöllingiteNiAs21107652233
Roquesite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuInS2110765246
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)11076524894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)11076526417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS110765221482
Tennantite-(Fe)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Fe2)As4S1311076521803
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311076525317
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS31107652297
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO311076521247


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