Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Sangdong Mine, Sangdong-gun, Gangwon Province, South Korea

mindat Locality ID: 20895
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-20895.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Sangdong Mine, Sangdong-gun, Gangwon Province, South Korea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 37°9'0"N
Longitude: 128°49'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.15,128.81666666667

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Epidote	Fluorite	Mica
Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel
Stibnite	Tetradymite	Titanite

Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Diopside ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*	Gold ()*
Magnetite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Scheelite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Tetradymite ()*
Titanite ()*

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 Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mo O S Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Epidote Fluorite Mica
Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel
Stibnite Tetradymite Titanite

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆	4135
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	14899
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)	4894
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S	510
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O	4899

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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