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Locality Name:
Yeonwha, Gangwon Province, South Korea


mindat Locality ID: 215488
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-215488.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yeonwha, Gangwon Province, South Korea": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Yeonwha Mine

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0

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 As Au Bi C Ca Cu Fe H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperCorundumEpidote
KobelliteLillianiteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
SphaleriteStanniteStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Alabandite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Diaphorite  (*)Epidote  (*)Freibergite  (*)
Galena  (*)Galenobismutite  (*)Gold  (*)Gustavite  (*)Ikunolite  (*)
Lillianite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Muscovite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrophanite  (*)Pyroxmangite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Rutile  (*)Silver  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11074012793
Alabandite  (*)RocksaltMnS1107401312
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS3107399,107400,1074019052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi2107398,1074011966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S311073981935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3107399,107400,10740127770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23107399,107400,10740127198
Diaphorite  (*)NoneAg3Pb2Sb3S81107401126
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)2107399,1074018173
Freibergite  (*)TetrahedriteAg6[Cu4Fe2]Sb4S121107401663
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS4107398,107399,107400,10740124243
Galenobismutite  (*)KobellitePbBi2S41107398192
Gold  (*)CopperAu110740130554
Gustavite  (*)LillianiteAgPbBi3S61107398113
Ikunolite  (*)TetradymiteBi4S3110739854
Lillianite  (*)LillianitePb3-2xAgxBi2+xS61107398128
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22107398,1074015674
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2110740117380
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311074011425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23107399,107400,10740139462
Pyrophanite  (*)CorundumMn2+TiO31107401244
Pyroxmangite  (*)NoneMn2+SiO31107399147
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S84107398,107399,107400,1074019056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23107399,107400,10740161156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)3107399,107400,1074011711
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211074015614
Silver  (*)CopperAg11074015186
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS4107398,107399,107400,10740121482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS41107401668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S1311074015317



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