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Locality Name:
Wolak Mine (Weolag Mine), Chungju (Chung Won Kum; Chung-ju), North Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 112
Youngest recorded age at locality: 103

mindat Locality ID: 2236
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2236.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Wolak Mine (Weolag Mine), Chungju (Chung Won Kum; Chung-ju), North Chungcheong Province, South Korea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°53'0"N
Longitude: 128°8'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.883333333333,128.13333333333
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: Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Bi C Ca Cu F Fe Mg Mo O Pb S Si W Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
ArsenicCalciteChalcopyriteFluoriteMolybdeniteNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksalt
ScheeliteSphaleriteStibnite

14 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Dolomite  (*)
Fluorite  (*)Galena  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Scheelite  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi10910301966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S310910301935
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)109103027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2109103027198
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)210910309895
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF210910309617
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS109103024243
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS210910305800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2109103039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S810910309056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2109103061156
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)10910304894
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)10910306417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS109103021482


2 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
Mo-00028a112106109±3Rb-Sr    Yes  194542Dangdu Mine, Chungju (Chung Won Kum; Chung-ju), North Chungcheong Province, South KoreaDangdu mineShin & Lee (2003)10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00064-6JAES22_227 
Mo-00028109103106±3Rb-Sr     MolybdeniteMo2236Wolak Mine (Weolag Mine), Chungju (Chung Won Kum; Chung-ju), North Chungcheong Province, South KoreaMuamsa GraniteShin & Lee (2003)10.1016/S0169-1368(02)00085-9OGR22_17 

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