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Locality Name:
Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea


mindat Locality ID: 2239
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-2239.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Eastern Orebody
North Orebody (New Orebody)
Western Orebody

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 Au B Bi C Ca Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Ni O Pb S Sb Si Te Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B C Ca Cl Cr F Fe H Mg Mn O Si Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleArsenicBruciteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCopperCorundumCubaniteGadolinite
HarkeriteHumiteLudwigiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStibniteTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitaniteWarwickiteWurtzite

41 IMA Minerals at location:
Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)Bornite  (*)Brucite  (*)Calcite  (*)
Carrollite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Cubanite  (*)
Datolite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gold  (*)Hessite  (*)Kotoite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Miharaite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)
Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Sakhaite  (*)Siegenite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)
Spinel  (*)Suanite  (*)Sussexite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Tellurobismuthite  (*)
Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Titanite  (*)Tremolite  (*)Warwickite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi289170,891711966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3289170,891721935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4289170,891715516
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)20462
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)389170,89171,8917227770
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4189171154
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2389170,89171,8917227198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2289170,89172285
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2189171236
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189171802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)189170498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6389170,89171,891724135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2389170,89171,891729895
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F3052
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)289170,891711188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS18917224243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO318917170
Gold  (*)CopperAu389170,89171,8917230554
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te189171804
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2389170,89171,8917220
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)389170,89171,89172134
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS618917119
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2389170,89171,891722273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2289170,8917239462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81891709056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2061156
Sakhaite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16(BO3)32(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)07
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4189171249
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS18917221482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O401934
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O5016
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)025
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)087
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3189170276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S189172510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S131891725317
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O04899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)21891702562
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)015
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3189171297



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R060940Hol Kol Mine (Holgol; Suan; Namjong), Suan-gun, North Hwanghae Province, North Koreahttps://rruff.info/R060940


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