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Locality Name:
North Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 2500
Youngest recorded age at locality: 1.5

mindat Locality ID: 23998
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23998.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "North Korea": 293
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 150

Number of Child Localities: 13
Child Localities:
Chagang Province
Kangwon Province
North Hamgyong Province
North Hwanghae Province
North Pyongan Province
Pyongyang Province
Rakuzan Mine
Rason Special Administrative Area (Nasŏn)
Ryanggang Province
Sanei Mine
South Hamgyong Province
South Hwanghae Province
South Pyongan Province

Latitude: 40°2'19"N
Longitude: 127°23'48"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 40.038611111111,127.39666666667

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 B Ba Be Bi C Ca Cd Ce Cl Co Cr Cu F Fe H K Li Mg Mn Mo Na Nb Ni O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Th Ti W Y Zn Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca Ce H Nb O Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AeschyniteAllaniteAmphiboleAndalusiteApatiteAragoniteArsenicArsenolampriteArsenopyriteBaryte
BastnäsiteBerylBournoniteBruciteCalciteCancriniteCancrinite-sodaliteChalcanthiteChalcopyriteChevkinite
ChloriteClayClinozoisiteCobaltiteColumbiteCopperCorundumCubaniteEpidoteFeldspar
FluoriteGadoliniteGarnetGypsumHarkeriteHumiteHydrotalciteKaoliniteLöllingiteLudwigite
MarcasiteMicaMolybdeniteMonaziteNickelineNoneNot in a structural groupOlivinePentlanditePrehnite
PyritePyroxeneQuartzRhodoniteRocksaltRutileSapphirineScheeliteSerpentineSmectite-vermiculite
SodaliteSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteStilpnomelaneTalcTetradymiteTetrahedriteTitanite
TourmalineTridymiteTripliteVesuvianiteVivianiteWarwickiteWurtziteZircon

138 IMA Minerals at location:
Actinolite  (*)Aegirine  (*)Aegirine-augite  (*)Aenigmatite  (*)Albite  (*)
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Almandine  (*)Amblygonite  (*)Anatase  (*)Andalusite  (*)
Anorthite  (*)Antigorite  (*)Arfvedsonite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Augite  (*)
Baryte  (*)Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)Beryl  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Bornite  (*)Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Brucite  (*)
Brugnatellite  (*)Calcite  (*)Cancrinite  (*)Carrollite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)
Cerussite  (*)Chalcanthite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Clinochlore  (*)Clinohumite  (*)Clinozoisite  (*)Cobaltite  (*)Columbite-(Fe)  (*)
Cordierite  (*)Corundum  (*)Cosalite  (*)Cubanite  (*)Datolite  (*)
Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Dravite  (*)Epidote  (*)Erythrite  (*)
Fayalite  (*)Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)Ferro-ferri-nybøite  (*)Ferro-hornblende  (*)
Ferro-richterite  (*)Fluoborite  (*)Fluorapatite  (*)Fluorite  (*)Forsterite  (*)
Galena  (*)Geikielite  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)Greenockite  (*)
Grossular  (*)Gypsum  (*)Hedenbergite  (*)Hematite  (*)Hemimorphite  (*)
Hercynite  (*)Hessite  (*)Hübnerite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Johachidolite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Katophorite  (*)Kotoite  (*)Kyanite  (*)Löllingite  (*)
Ludwigite  (*)Magnesite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)
Miharaite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Monazite-(Ce)  (*)Montmorillonite  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nepheline  (*)Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Orthoclase  (*)Pentlandite  (*)Phlogopite  (*)
Prehnite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrolusite  (*)Pyromorphite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)
Quartz  (*)Rhodonite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Rutile  (*)Sakhaite  (*)
Sanidine  (*)Scheelite  (*)Schorl  (*)Siderite  (*)Siegenite  (*)
Sillimanite  (*)Silver  (*)Smithsonite  (*)Sodalite  (*)Spessartine  (*)
Sphalerite  (*)Spinel  (*)Spodumene  (*)Stannite  (*)Stilpnomelane  (*)
Suanite  (*)Sussexite  (*)Szaibélyite  (*)Talc  (*)Teallite  (*)
Tellurobismuthite  (*)Tetradymite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Thorite  (*)Titanite  (*)
Tremolite  (*)Triplite  (*)Vesuvianite  (*)Violarite  (*)Warwickite  (*)
Wittichenite  (*)Zircon  (*)Zoisite  (*)
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)2389132,89142,892573419
Aegirine  (*)PyroxeneNaFe3+Si2O6489051,89079,89123,892281022
Aegirine-augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Na)(Fe3+,Mg,Fe2+)Si2O6189317286
Aenigmatite  (*)SapphirineNa4[Fe2+10Ti2]O4[Si12O36]289079,89228133
Albite  (*)FeldsparNa(AlSi3O8)989063,89079,89091,89123,89136,89228,89239,89280,892908803
Allanite-(Ce)  (*)Allanite EpidoteCaCe(Al2Fe2+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)389108,89134,89280706
Almandine  (*)GarnetFe2+3Al2(SiO4)31890512353
Amblygonite  (*)NoneLiAl(PO4)F289098,89239244
Anatase  (*)Not in a structural groupTiO21890792162
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO51892061310
Anorthite  (*)FeldsparCa(Al2Si2O8)1890911036
Antigorite  (*)Serpentine ClayMg3Si2O5(OH)4289241,89281708
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)2289051,89079295
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS489185,89225,89249,892699052
Augite  (*)Pyroxene(Ca,Mg,Fe)2Si2O61892272060
Baryte  (*)BaryteBa(SO4)389164,89191,8919211547
Bastnäsite-(Ce)  (*)BastnäsiteCe(CO3)F189079304
Beryl  (*)BerylBe3Al2Si6O18389042,89054,890944286
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi389170,89171,891771966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3489077,89170,89172,891771935
Bornite  (*)NoneCu5FeS4289170,891715516
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S1125001.5189259843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS325001.51892591089
Britholite-(Ce)  (*)Apatite(Ce,Ca)5(SiO4)3(OH)189086115
Brucite  (*)BruciteMg(OH)2389169,89173,89254462
Brugnatellite  (*)HydrotalciteMg6Fe3+(CO3)(OH)13·4H2O18929332
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)1989047,89051,89061,89063,89075,89120,89122,89127,89169,89170,89171,89172,89185,89225,89241,89254,89262,89299,8931227770
Cancrinite  (*)Cancrinite(Na,Ca,   )8(Al6Si6)O24(CO3,SO4)2·2H2O189051232
Carrollite  (*)SpinelCuCo2S4189171154
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO2289098,891775171
Cerussite  (*)AragonitePb(CO3)1892834979
Chalcanthite  (*)ChalcanthiteCu(SO4)·5H2O189324925
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS21889054,89058,89063,89068,89094,89166,89170,89171,89172,89173,89177,89185,89240,89249,89254,89269,89280,8928327198
Chevkinite-(Ce)  (*)ChevkiniteCe4(Ti,Fe2+,Fe3+)5O8(Si2O7)218907989
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2389170,89172,89293285
Clinochlore  (*)Chlorite ClayMg5Al(AlSi3O10)(OH)81892411756
Clinohumite  (*)HumiteMg9(SiO4)4F2389169,89171,89241236
Clinozoisite  (*)Clinozoisite EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)1892541025
Cobaltite  (*)CobaltiteCoAsS289209,89249966
Columbite-(Fe)  (*)ColumbiteFe2+Nb2O6189079518
Cordierite  (*)BerylMg2Al4Si5O181891851008
Corundum  (*)CorundumAl2O3389266,89305,893061797
Cosalite  (*)NonePb2Bi2S5189177344
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3189171802
Datolite  (*)GadoliniteCaB(SiO4)(OH)189170498
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O61989047,89079,89113,89120,89122,89123,89127,89142,89169,89170,89171,89172,89197,89198,89199,89200,89262,89263,892804135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)21589054,89075,89076,89120,89122,89125,89170,89171,89172,89173,89241,89254,89262,89290,892939895
Dravite  (*)TourmalineNaMg3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)289269,89271648
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)889047,89091,89132,89154,89185,89254,89257,892808173
Erythrite  (*)VivianiteCo3(AsO4)2·8H2O189209814
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)289227,89228371
Fergusonite-(Y)  (*)ScheeliteYNbO4189079196
Ferro-ferri-katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Fe2+4Fe3+)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21890796
Ferro-ferri-nybøite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)(Si7Al)O22(OH)21890796
Ferro-hornblende  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Fe2+4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)2189051271
Ferro-richterite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)Fe2+5Si8O22(OH)218907930
Fluoborite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)F318916952
Fluorapatite  (*)ApatiteCa5(PO4)3F1890792740
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF21389050,89054,89061,89077,89079,89086,89091,89094,89160,89164,89188,89283,893089617
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)789095,89120,89169,89170,89171,89241,892621188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS25001.5689172,89173,89185,89259,89283,8929924243
Geikielite  (*)CorundumMgTiO318917170
Gold  (*)CopperAu1689167,89168,89169,89170,89171,89172,89185,89202,89213,89218,89234,89246,89269,89277,89299,8931530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC489132,89185,89254,892572812
Greenockite  (*)WurtziteCdS189295717
Grossular  (*)GarnetCa3Al2(SiO4)3289051,892801544
Gypsum  (*)GypsumCa(SO4)·2H2O289141,892756890
Hedenbergite  (*)PyroxeneCaFe2+Si2O6289134,89227741
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3289079,8912514640
Hemimorphite  (*)Not in a structural groupZn4(Si2O7)(OH)2·H2O25001.51892591689
Hercynite  (*)SpinelFe2+Al2O4189095407
Hessite  (*)NoneAg2Te189171804
Hübnerite  (*)ColumbiteMn2+(WO4)189321469
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O31189040,89079,89082,89125,89181,89183,89184,89188,89228,89280,893025433
Johachidolite  (*)NoneCaAlB3O71891232
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)41892285591
Katophorite  (*)AmphiboleNa(NaCa)(Mg4Al)(Si7Al)O22(OH)218907946
Kotoite  (*)NoneMg3(BO3)2489169,89170,89171,8917220
Kyanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2OSiO4289305,893061507
Löllingite  (*)LöllingiteFeAs2289209,89269762
Ludwigite  (*)LudwigiteMg2Fe3+O2(BO3)589168,89169,89170,89171,89172134
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)389079,89110,892451487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O41589063,89079,89091,89138,89156,89160,89169,89173,89185,89228,89252,89254,89269,89293,8930814899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS21891855674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1089042,89051,89079,89094,89136,89184,89211,89239,89280,892904924
Miharaite  (*)NonePbCu4FeBiS618917119
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS21489033,89054,89060,89066,89077,89079,89086,89094,89104,89166,89173,89233,89240,892495800
Monazite-(Ce)  (*)MonaziteCe(PO4)189079945
Montmorillonite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculite(Na,Ca)0.3(Al,Mg)2Si4O10(OH)2·nH2O289050,890791508
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)21389042,89047,89051,89098,89185,89206,89228,89239,89269,89290,89305,89306,8931417380
Nepheline  (*)TridymiteNa3K(Al4Si4O16)689051,89073,89079,89088,89123,89188884
Nioboaeschynite-(Ce)  (*)Aeschynite(Ce,Ca)(Nb,Ti)2(O,OH)625001.5017
Orthoclase  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)1289047,89054,89060,89079,89088,89122,89134,89197,89228,89262,89290,893172349
Pentlandite  (*)Pentlandite(Ni,Fe)9S8489058,89063,89068,892541512
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)21889120,89122,89123,89127,89142,89144,89145,89147,89149,89170,89171,89172,89197,89198,89199,89200,89262,892632273
Prehnite  (*)PrehniteCa2Al(Si3Al)O10(OH)21890471898
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS21989058,89063,89075,89079,89094,89161,89164,89166,89169,89170,89172,89173,89177,89185,89220,89249,89254,89269,8928039462
Pyrolusite  (*)RutileMnO21890753106
Pyromorphite  (*)ApatitePb5(PO4)3Cl1892831725
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S81189047,89058,89063,89068,89079,89170,89185,89249,89254,89269,892809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO24989033,89047,89050,89054,89060,89061,89063,89066,89075,89077,89079,89091,89094,89104,89125,89134,89136,89152,89156,89160,89161,89164,89166,89169,89173,89177,89183,89184,89185,89206,89209,89220,89228,89233,89239,89240,89252,89254,89269,89280,89283,89286,89290,89299,89308,89312,89314,89317,8932461156
Rhodonite  (*)RhodoniteCaMn3Mn(Si5O15)289075,89076969
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)2189051375
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO2689042,89079,89142,89152,89213,892805614
Sakhaite  (*)HarkeriteCa48Mg16(BO3)32(CO3)16·2(H2O,HCl)1891697
Sanidine  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)389105,89139,89227598
Scheelite  (*)ScheeliteCa(WO4)589077,89160,89175,89269,893084894
Schorl  (*)TourmalineNaFe2+3Al6(Si6O18)(BO3)3(OH)3(OH)1892392705
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)1892206417
Siegenite  (*)SpinelCoNi2S4189171249
Sillimanite  (*)Not in a structural groupAl2SiO5489206,89269,89305,893061516
Silver  (*)CopperAg25001.5289161,892595186
Smithsonite  (*)CalciteZn(CO3)25001.51892592473
Sodalite  (*)Cancrinite-sodalite SodaliteNa4(Si3Al3)O12Cl289051,89088444
Spessartine  (*)GarnetMn2+3Al2(SiO4)3289047,890761214
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS25001.51189047,89079,89161,89166,89172,89173,89177,89185,89259,89283,8929521482
Spinel  (*)SpinelMgAl2O4589091,89127,89169,89199,892001934
Spodumene  (*)PyroxeneLiAlSi2O6289098,89239688
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4189177668
Stilpnomelane  (*)Stilpnomelane Clay(K,Ca,Na)(Fe,Mg,Al)8(Si,Al)12(O,OH)36·nH2O189156456
Suanite  (*)NoneMg2B2O518916916
Sussexite  (*)NoneMn2+BO2(OH)18916925
Szaibélyite  (*)NoneMgBO2(OH)18916987
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2289241,892623337
Teallite  (*)ArsenolampritePbSnS218917733
Tellurobismuthite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te3189170276
Tetradymite  (*)TetradymiteBi2Te2S189172510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13289172,891735317
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)289079,891081006
Titanite  (*)TitaniteCaTi(SiO4)O1089047,89051,89079,89082,89108,89125,89134,89169,89280,893024899
Tremolite  (*)Amphibole   Ca2(Mg5.0-4.5Fe2+0.0-0.5)Si8O22(OH)2489047,89169,89170,892412562
Triplite  (*)TripliteMn2+2(PO4)F189177233
Vesuvianite  (*)Vesuvianite(Ca,Na)19(Al,Mg,Fe)13(SiO4)10(Si2O7)4(OH,F,O)10289051,892931395
Violarite  (*)SpinelFeNi2S4289058,89068380
Warwickite  (*)Warwickite(Mg,Ti,Fe,Cr,Al)2O(BO3)18916915
Wittichenite  (*)NoneCu3BiS3189171297
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)1189051,89079,89088,89108,89134,89188,89213,89228,89252,89280,893025251
Zoisite  (*)EpidoteCa2Al3[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)289091,892541025



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
sedexmvt-0019025001600Paleoproterozoic host rock age      127070Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North KoreaKomdokTaylor et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009_1297 
sedznpb-003461.641.51.64–1.5        127070Komdok Mine, Sindong-ni, Puktuil-myon, Tanchon-gun, South Hamgyong Province, North KoreaGeomdeokSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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


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