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Locality Name:
Janggun Mine, Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 109.62
Youngest recorded age at locality: 104.48

mindat Locality ID: 25274
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-25274.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Janggun Mine, Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 36°51'0"N
Longitude: 129°4'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 36.85,129.06666666667

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: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Bi C Ca Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Zn 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AndalusiteArsenicArsenopyriteBournoniteCalciteChalcopyriteClayCorundumCubaniteFeldspar
HumiteKaoliniteMarcasiteMicaNickelineNoneOlivinePyritePyroxeneQuartz
RamsdelliteRocksaltSphaleriteSpinelStanniteStibniteTalcTetrahedriteWollastoniteWurtzite

37 IMA Minerals at location:
Andalusite  (*)Ankerite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Bismuthinite  (*)
Boulangerite  (*)Bournonite  (*)Calcite  (*)Chalcopyrite  (*)Chondrodite  (*)
Cubanite  (*)Diopside  (*)Dolomite  (*)Forsterite  (*)Galena  (*)
Graphite  (*)Hematite  (*)Janggunite  (*)Kaolinite  (*)Magnesite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Microcline  (*)Muscovite  (*)Nsutite  (*)
Phlogopite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)Rhodochrosite  (*)
Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Stannite  (*)Takanelite  (*)Talc  (*)
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)Wollastonite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Andalusite  (*)AndalusiteAl2SiO5109.62104.4801310
Ankerite  (*)NoneCa(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2109.62104.4803092
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS109.62104.4809052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi109.62104.4801966
Bismuthinite  (*)StibniteBi2S3109.62104.4801935
Boulangerite  (*)NonePb5Sb4S11109.62104.480843
Bournonite  (*)BournoniteCuPbSbS3109.62104.4801089
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)109.62104.48027770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS2109.62104.48027198
Chondrodite  (*)HumiteMg5(SiO4)2F2109.62104.480285
Cubanite  (*)Cubanite WurtziteCuFe2S3109.62104.480802
Diopside  (*)PyroxeneCaMgSi2O6109.62104.4804135
Dolomite  (*)NoneCaMg(CO3)2109.62104.4809895
Forsterite  (*)OlivineMg2(SiO4)109.62104.4801188
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS109.62104.48024243
Graphite  (*)NoneC109.62104.4802812
Hematite  (*)CorundumFe2O3109.62104.48014640
Janggunite  (*)None(Mn4+,Mn2+,Fe3+)6O8(OH)6109.62104.4805
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)4109.62104.4805591
Magnesite  (*)CalciteMg(CO3)109.62104.4801487
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4109.62104.48014899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS2109.62104.4805674
Microcline  (*)FeldsparK(AlSi3O8)109.62104.4804924
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)2109.62104.48017380
Nsutite  (*)RamsdelliteMn2+xMn4+1-xO2-2x(OH)2x109.62104.480121
Phlogopite  (*)Mica ClayKMg3(AlSi3O10)(OH)2109.62104.4802273
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2109.62104.48039462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S8109.62104.4809056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO2109.62104.48061156
Rhodochrosite  (*)CalciteMn(CO3)109.62104.4801711
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)109.62104.4806417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS109.62104.48021482
Stannite  (*)Stannite SphaleriteCu2FeSnS4109.62104.480668
Takanelite  (*)None(Mn2+,Ca)2x(Mn4+)1-xO2·0.7H2O109.62104.48018
Talc  (*)Clay TalcMg3Si4O10(OH)2109.62104.4803337
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S13109.62104.4805317
Wollastonite  (*)WollastoniteCaSiO3109.62104.4801247



1 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
sedznpb-00406109.62104.48107.05±2.57        25274Janggun Mine, Bonghwa-gun, North Gyeongsang Province, South KoreaJanggunSinger et al. (2009) USGSOFR2009-1252 


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