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Locality Name:
Youngdong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea


mindat Locality ID: 258991
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-258991.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Youngdong, North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 10

Number of Child Localities: 10
Child Localities:
Daewon Mine
Heungdeok Mine
Ilsaeng Mine
Keumryeong Mine
Namkwang Mine
Samdong Mine
Samhwanghak Mine
Taesung Mine
Wolyu Mine
Youngbogari 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 Ge H K Na O Pb S Sb Si Ti Zn 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AcanthiteArgyroditeArsenicArsenopyriteCalciteChalcopyriteClayClinozoisiteCopperEpidote
KaoliniteMarcasiteMicaMiniumNickelineNonePyriteQuartzRocksaltRutile
Smectite-vermiculiteSphaleriteSpinelTetrahedrite

24 IMA Minerals at location:
Acanthite  (*)Argyrodite  (*)Arsenopyrite  (*)Bismuth  (*)Calcite  (*)
Chalcopyrite  (*)Epidote  (*)Galena  (*)Gold  (*)Graphite  (*)
Kaolinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)Marcasite  (*)Minium  (*)Muscovite  (*)
Nontronite  (*)Pyrargyrite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Pyrrhotite  (*)Quartz  (*)
Rutile  (*)Siderite  (*)Sphalerite  (*)Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite  (*)AcanthiteAg2S11075852793
Argyrodite  (*)ArgyroditeAg8GeS6110758462
Arsenopyrite  (*)ArsenopyriteFeAsS2107581,1075859052
Bismuth  (*)ArsenicBi11075821966
Calcite  (*)CalciteCa(CO3)3107581,107582,10758527770
Chalcopyrite  (*)ChalcopyriteCuFeS23107581,107582,10758527198
Epidote  (*)Epidote ClinozoisiteCa2(Al2Fe3+)[Si2O7][SiO4]O(OH)11075828173
Galena  (*)RocksaltPbS3107581,107582,10758524243
Gold  (*)CopperAu3107581,107582,10758530554
Graphite  (*)NoneC2107581,1075822812
Kaolinite  (*)Clay KaoliniteAl2Si2O5(OH)42107581,1075825591
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4110758214899
Marcasite  (*)MarcasiteFeS22107582,1075855674
Minium  (*)MiniumPb2+2Pb4+O41107582247
Muscovite  (*)Mica ClayKAl2(Si3Al)O10(OH)23107581,107582,10758517380
Nontronite  (*)Clay Smectite-vermiculiteNa0.3Fe3+2(Si,Al)4O10(OH)2·nH2O1107581471
Pyrargyrite  (*)NoneAg3SbS311075851425
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS23107581,107582,10758539462
Pyrrhotite  (*)NickelineFe7S83107581,107582,1075859056
Quartz  (*)QuartzSiO23107581,107582,10758561156
Rutile  (*)RutileTiO211075825614
Siderite  (*)CalciteFe(CO3)2107582,1075856417
Sphalerite  (*)SphaleriteZnS3107581,107582,10758521482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn)  (*)TetrahedriteCu6(Cu4Zn2)Sb4S132107582,1075855317


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