Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Yeonwha Mine, Yeonwha, Gangwon Province, South Korea

mindat Locality ID: 26684
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-26684.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Yeonwha Mine, Yeonwha, Gangwon Province, South Korea": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Bonsan Deposit
Donjeom Deposit
Taebaek Deposit

Latitude: 37°4'0"N
Longitude: 129°1'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.066666666667,129.025

A	This mineral is Anthropogenic.
G	This mineral is directly dated.
B	This mineral is reported as having this age.
Y	This mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
O	This mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
R	The age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
P	The 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.

Acanthite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Epidote
Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile
Sphalerite	Stannite	Stibnite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite

Acanthite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*
Calcite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Diaphorite ()*	Epidote ()*	Freibergite ()*
Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Lillianite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*
Pyrophanite ()*	Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*
Rutile ()*	Silver ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

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 H K Mn O Pb S Sb Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ag Bi Pb S

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Epidote
Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile
Sphalerite Stannite Stibnite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite

30 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S	1	107401	2793
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS	1	107401	312
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	3	107399,107400,107401	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1	107401	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	0		1935
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	3	107399,107400,107401	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	3	107399,107400,107401	27198
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈	1	107401	126
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)	2	107399,107401	8173
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂	1	107401	663
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	3	107399,107400,107401	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄	0		192
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	1	107401	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆	0		113
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃	0		54
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆	0		128
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	107401	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	107401	17380
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	107401	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	3	107399,107400,107401	39462
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃	1	107401	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃	1	107399	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	3	107399,107400,107401	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	107399,107400,107401	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)	3	107399,107400,107401	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	107401	5614
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	107401	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	107399,107400,107401	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	1	107401	668
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	107401	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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