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Locality Name:
South Chungcheong Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 144.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 126.2

mindat Locality ID: 61459
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61459.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Chungcheong Province, South Korea": 19
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 11

Number of Child Localities: 7
Child Localities:
Buyeo
Cheunan District
Geumsan-gun
Hongsong-gun
Sosan-gun
Taedok-kun
Yuryang Deposit

Latitude: 35°20'0"N
Longitude: 126°39'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 35.333333333333,126.65

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.

Arsenopyrite	Beryl	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Cobaltite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum
Epidote	Fritzscheite	Marcasite	Mica	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt
Rutile	Serpentine	Sphalerite

Altaite ()*	Antigorite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Beryl ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Cobaltite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Francevillite ()*	Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Graphite ()*
Hematite ()*	Hessite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Petzite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*

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 Ba Be C Ca Ce Co Cu Fe H K Mg Nb O Pb S Si Ta Te Th Ti U V Y Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenopyrite Beryl Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Cobaltite Columbite Copper Corundum
Epidote Fritzscheite Marcasite Mica Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt
Rutile Serpentine Sphalerite

26 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Altaite ()*	Rocksalt	PbTe			1	107606	489
Antigorite ()*	Serpentine Clay	Mg₃Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	107588	708
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	144.5	137	3	107590,107593,107605	9052
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			1	107601	4286
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	144.5	137	2	107590,107593	27770
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	107605,107606	27198
Cobaltite ()*	Cobaltite	CoAsS			1	107605	966
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	107601	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	107601	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			1	107606	8173
Euxenite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	Y(NbTi)O₆			1	107598	414
Francevillite ()*	Fritzscheite	Ba(UO₂)₂(VO₄)₂·5H₂O			1	107596	43
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	144.5	137	4	107590,107593,107605,107606	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	142.6	137	3	107593,107598,107606	30554
Graphite ()*	None	C			1	107596	2812
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	107605	14640
Hessite ()*	None	Ag₂Te			1	107606	804
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	144.5	126.2	2	107589,107606	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			1	107606	17380
Petzite ()*	None	Ag₃AuTe₂			1	107606	409
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	144.5	126.2	6	107590,107592,107593,107594,107605,107606	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	144.5	140.3	2	107590,107606	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	144.5	137	4	107590,107593,107605,107606	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			1	107606	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	144.5	126.2	5	107590,107592,107593,107605,107606	21482
Yttrotantalite-(Y) ()*	Columbite	(Y,U,Fe²⁺)(Ta,Nb)(O,OH)₄			1	107598	51

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Sample Source	Sample Num	Dated Mineral	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
EG82_987-00001	144.5	140.3	142.4±2.1	K-Ar	muscovite	CH-1	Muscovite	Au, Ag	195696	Cheonbo Mine, Cheunan District, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea	Cheonbo mine	So & Shelton. (1987)	10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.987	EG82_987
EG82_987-00002	140	126.2	133.1±6.9	K-Ar	muscovite	DH-1	Muscovite	Au, Ag	195699	Daeheung Mine, Cheunan District, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea	Daeheung mine	So & Shelton. (1987)	10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.987	EG82_987
EG82_987-00003	142.6	137	139.8±2.8	K-Ar	muscovite	Il-1	Muscovite	Au, Ag	195697	Ilbo Mine, Cheunan District, South Chungcheong Province, South Korea	Ilbo mine	So & Shelton. (1987)	10.2113/gsecongeo.82.4.987	EG82_987

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