Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Gangwon Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 100.5
Youngest recorded age at locality: 66

mindat Locality ID: 61460
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61460.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Gangwon Province, South Korea": 36
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 17

Number of Child Localities: 9
Child Localities:
Chongson-gun
Chuncheon City
Heiko
Hoeyang-gun
Jeongseongun
Pyeongchang-gun
Sangdong-gun
Yeongwol-gun (Yongwol-gun)
Yeonwha

Latitude: 37°8'59"N
Longitude: 128°48'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 37.149722222222,128.81638888889

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	Alunite	Amorphous	Amphibole	Apatite	Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Baryte	Braunite	Calcite
Chalcopyrite	Clay	Clinozoisite	Copper	Corundum	Diaspore	Epidote	Fluorite	Garnet	Gypsum
Kobellite	Lillianite	Marcasite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rocksalt	Rutile	Scheelite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Stibnite	Taranakite	Tetradymite	Tetrahedrite
Titanite	Vesuvianite

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 Bi C Ca Ce Cu F Fe H K Mg Mn Mo Na O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Te Ti W Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Acanthite Alunite Amorphous Amphibole Apatite Arsenic Arsenopyrite Baryte Braunite Calcite
Chalcopyrite Clay Clinozoisite Copper Corundum Diaspore Epidote Fluorite Garnet Gypsum
Kobellite Lillianite Marcasite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz
Rocksalt Rutile Scheelite Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Stibnite Taranakite Tetradymite Tetrahedrite
Titanite Vesuvianite

61 IMA Minerals at location:

Acanthite ()*	Actinolite ()*	Alabandite ()*	Ardealite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Baryte ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Braunite ()*	Britholite-(Ce) ()*
Brushite ()*	Calcite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cosalite ()*
Diaphorite ()*	Diopside ()*	Dolomite ()*	Epidote ()*	Fluorite ()*
Francoanellite ()*	Freibergite ()*	Gageite ()*	Galena ()*	Galenobismutite ()*
Goethite ()*	Gold ()*	Gustavite ()*	Gypsum ()*	Ikunolite ()*
Jarosite ()*	Lillianite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Manganite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Matildite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Molybdite ()*	Monetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Opal ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrolusite ()*	Pyrophanite ()*
Pyroxmangite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rhodochrosite ()*	Rutile ()*
Scheelite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*
Taranakite ()*	Tetradymite ()*	Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Titanite ()*	Tremolite ()*
Vesuvianite ()*

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
Acanthite ()*	Acanthite	Ag₂S			2	107384,107401	2793
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			2	107377,107390	3419
Alabandite ()*	Rocksalt	MnS			1	107401	312
Ardealite ()*	Gypsum	Ca₂(PO₃OH)(SO₄)·4H₂O	100.5	66	1	107393	30
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			7	107367,107370,107384,107391,107399,107400,107401	9052
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	100.5	66	1	107393	11547
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi			4	107384,107391,107398,107401	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃			4	107384,107390,107391,107398	1935
Braunite ()*	Braunite	Mn²⁺Mn³⁺₆O₈(SiO₄)			1	107372	483
Britholite-(Ce) ()*	Apatite	(Ce,Ca)₅(SiO₄)₃(OH)			1	107378	115
Brushite ()*	Gypsum	Ca(PO₃OH)·2H₂O	100.5	66	1	107393	104
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)			9	107371,107372,107375,107384,107390,107391,107399,107400,107401	27770
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂			1	107391	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			6	107384,107390,107391,107399,107400,107401	27198
Cosalite ()*	None	Pb₂Bi₂S₅			1	107384	344
Diaphorite ()*	None	Ag₃Pb₂Sb₃S₈			1	107401	126
Diopside ()*	Pyroxene	CaMgSi₂O₆			1	107391	4135
Dolomite ()*	None	CaMg(CO₃)₂			1	107377	9895
Epidote ()*	Epidote Clinozoisite	Ca₂(Al₂Fe³⁺)[Si₂O₇][SiO₄]O(OH)			5	107382,107390,107391,107399,107401	8173
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	107391	9617
Francoanellite ()*	None	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·12H₂O	100.5	66	1	107393	8
Freibergite ()*	Tetrahedrite	Ag₆[Cu₄Fe₂]Sb₄S₁₂			1	107401	663
Gageite ()*	None	Mn²⁺₂₁Si₈O₂₇(OH)₂₀			1	107372	14
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			6	107367,107384,107398,107399,107400,107401	24243
Galenobismutite ()*	Kobellite	PbBi₂S₄			1	107398	192
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			2	107372,107384	7437
Gold ()*	Copper	Au			5	107375,107384,107390,107391,107401	30554
Gustavite ()*	Lillianite	AgPbBi₃S₆			1	107398	113
Gypsum ()*	Gypsum	Ca(SO₄)·2H₂O	100.5	66	1	107393	6890
Ikunolite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₄S₃			1	107398	54
Jarosite ()*	Alunite	KFe³⁺₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆			1	107384	2228
Lillianite ()*	Lillianite	Pb_3-2xAg_xBi_2+xS₆			1	107398	128
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			3	107367,107390,107391	14899
Manganite ()*	Rutile	Mn³⁺O(OH)			1	107371	770
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			3	107375,107398,107401	5674
Matildite ()*	None	AgBiS₂			1	107384	252
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂			1	107391	5800
Molybdite ()*	None	MoO₃	100.5	66	1	107396	140
Monetite ()*	None	Ca(PO₃OH)	100.5	66	1	107393	21
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			3	107372,107391,107401	17380
Opal ()*	Amorphous	SiO₂·nH₂O			1	107375	2994
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃			1	107401	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂			7	107367,107384,107390,107391,107399,107400,107401	39462
Pyrolusite ()*	Rutile	MnO₂			1	107371	3106
Pyrophanite ()*	Corundum	Mn²⁺TiO₃			1	107401	244
Pyroxmangite ()*	None	Mn²⁺SiO₃			1	107399	147
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			8	107384,107388,107390,107391,107398,107399,107400,107401	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	107382,107384,107390,107391,107399,107400,107401	61156
Rhodochrosite ()*	Calcite	Mn(CO₃)			3	107399,107400,107401	1711
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂			2	107391,107401	5614
Scheelite ()*	Scheelite	Ca(WO₄)			2	107388,107391	4894
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			1	107401	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃			1	107372	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			9	107367,107370,107384,107390,107391,107398,107399,107400,107401	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄			1	107401	668
Taranakite ()*	Taranakite	K₃Al₅(PO₃OH)₆(PO₄)₂·18H₂O	100.5	66	1	107393	57
Tetradymite ()*	Tetradymite	Bi₂Te₂S			2	107390,107391	510
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃			1	107401	5317
Titanite ()*	Titanite	CaTi(SiO₄)O			1	107391	4899
Tremolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_5.0-4.5Fe²⁺_0.0-0.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	107377	2562
Vesuvianite ()*	Vesuvianite	(Ca,Na)₁₉(Al,Mg,Fe)₁₃(SiO₄)₁₀(Si₂O₇)₄(OH,F,O)₁₀			1	107390	1395

1 Ages assigned to this locality:

	Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Dating Method	Age Interpret	Prioritized?	Sample Source	Sample Num	Run Num	Age from other Locality	Dated Mineral	Minerals explicitely stated as having this age	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID	Age Notes
	Jen_0001459	100.5	66	Late Cretaceous		age of mineralization									158762	Yeongwol-gun (Yongwol-gun), Gangwon Province, South Korea	Yongwol	Poulin et al. (2016)	10.3749/canmin.1500023	CM54_1147

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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