Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
South Jeolla Province, South Korea

Oldest recorded age at locality: 70.3
Youngest recorded age at locality: 70.3

mindat Locality ID: 61464
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-61464.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "South Jeolla Province, South Korea": 16
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 8

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Hwangsan Myeon
Jindo-gun
Kwangyang-gun
Sunchon-gun
Yeongam-gun

Latitude: 34°47'1"N
Longitude: 126°32'23"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 34.783611111111,126.53972222222

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Marcasite	Melonite
Mica	Nickeline	None	Not in a structural group	Pentlandite	Perovskite	Pyrite	Pyrophyllite	Quartz	Rocksalt
Skutterudite	Sphalerite	Spinel	Zircon

Actinolite ()*	Alunite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Azurite ()*	Calcite ()*
Chalcocite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Cummingtonite ()*	Diaspore ()*	Dickite ()*
Galena ()*	Gold ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Muscovite ()*	Nickeline ()*	Nickelskutterudite ()*	Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pentlandite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrophyllite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*
Skutterudite ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Sylvanite ()*	Zircon ()*

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 C Ca Co Cu Fe H K Mg Ni O Pb S Si Te Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Calcite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Diaspore Kaolinite Marcasite Melonite
Mica Nickeline None Not in a structural group Pentlandite Perovskite Pyrite Pyrophyllite Quartz Rocksalt
Skutterudite Sphalerite Spinel Zircon

29 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
Actinolite ()*	Amphibole	Ca₂(Mg_4.5-2.5Fe²⁺_0.5-2.5)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	107641	3419
Alunite ()*	None	KAl₃(SO₄)₂(OH)₆	70.3	70.3	2	107639,107648	966
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS			1	107648	9052
Azurite ()*	Not in a structural group	Cu₃(CO₃)₂(OH)₂			1	107646	5509
Calcite ()*	Calcite	Ca(CO₃)	70.3	70.3	1	107639	27770
Chalcocite ()*	None	Cu₂S			1	107648	5707
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂			2	107646,107648	27198
Cummingtonite ()*	Amphibole	Mg₂Mg₅Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂			1	107641	327
Diaspore ()*	Diaspore	AlO(OH)	70.3	70.3	1	107639	481
Dickite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	70.3	70.3	2	107639,107648	651
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS			3	107644,107646,107648	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	70.3	70.3	2	107635,107648	30554
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	70.3	70.3	1	107639	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			1	107641	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂			1	107648	5674
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	70.3	70.3	1	107639	17380
Nickeline ()*	Nickeline	NiAs			1	107644	633
Nickelskutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	(Ni,Co,Fe)As₃			1	107644	176
Gersdorffite-Pa3 ()*	Pyrite	NiAsS			1	107644	767
Pentlandite ()*	Pentlandite	(Ni,Fe)₉S₈			1	107644	1512
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	70.3	70.3	4	107639,107644,107646,107648	39462
Pyrophyllite ()*	Clay Pyrophyllite	Al₂Si₄O₁₀(OH)₂	70.3	70.3	2	107639,107648	771
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈			1	107648	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	70.3	70.3	3	107639,107646,107648	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag			2	107644,107648	5186
Skutterudite ()*	Skutterudite Perovskite	CoAs₃			1	107644	531
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS			3	107644,107646,107648	21482
Sylvanite ()*	Melonite	AgAuTe₄	70.3	70.3	1	107636	337
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	107641	5251

3 Ages assigned to this locality:

Excel ID	Max Age (Ma)	Min Age (Ma)	Age as listed in reference	Age applies to these Elements	MinDat Locality ID	Dated Locality (Max Age)	Location as listed in reference	Reference	Reference DOI	Reference ID
OGR26_115-00002	70.3	70.3	<70.3	Au, Ag	134311	Eunsan Mine (Un-San), Seongsan, Hwangsan Myeon, South Jeolla Province, South Korea	Eunsan	Choi et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.10.005	OGR26_115
OGR26_115-00001	70.3	70.3	<70.3	Au, Ag	134310	Moisan Mine, Seongsan, Hwangsan Myeon, South Jeolla Province, South Korea	Moisan	Choi et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.10.005	OGR26_115
OGR26_115-00003	70.3	70.3	<70.3	Au, Ag	134309	Gasado Prospect, Gasado Island, Jindo-gun, South Jeolla Province, South Korea	Gasado	Choi et al. (2005)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2004.10.005	OGR26_115

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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