Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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The goal of this page is to present localities at which the mineral is found, and estimates of the oldest possible geologic age of the minerals at these localities.

Locality Name:
Paektu Mountain (Baekdu Mountain; Mt Hakuto), Ryanggang Province, North Korea

mindat Locality ID: 260192
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-260192.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Paektu Mountain (Baekdu Mountain; Mt Hakuto), Ryanggang Province, North Korea": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Nordmarkite Ejecta

Latitude: 42°0'20"N
Longitude: 128°3'19"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 42.005555555556,128.05527777778

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.

Clay	Corundum	Feldspar	Kaolinite	Mica	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz	Sapphirine
Spinel	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Aenigmatite ()*	Albite ()*	Augite ()*	Fayalite ()*
Hedenbergite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Orthoclase ()*	Quartz ()*	Sanidine ()*	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: Al Ca Fe H K Mg Na O Si Ti Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Ca Fe K Mg O Si

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Clay Corundum Feldspar Kaolinite Mica None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz Sapphirine
Spinel Zircon

14 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	89228	1022
Aenigmatite ()*	Sapphirine	Na₄[Fe²⁺₁₀Ti₂]O₄[Si₁₂O₃₆]	1	89228	133
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89228	8803
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	0		2060
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	89228	371
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	0		741
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	89228	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	89228	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	89228	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	89228	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	1	89228	2349
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	89228	61156
Sanidine ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	0		598
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	89228	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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