Tongyoung Mine, Tongyeong City, South Gyeongsang Province, South Koreai
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Tongyoung Mine | Mine |
| Tongyeong City | City |
| South Gyeongsang Province | Province |
| South Korea | Country |
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
34° 50' 45'' North , 128° 26' 27'' East
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Large gold-silver mine.
Produced >5000kg gold.
Epithermal gold-silver vein mineralization of the Tongyoung mine was deposited in five stages (I to V) of quartz-rhodochrosite-calcite-sulfide veins (0.3-7.0 m thick) which fill fault planes in Cretaceous volcanic rocks of the Gyeongsang basin. K-Ar dating of alteration sericite (72.9 + or - 1.2 Ma) indicates a Late Cretaceous age for ore mineralization. Stages I and II are Au-Ag-bearing, whereas stages III, IV, and V are barren. Ore grades average 12 g/metric ton gold with a gold/silver ratio of 1:11. Stage II is composed of five rhythmically banded substages which show a progressive change in ore mineralogy with increasing paragenetic time: electrum (68 wt % Au) β electrum (65 wt % Au) + argentitc β electrum (50 wt % Au) + Ag tellurides β Ag tellurides + native silver.
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20 valid minerals.
Rock Types Recorded
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| β Acanthite Formula: Ag2S Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Ankerite Formula: Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Arsenopyrite Formula: FeAsS Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Calcite var. Manganese-bearing Calcite Formula: (Ca,Mn)CO3 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Chalcopyrite Formula: CuFeS2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β 'Chlorite Group' Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Empressite Formula: AgTe Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Galena Formula: PbS Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Gold Formula: Au Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Gold var. Electrum Formula: (Au,Ag) Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Hessite Formula: Ag2Te Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Kaolinite Formula: Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Muscovite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Muscovite var. Sericite Formula: KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Pyrargyrite Formula: Ag3SbS3 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Pyrite Formula: FeS2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Pyrrhotite Formula: Fe1-xS Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Quartz Formula: SiO2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Quartz var. Amethyst Formula: SiO2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Quartz var. Chalcedony Formula: SiO2 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Rhodochrosite Formula: MnCO3 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Silver Formula: Ag Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Sphalerite Formula: ZnS Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β Stibnite Formula: Sb2S3 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β StΓΌtzite Formula: Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36 Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
| β 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' Formula: Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S Reference: Econ Geol (1990) 85:1114-1132 |
Gallery:
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| β | Gold | 1.AA.05 | Au |
| β | var. Electrum | 1.AA.05 | (Au,Ag) |
| β | Silver | 1.AA.05 | Ag |
| Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts | |||
| β | Acanthite | 2.BA.35 | Ag2S |
| β | Arsenopyrite | 2.EB.20 | FeAsS |
| β | Chalcopyrite | 2.CB.10a | CuFeS2 |
| β | Empressite | 2.CB.80 | AgTe |
| β | Galena | 2.CD.10 | PbS |
| β | Hessite | 2.BA.60 | Ag2Te |
| β | Pyrargyrite | 2.GA.05 | Ag3SbS3 |
| β | Pyrite | 2.EB.05a | FeS2 |
| β | Pyrrhotite | 2.CC.10 | Fe1-xS |
| β | Sphalerite | 2.CB.05a | ZnS |
| β | Stibnite | 2.DB.05 | Sb2S3 |
| β | StΓΌtzite | 2.BA.65 | Ag5-xTe3, x = 0.24-0.36 |
| β | 'Tetrahedrite Subgroup' | 2.GB.05 | Cu6(Cu4C2+2)Sb4S12S |
| Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides | |||
| β | Quartz | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Amethyst | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| β | var. Chalcedony | 4.DA.05 | SiO2 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| β | Ankerite | 5.AB.10 | Ca(Fe2+,Mg)(CO3)2 |
| β | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| β | var. Manganese-bearing Calcite | 5.AB.05 | (Ca,Mn)CO3 |
| β | Rhodochrosite | 5.AB.05 | MnCO3 |
| Group 9 - Silicates | |||
| β | Kaolinite | 9.ED.05 | Al2(Si2O5)(OH)4 |
| β | Muscovite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| β | var. Sericite | 9.EC.15 | KAl2(AlSi3O10)(OH)2 |
| Unclassified Minerals, Rocks, etc. | |||
| β | 'Chlorite Group' | - | |
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References
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Year (asc) Year (desc) Author (A-Z) Author (Z-A)Shelton, K.L., So, Chil-Sup., Haeussler, G.T., Chi, Se-Jung., Lee, Kyeong-Yong. (1990) Geochemical Studies of the Tongyoung Gold-Silver Deposits, Republic of Korea: Evidence of Meteoric Water Dominance in a Te-Bearing Epithermal System. Economic Geology, 85(6), 1114-1132.
Wittwer, P.D. (2021) Epithermal precious metal deposits in South KoreaβHistory and pursuit. SEG Discovery 125, 19-26.
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