• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.1-15
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• 2002

조사지역에는 고생대 캠브리아기의 장산규암층, 묘봉층, 풍촌층, 화절층 및 오도비스기의 동점층, 두무동층, 막동층, 그리고 이들과 부정합 관계인 중생대 쥬라기의 사평리 역암이 분포한다. 위의 지층들은 북동-남서방향으로 발달하는 두 개 조의 드러스트 단층과 이에 수반된 후향 드러스트 단층 및 습곡구조에 의해 분포가 지배된다 이들 지층 중 경제 지층인 풍촌층은 암상의 특성에 따라 하부석회암대, 중부백운암대, 상부석회암대(고품위대)로 세분되며, 이 중 상부석회암대가 고품위용으로 개발대상이 된다. 상부석회암대는 백색-유백색의 치밀질 괴상석회암, 담회색 괴상 석회암, 어란상 석회암 등으로 구성되는데, 평균품위는 $SiO_2\;0.40\%,\;A1_2O_3\;0.15\%,\;Fe_2O_3\;0.15\%,\;CaO\;54.2\%,\;MgO\;1.07\%,$ 백색도 85.7로 중탄용이나 생석회 및 소석회 등 화학공업용으로 사용가능한 범위를 보여준다 고품위대의 두께는 평균 약 40m이나 드러스트 단층 등의 구조요소에 의해 $2\~3$회 반복되어 분포하기도 하고 지역에 따라 두께가 $80\~90m$까지 두꺼워지기도 한다. 상부석회암대의 석회석을 중탄용, 소성용, 탈황용 등으로 개발을 위해서는 사전에 충분한 정밀시추탐사를 시행하여 그 부존규모 및 개발가능구간 확인이 선행되어야 한다.

• Proceedings of the Mineralogical Society of Korea Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.17-30
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• 2002

삼척-도계지역 일대에 분포하는 조선누층군의 풍촌층 석회석은 품위 및 암상에따라 상부고품위대와 하부석회암대로 분대가 가능한데, 이는 삼척-태백간을 북북동으로 흐르는 오십천을 경계로 서쪽에 분포하는 풍촌층과 비교할 때 다소간의 암상차이를 보인다. 즉, 풍촌층의 특징중에 하나인 중부백운암대가 본 역 일대에서는 백운암화가 미약하여 비교적 소폭으로 확인되며, 상부백색대 역시, 발달정도가 미약한 특징을 보인다. 시추탐사결과 확인된 삼척-도계지역의 풍촌층 상부고품위대는 일반적으로 상부백색대$(\pm15m)$ - 백운암대$(\pm5m)$ - 암회색대$(\pm50m)$로 구분되는 것으로 나타났다. 각각의 품위는 상부백색대 : CaO $53_4\~55.6\%$, 백운암대 : MgO $3.0\~18.4\%$, 암회색대 : CaO $50.4\~54.2\%$로 나타나 제철용으로의 사용이 가능하나 백운암대에 대한 선별채광이 부분적으로 요망된다. 이들 석회석은 오십천대단층의 수반단층인 수조의 NNE계열 정단층들에 의해 빈번히 단절되어 있으며 일부지역에서는 EW향의 역단층에 의해 규제되기도 한다. 상기 제단층들은 석회암층을 단절시킬 뿐만 아니라 단층각력, 단층점토, 암맥 등의 불순대를 수반하므로 개발에 장애요소가 되고 있다. 상부고품위대 부존표고는 지역에 따라 다소 차이가 있으나 200ML 내외에서 대부분 확인이 가능하며 지표노출 규모는 작은 편이나 $10^{\circ}$이하의 완경사로 화절층 하부에 부존되어 있어 갱도 채광에 적합한 형태를 이루고 있다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.24 no.4
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• pp.335-346
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• 1991

It is observed that calcareous nodules of the Hwajeol Formation are locally skarnized in the Sangdong district, in which the skarn mineralization extends 5 Km westward from the Sangdong mine area to the Hwajeolchi area. After a hidden granite beneath the Sangdong mine was discovered by exploration drillings, the exploration teams of the Sangdong mine and the Korean Mining Promotion Corporation have assumed that the skarn nodule of the Hwajeol Formation was derived from emplacement of a granite in deep place and the occurrence of hidden ore bodies below the skarn, and they have discovered high grades of tungsten orebody in the same horizon of the Sangdong ore body. Mutual genetic relatioships between epidote and garnet may be explained by following chemical reactions $Ca_2FeA_{12}$ $Si_3O_{12}(OH)+CaCO_3=Ca_3(Fe,\;Al)_2$ $SiO_{12}+1/2CO_2+1/2H^+Ca_3FeSi_3O_{12}+SiO_2+CO_2=2CaFeSi_{12}O_6+CaCO_3+1/2O_3$. It is concluded that epidote and garnet are useful as target minerals indicating a potential occurrence of deep seated hidden ore body. Since the epidote may inform the emplacement of the granite, while the garnet in the skarn nodule of the Hwajeol Formation may reflect a strong hydrothermal mineralization taking place from the depth.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.17-30
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• 2002

삼척-도계지역 일대에 분포하는 조선누층군의 풍촌층 석회석은 품위 및 암상에따라 상부고품위대와 하부석회암대로 분대가 가능한데, 이는 삼척-태백간을 북북동으로 흐르는 오십천을 경계로 서쪽에 분포하는 풍촌층과 비교할 때 다소간의 암상차이를 보인다. 즉, 풍촌층의 특징중에 하나인 중부백운암대가 본 역 일대에서는 백운암화가 미약하여 비교적 소폭으로 확인되며, 상부백색대 역시, 발달정도가 미약한 특징을 보인다. 시추탐사결과 확인된 삼척-도계지역의 풍촌층 상부고품위대는 일반적으로 상부백색대($\pm$15m) - 백운암대($\pm$15m) - 암회색대($\pm$50m)로 구분되는 것으로 나타났다. 각각의 품위는 상부백색대 : CaO 53.4~55.6%, 백운암대 : MgO 3.0~l8.4%, 암회색대 : CaO 50.4~54.2%로 나타나 제철용으로의 사용이 가능하나 백운암대에 대한 선별채광이 부분적으로 요망된다. 이들 석회석은 오십천대단층의 수반단층인 수조의 NNE계열 정단층들에 의해 빈번히 단절되어 있으며 일부지역에서는 EW향의 역단층에 의해 규제되기도 한다. 상기 제단층들은 석회암층을 단절시킬 뿐만아니라 단층각력, 단층점토, 암맥 등의 불순대를 수반하므로 개발에 장애요소가 되고 있다. 상부고품위대 부존표고는 지역에 따라 다소 차이가 있으나 200ML 내외에서 대부분 확인이 가능하며 지표노출 규모는 작은 편이나 $10^{\circ}$이하의 완경사로 화절층 하부에 부존되어 있어 갱도 채광에 적합한 형태를 이루고 있다.

• Proceedings of the KSEEG Conference
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• 2002.10a
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• pp.1-15
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• 2002

조사지역에는 고생대 캠브리아기의 장산규암층, 묘봉층, 풍촌층, 화절층 및 오도비스기의 동점층, 두무동층, 막동층, 그리고 이들과 부정합 관계인 중생대 쥬라기의 사평리 역암이 분포한다. 위의 지층들은 북동-남서방향으로 발달하는 두 개 조의 드러스트 단층과 이에 수반된 후향 드러스트 단층 및 습곡구조에 의해 분포가 지배된다 이들 지층 중 경제 지층인 풍촌층은 암상의 특성에 따라 하부석회암대, 중부백운암대, 상부석회암대(고품위대)로 세분되며, 이 중 상부석회암대가 고품위용으로 개발대상이 된다. 상부석회암대는 백색-유백색의 치밀질 괴상석회암, 담회색 괴상 석회암, 어란상 석회암 등으로 구성되는데, 평균품위는 SiO$_2$ 0.40%, A1$_2$O$_3$ 0.15%, Fe$_2$O$_3$ 0.15%, CaO 54.2%, MgO 1.07%, 백색도 85.7로 중탄용이나 생석회 및 소석회 등 화학공업용으로 사용가능한 범위를 보여준다. 고품위대의 두께는 평균 약 40m이나 드러스트 단층 등의 구조요소에 의해 2～3회 반복되어 분포하기도 하고 지역에 따라 두께가 80～90m까지 두꺼워지기도 한다 상부석회암대의 석회석을 중탄용, 소성용, 탈황용 등으로 개발을 위해서는 사전에 충분한 정밀시추탐사를 시행하여 그 부존규모 및 개발가능구간 확인이 선행되어야 한다.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.18 no.2
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• pp.177-184
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• 1985

The carbonate flat pebble conglomerates (CFPC) are interbedded as lenticular bed in the greenish rhythmite of the upper part of $Hwaj{\check{o}}l$ Formation, $Jos{\check{o}}n$ Supergroup. Pebbles are composed mainly of lime-mudstone with small amounts of bioclasts and silt-sized subangular quartz grains. The matrix among pebbles is composed mainly of sparry calcite with relatively much amounts of bioclasts, silt-sized subangular quartz grains and authigenic pyrite crystals or grains. The sparry calcite of the matrix seems to be the results of neomorphism of skeletal sands and bioclasts. The pebbles are well rounded and no plastic deformations are found. Some pebbles show the outer rim of glauconite. CFPC are not associated with any other intertidal features such as stromatolites, flaser bedding and channel structures. Also any features indicative of subaerial exposure such as dessication cracks, fenestrae and so on are not found in the bed. The sedimentological features of CFPC suggest that the following conditions appear to have been necessary for the formation of CFPC : 1) episodic deposition of thin, permeable calcareous beds separated argillaceous beds; 2) preservation of these beds near the sediment-water interface where they could become rapidly cemented; 3) erosion and redeposition of the partially lithified beds by storms or other exceptional erosional events. Eventually storm erosion and redeposition together represent only one of several critical conditions in the genesis of CFPC. The CFPC are very common in Cambrian and lower Ordovician formations, and become very rare in the younger carbonate formations. The expansion of infauna after Ordovician Period eliminated the widespread potential for rapid submarine cementation which is one of the critical factors to form CFPC.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.49 no.5
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• pp.349-360
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• 2016

This study determined mineralogical characteristics and discussed the meaning of mineralogical changes of the lower Choseon Supergrouop in the Weondong area based on the field geological investigation and the drilling core description using X-ray diffraction (XRD) mineral quantification and Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) observation. 100 samples with depth were collected from the core (250 m long) at a site in the study area. Especially, to investigate the changes from the upper Daegi Formation to the lower Hwajeol Formation, the samples were collected closely with the interval of about 0.3 m at this section. All samples were made into power using mortar for XRD. Mineral quantitative analysis was executed using Relative Intensity Ratio (RIR) method with corundum as an internal standard phase. Calcite, $2M_1$ illite and quartz are main constituents in most of samples. Dolomite and siderite are significantly observed in the Sesong Formation. As the results of quantitative analysis for the major minerals, the upper Daegi Formation is dominated by calcite with over 80%. The Sesong Formation includes high percentage of dolomite and siderite with the intercalation of thin layers containing high calcite and $2M_1$ illite contents. Hwajeol Formation is characterized by the alternation between thin layers of $2M_1$ illite and quartz-dominated layer (IQDL) and calcite-dominated layer (CDL). IQDL is more frequent in the lower part, whereas CDL is more common in the upper part. The boundary between Daegi Formation and the Sesong Formation is distinct, whereas the boundary between the Sesong Formation and the Hwajeol Formation tends to be changed gradually in mineralogy. The result of SEM observation shows that quartz and $2M_1$ illite are detrital, and a significant amount of calcite also shows detrital form with some recrystallized one, indicating that the repeated influx of terrestrial materials had changed the mineralogy of the shallow sea depositional environment in the early Paleozoic era.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.42 no.4
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• pp.289-300
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• 2009

The Geodo mine area, had been developed for Fe and Cu ores since 1963 and abandoned in recent decades, is located in the central part of the Taebaeksan mineralized district. This area comprises of the Jangsan, Myobong, Pungchon, Hwajeol, Dongjeom, and Dumugol Formations in ascending stratigraphic order. These Formations were intruded by the Cretaceous Eopyeong granitoids that appears to produce the Geodo skarn. Their compositions are relatively oxidized quartz monzodiorite to granodiorite (magnetite series, $Fe_2O_3/FeO=0.3{\sim}1.1$). Mineralizations related skarn deposit occur in the Myobong, Pungchon, and Hwajeol Formations. The proximal skarn is zoned from andraditic garnet ($Ad_{44-95}Gr_{1-53}$) predominant adjacent to the Eopyeong granitoids to diopsidic pyroxene ($Hd_{10-100}Di_{0-89}$) predominant away from the one. The differential proportion of garnet and pyroxene is generated by water/rock ratio and their source, such as magmatic and meteoric water. This is useful tool for assessment the overall oxidation state of the entire skarn system. Gold occurs in proximal red to brownish garnet skarn, and genetically associated with Bi- and Te-bearing minerals. Skarn deposit developed in the Geodo mine area is considered as oxidized Au skarn category, based on chemical composition of the Eopyeong granitoids, zonation of skarn, and gold occurrences. Garnet-rich skarn zone will be the main target for exploration of gold in the study area. However, it is needed to the detailed survey on vertical zonation of this area as well as lateral zonation. The result of this survey would provide an important basis for the exploration of the skarn Au deposit in the Geodo mine area.

• Economic and Environmental Geology
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• v.34 no.4
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• pp.355-373
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• 2001

Palaeomagnesim of Paleozoic Tuwibong Type Sequence in Yemi area was studied with a total of 256 core-samples collected from 23 sites. The study area (geographical coordinates: 37.l8$^{\circ}$N, l28.610E) is located between Taebaek and Yongwol belonging to the northeastern part of the Okchon Belt. Thermal cleaning was a most effective method to extract stable characteristic remanent magnetization (ChRM) direction, even though AF cleaning also worked on some specimens. Mean ChRM direction of the Cambrian Hwajol Formation was different from the present-day field direction and showed maximum clustering (max. k value) at 100% bedding-tilt correction. However, it could not pass the fold test. Ordovician Makkol and Kosong Limestones as well as Permian Sadong and Kobangsan Formations have very weak NRM, and were remagnetized into the present-day field direction. ChRM directions from the Carboniferous Hongjom Formation passed both fold and reversal tests. IRM experiments and blocking temperature spectrum indicate that both magnetite and haematite are carrier of the primary magnetization. Palaeomagnetic pole position from the Carboniferous Hongjom Formation is very similar to that of contemporary North China Block (NCB) suggesting that the study area was a part of, or located very near to, the NCB during Carboniferous.

• Geophysics and Geophysical Exploration
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• v.20 no.3
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• pp.137-145
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• 2017

High-grade limestone applied to various chemical industries is abundant within upper Pungchon formation in Taebaeksan basin, South Korea. Geophysical exploration is one of the most efficient methods to investigate subsurface geological structure in an extensive area. Since the geophysical exploration for the high-grade limestone has rarely been conducted in Korea, its appropriate strategy has not been set up yet. In this study, we focused on to suggest the reasonable strategy and accumulate geophysical databases which are essential for interpreting geophysical images by characterizing laboratory physical properties of in-situ rocks. Hence, rocks were obtained from drilled cores consisting of lower Hwajeol formation, Pungchon formation, and dykes in Jeongseon area, Gangwon province. Geophysical laboratory experiments and petrography of the rocks were conducted. Since susceptibility values of the rocks in Pungchon Formation were obviously lower than those of upper Hwajeol and dykes, it is considered that the lithological boundaries could be distinguished by magnetic survey. In addition, electrical properties of the rocks in middle Pungchon formation were relatively different compared with those of upper/lower Pungchon formations. Thus, induced polarization is shown to be able to detect the high-grade limestone in upper Pungchon formation.