Mineral Evolution Database

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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:
Bauchi, Nigeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 199.4
Youngest recorded age at locality: 196.2

mindat Locality ID: 158275
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158275.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Bauchi, Nigeria": 4
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 3

Number of Child Localities: 3
Child Localities:
Badiko District
Bununu Meteorite
Rishi (Saiya Shokobo Complex)

Latitude: 10°1'0"N
Longitude: 9°35'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.016666666667,9.5833333333333

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.

Beryl	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper	Corundum	Covellite	Cubanite	Feldspar	Iron	Nickeline
None	Pyroxene	Rutile	Sphalerite	Spinel	Stannite	Tridymite	Wurtzite

Anorthite ()*	Augite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Chromite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Copper ()*	Covellite ()*	Cubanite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Iron ()*	Pigeonite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Spinel ()*	Stannite ()*	Taenite ()*	Tin ()*	Tridymite ()*
Troilite ()*

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 Be Ca Cr Cu Fe Mg Nb Ni O S Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al Be Fe Nb O Si Sn

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper Corundum Covellite Cubanite Feldspar Iron Nickeline
None Pyroxene Rutile Sphalerite Spinel Stannite Tridymite Wurtzite

21 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
Anorthite ()*	Feldspar	Ca(Al₂Si₂O₈)	199.4	196.2	1	88886	1036
Augite ()*	Pyroxene	(Ca,Mg,Fe)₂Si₂O₆	199.4	196.2	1	88886	2060
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	199.4	196.2	0		4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	199.4	196.2	0		5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	199.4	196.2	2	88886,88887	27198
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	199.4	196.2	1	88886	3902
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	199.4	196.2	0		518
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	199.4	196.2	1	88886	3846
Covellite ()*	Covellite	CuS	199.4	196.2	1	88887	4165
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	199.4	196.2	1	88887	802
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	199.4	196.2	1	88886	5433
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	199.4	196.2	1	88886	1089
Pigeonite ()*	Pyroxene	(Mg,Fe,Ca)₂Si₂O₆	199.4	196.2	1	88886	303
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	199.4	196.2	1	88887	9056
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	199.4	196.2	1	88887	21482
Spinel ()*	Spinel	MgAl₂O₄	199.4	196.2	1	88886	1934
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	199.4	196.2	1	88887	668
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	199.4	196.2	1	88886	703
Tin ()*	None	Sn	199.4	196.2	1	88885	63
Tridymite ()*	Tridymite	SiO₂	199.4	196.2	1	88886	458
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	199.4	196.2	1	88886	1044

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
	Alexandra-0267	199.4	196.2	197.8±1.6	U-Pb	Age of Nb-Ta mineralization		columbite-(fe), cassiterite	148					Ta, Nb	158275	Bauchi, Nigeria	Bauchi-Province	Melcher et al. (2015)	10.1016/j.oregeorev.2013.09.003	OGR64_667

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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