Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

The Mineral Evolution database is currently under development.

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:
Kaduna, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 158277
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158277.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kaduna, Nigeria": 6
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 5

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Gwantu
Jemaa
Jos
Kaduna
Nandu Village

Latitude: 9°21'29"N
Longitude: 8°27'30"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.3580555555556,8.4583333333333

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	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Mica	None	Pyrochlore	Quartz
Rutile	Spinel	Tourmaline

Albite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Corundum ()*	Fluorite ()*
Gahnite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Hydrokenoralstonite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Phlogopite ()*	Quartz ()*	Schorl ()*

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 B Be Ca F Fe H K Mg Na O Si Sn Ti Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Beryl Clay Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Mica None Pyrochlore Quartz
Rutile Spinel Tourmaline

15 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88915,88916	8803
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	88915,88920	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	88918	5171
Corundum ()*	Corundum	Al₂O₃	1	88917	1797
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	88915	9617
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	88916	445
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	88917	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88917	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88917	14640
Hydrokenoralstonite ()*	Pyrochlore	₂Al₂F₆(H₂O)	1	88915	56
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	88915	5433
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88916	17380
Phlogopite ()*	Mica Clay	KMg₃(AlSi₃O₁₀)(OH)₂	1	88915	2273
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	88915,88916	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88916	2705

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R070591	Jemaa, Kaduna, Nigeria	https://rruff.info/R070591

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