Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Nasarawa, Nigeria

Oldest recorded age at locality: 562
Youngest recorded age at locality: 532

mindat Locality ID: 158279
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158279.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Nasarawa, Nigeria": 10
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 7

Number of Child Localities: 6
Child Localities:
Afu Ring Complex
Keffi
Kokona
Nasarawa Eggon
Odegi
Wamba

Latitude: 8°22'28"N
Longitude: 8°6'28"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 8.3744444444444,8.1077777777778

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.

Apatite	Bastnäsite	Beryl	Chlorite	Clay	Columbite	Corundum	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluocerite
Fluorite	Kaolinite	Mica	Monazite	None	Perovskite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Topaz
Tourmaline	Zircon

Albite ()*	Amblygonite ()*	Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Beryl ()*
Cassiterite ()*	Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Cookeite ()*	Cryolite ()*	Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*
Fluorapatite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*	Kaolinite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Microcline ()*	Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Muscovite ()*	Quartz ()*
Schorl ()*	Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Thorite ()*	Topaz ()*	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 B Be C Ca Ce F Fe H K La Li Mn Na O P Si Sn Ta Th Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Bastnäsite Beryl Chlorite Clay Columbite Corundum Diaspore Feldspar Fluocerite
Fluorite Kaolinite Mica Monazite None Perovskite Quartz Rutile Spinel Topaz
Tourmaline Zircon

25 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
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)			6	88941,88942,88943,88944,88946,88947	8803
Amblygonite ()*	None	LiAl(PO₄)F			1	88946	244
Bastnäsite-(Ce) ()*	Bastnäsite	Ce(CO₃)F			1	88948	304
Bastnäsite-(La) ()*	Bastnäsite	La(CO₃)F			1	88948	30
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈			2	88943,88946	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	562	532	3	88941,88948,88949	5171
Cerianite-(Ce) ()*	Fluorite	CeO₂			1	88948	94
Cookeite ()*	Chlorite Clay	(Al,Li)₃Al₂(Si,Al)₄O₁₀(OH)₈			1	88946	181
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆			1	88941	50
Fluocerite-(Ce) ()*	Fluocerite	CeF₃			1	88948	45
Fluorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃F			2	88946,88947	2740
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂			1	88941	9617
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)			1	88948	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃			1	88941	14640
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄			1	88948	5591
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄			2	88941,88946	14899
Microcline ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)			5	88942,88943,88944,88946,88947	4924
Monazite-(Ce) ()*	Monazite	Ce(PO₄)			1	88948	945
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂			5	88942,88943,88944,88946,88947	17380
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂			7	88941,88942,88943,88944,88946,88947,88948	61156
Schorl ()*	Tourmaline	NaFe²⁺₃Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)			1	88946	2705
Tantalite-(Mn) ()*	Columbite	Mn²⁺Ta₂O₆			1	88945	211
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)			2	88941,88948	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂			1	88946	1476
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)			1	88941	5251

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
	Bradley_2012_106	562	532	547±15	Rb/Sr			muscovite				Muscovite			248366	Wamba, Nasarawa, Nigeria	Wamba	McCauley and Bradley (2014)	10.3749/canmin.52.2.183	CM52_183

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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