Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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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:
Taraba, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 158280
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-158280.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Taraba, Nigeria": 3
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 2

Number of Child Localities: 2
Child Localities:
Jalingo
Wukari

Latitude: 7°50'57"N
Longitude: 9°15'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.8491666666667,9.25

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	Calcite	Chalcopyrite	Copper	Fluorite	Malachite	Marcasite	None	Quartz	Rocksalt
Sphalerite	Tetrahedrite

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: Ag C Ca Cl Cu F Fe H O P Pb S Sb Si Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Calcite Chalcopyrite Copper Fluorite Malachite Marcasite None Quartz Rocksalt
Sphalerite Tetrahedrite

11 IMA Minerals at location:

Chalcopyrite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*	Malachite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Pyromorphite ()*	Quartz ()*	Silver ()*	Smithsonite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	89009	27198
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	89009	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	1	89009	24243
Malachite ()*	Malachite	Cu₂(CO₃)(OH)₂	1	89009	12537
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	89009	5674
Pyromorphite ()*	Apatite	Pb₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	89009	1725
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	2	89007,89009	61156
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	89009	5186
Smithsonite ()*	Calcite	Zn(CO₃)	1	89009	2473
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	89009	21482
Tetrahedrite-(Zn) ()*	Tetrahedrite	Cu₆(Cu₄Zn₂)Sb₄S₁₃	1	89009	5317

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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