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Locality Name:
Kigom, Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria


mindat Locality ID: 193838
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-193838.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kigom, Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria": 2
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
west Of Terema

Latitude: 9°44'1"N
Longitude: 8°38'37"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.7336111111111,8.6436111111111

AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe 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.

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: Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Sn Th Ti Zr 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Ca F Fe H K Mo Na O S Si Th Ti Zr 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AmphiboleAstrophylliteFluoriteMolybdeniteNoneOlivinePyriteRutileSpinelZircon

11 IMA Minerals at location:
Arfvedsonite  (*)Astrophyllite  (*)Cassiterite  (*)Fayalite  (*)Fluorite  (*)
Magnetite  (*)Molybdenite  (*)Pyrite  (*)Riebeckite  (*)Thorite  (*)
Zircon  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Arfvedsonite  (*)AmphiboleNaNa2(Fe2+4Fe3+)Si8O22(OH)20295
Astrophyllite  (*)AstrophylliteK2NaFe2+7Ti2(Si4O12)2O2(OH)4F0161
Cassiterite  (*)RutileSnO21889845171
Fayalite  (*)OlivineFe2+2(SiO4)0371
Fluorite  (*)FluoriteCaF209617
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Molybdenite  (*)MolybdeniteMoS205800
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Riebeckite  (*)Amphibole   Na2(Fe2+3Fe3+2)Si8O22(OH)20375
Thorite  (*)ZirconTh(SiO4)01006
Zircon  (*)ZirconZr(SiO4)05251



No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

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