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Locality Name:
Ririwai Mines, Kano, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 19739
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-19739.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Ririwai Mines, Kano, Nigeria": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 10°44'0"N
Longitude: 8°45'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 10.733333333333,8.75

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.

Arsenic	Arsenopyrite	Chalcopyrite	Clay	Copper	Corundum	Cubanite	Feldspar	Fluorite	Marcasite
Meneghinite	Mica	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None	Pyrite	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sphalerite
Stannite	Stibnite	Topaz	Wurtzite	Zircon

Aikinite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*	Bismuth ()*	Bismuthinite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Chalcopyrite ()*	Coffinite ()*	Cubanite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Gold ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Marcasite ()*
Molybdenite ()*	Muscovite ()*	Orthoclase ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*
Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Stannite ()*	Thorite ()*
Topaz ()*	Xenotime-(Y) ()*	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 As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al As Au Bi Ca Cu F Fe H K Mo Ni O P Pb S Si Sn Th Ti U Y Zn Zr

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Arsenic Arsenopyrite Chalcopyrite Clay Copper Corundum Cubanite Feldspar Fluorite Marcasite
Meneghinite Mica Molybdenite Nickeline None Pyrite Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sphalerite
Stannite Stibnite Topaz Wurtzite Zircon

28 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of localities containing mineral
Aikinite ()*	Meneghinite	CuPbBiS₃	315
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	9052
Bismuth ()*	Arsenic	Bi	1966
Bismuthinite ()*	Stibnite	Bi₂S₃	1935
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	27198
Coffinite ()*	Zircon	U(SiO₄)·nH₂O	566
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	802
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	24243
Gold ()*	Copper	Au	30554
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	5433
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	451
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	5800
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	17380
Orthoclase ()*	Feldspar	K(AlSi₃O₈)	2349
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	5614
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	21482
Stannite ()*	Stannite Sphalerite	Cu₂FeSnS₄	668
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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