Mineral Evolution Database

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Locality Name:
Plateau, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 23519
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-23519.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Plateau, Nigeria": 33
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 24

Number of Child Localities: 16
Child Localities:
Amo Ring Complex
Azara
Bakkos
Barkin-Ladi
Bassa
Jos Plateau
Jouss Mine
Liruei Ring Complex
Mangu
Nanarawa Eggon
Panshin
Rafin Jaki
Ratin Gabbas
Rayfield
Rop Ring Complex
Shere Ring Complex

Latitude: 9°46'29"N
Longitude: 8°53'16"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.7747222222222,8.8877777777778

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.

Amphibole	Arsenopyrite	Astrophyllite	Baryte	Beryl	Calcite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Chalcopyrite	Columbite	Copper
Corundum	Cubanite	Diaspore	Feldspar	Fluorite	Garnet	Marcasite	Molybdenite	Nickeline	None
Olivine	Perovskite	Phenakite	Pyrite	Pyroxene	Quartz	Rocksalt	Rutile	Sodalite	Sphalerite
Spinel	Topaz	Tourmaline	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Baryte ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Cryolite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*
Galena ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phenakite ()*
Pyrargyrite ()*	Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*
Siderite ()*	Silver ()*	Spessartine ()*	Sphalerite ()*	Spodumene ()*
Stephanite ()*	Sternbergite ()*	Thomsenolite ()*	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: Ag Al As B Ba Be C Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mn Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Arsenopyrite Astrophyllite Baryte Beryl Calcite Cancrinite-sodalite Chalcopyrite Columbite Copper
Corundum Cubanite Diaspore Feldspar Fluorite Garnet Marcasite Molybdenite Nickeline None
Olivine Perovskite Phenakite Pyrite Pyroxene Quartz Rocksalt Rutile Sodalite Sphalerite
Spinel Topaz Tourmaline Zircon

42 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Aegirine ()*	Pyroxene	NaFe³⁺Si₂O₆	1	88992	1022
Albite ()*	Feldspar	Na(AlSi₃O₈)	2	88992,88994	8803
Arfvedsonite ()*	Amphibole	NaNa₂(Fe²⁺₄Fe³⁺)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88982,88992	295
Argentopyrite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	88985	53
Arsenopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite	FeAsS	1	88985	9052
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	4	88978,88982,88992,88994	161
Baryte ()*	Baryte	Ba(SO₄)	1	88974	11547
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	2	88978,88997	4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	15	88975,88976,88977,88980,88981,88982,88984,88986,88987,88990,88992,88995,88998,89000,89001	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	2	88985,89001	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	88992	518
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	5	88972,88978,88994,89003,89004	50
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	1	88978	520
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	88982,88992	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	4	88982,88992,88994,89001	9617
Galena ()*	Rocksalt	PbS	2	88985,88987	24243
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	88992	60
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88985	7437
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88992	741
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	2	88985,88987	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	2	88987,88994	5433
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	2	88982,88985	14899
Marcasite ()*	Marcasite	FeS₂	1	88985	5674
Molybdenite ()*	Molybdenite	MoS₂	1	88982	5800
Phenakite ()*	Phenakite	Be₂(SiO₄)	1	88988	326
Pyrargyrite ()*	None	Ag₃SbS₃	1	88985	1425
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	4	88982,88985,88987,89001	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88985	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	4	88978,88992,88994,89001	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	3	88982,88992,88994	375
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	89001	6417
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88985	5186
Spessartine ()*	Garnet	Mn²⁺₃Al₂(SiO₄)₃	1	88993	1214
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	3	88985,88987,89001	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	1	88978	688
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	88985	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	88985	62
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	2	88978,88994	23
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	5	88978,88982,88987,88992,88994	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	3	88978,88981,88994	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	2	88987,89002	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	5	88978,88982,88987,88992,88994	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL
R050176	Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria	https://rruff.info/R050176
R050200	Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria	https://rruff.info/R050200

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