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:
Benue River, Niger, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 286237
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-286237.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Benue River, Niger, Nigeria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Udei Station Meteorite

Latitude: 7°57'0"N
Longitude: 8°5'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.95,8.0833333333333

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	Copper	Cubanite	Iron	None	Sphalerite	Spinel	Wurtzite

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: C Ca Cl Cr Cu Fe Ni O P S Zn

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Apatite Copper Cubanite Iron None Sphalerite Spinel Wurtzite

12 IMA Minerals at location:

Chlorapatite ()*	Chromite ()*	Copper ()*	Cubanite ()*	Graphite ()*
Iron ()*	Isocubanite ()*	Mackinawite ()*	Schreibersite ()*	Sphalerite ()*
Taenite ()*	Troilite ()*

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Chlorapatite ()*	Apatite	Ca₅(PO₄)₃Cl	1	88953	203
Chromite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Cr₂O₄	1	88953	3902
Copper ()*	Copper	Cu	1	88953	3846
Cubanite ()*	Cubanite Wurtzite	CuFe₂S₃	1	88953	802
Graphite ()*	None	C	1	88953	2812
Iron ()*	Iron	Fe	1	88953	1089
Isocubanite ()*	Sphalerite Cubanite	CuFe₂S₃	1	88953	191
Mackinawite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)_1+xS (x = 0-0.07)	1	88953	451
Schreibersite ()*	None	(Fe,Ni)₃P	1	88953	374
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	1	88953	21482
Taenite ()*	None	(Ni,Fe)	1	88953	703
Troilite ()*	None	FeS	1	88953	1044

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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