Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Kogi, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 39832
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-39832.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Kogi, Nigeria": 8
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 6

Number of Child Localities: 5
Child Localities:
Egbe District
Itakpe Mine
Lokoja District
Ojuwo-Olijo
Okene

Latitude: 7°41'58"N
Longitude: 6°27'39"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 7.6994444444444,6.4608333333333

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.

Alunite	Calcite	Clay	Corundum	Diaspore	Kaolinite	Lepidocrocite	Mica	None	Not in a structural group
Olivine	Pyrite	Quartz	Rutile	Spinel	Zircon

Böhmite ()*	Bolivarite ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chrysoberyl ()*	Crandallite ()*
Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	Gahnite ()*	Gibbsite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hematite ()*
Ilmenite ()*	Kaolinite ()*	Maghemite ()*	Magnetite ()*	Muscovite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Quartz ()*	Rutile ()*	Siderite ()*	Sillimanite ()*
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 Be C Ca Fe H K O P S Si Sn Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Alunite Calcite Clay Corundum Diaspore Kaolinite Lepidocrocite Mica None Not in a structural group
Olivine Pyrite Quartz Rutile Spinel Zircon

21 IMA Minerals at location:

Mineral name	Structural Groups	IMA Formula	# of Sublocalities containing mineral	LOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids	# of localities containing mineral
Böhmite ()*	Lepidocrocite	AlO(OH)	1	88931	195
Bolivarite ()*	None	Al₂(PO₄)(OH)₃·4H₂O	1	88931	4
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	2	88928,88932	5171
Chrysoberyl ()*	Olivine	BeAl₂O₄	1	88928	321
Crandallite ()*	Alunite	CaAl₃(PO₄)(PO₃OH)(OH)₆	1	88931	310
Ferronigerite-2N1S ()*	None	(Al,Fe,Zn)₂(Al,Sn)₆O₁₁(OH)	1	88928	14
Gahnite ()*	Spinel	ZnAl₂O₄	1	88928	445
Gibbsite ()*	None	Al(OH)₃	1	88931	504
Goethite ()*	Diaspore	FeO(OH)	1	88931	7437
Hematite ()*	Corundum	Fe₂O₃	1	88929	14640
Ilmenite ()*	Corundum	Fe²⁺Ti⁴⁺O₃	1	88931	5433
Kaolinite ()*	Clay Kaolinite	Al₂Si₂O₅(OH)₄	1	88931	5591
Maghemite ()*	Spinel	(Fe³⁺_0.67 _0.33)Fe³⁺₂O₄	1	88931	229
Magnetite ()*	Spinel	Fe²⁺Fe³⁺₂O₄	3	88929,88931,88934	14899
Muscovite ()*	Mica Clay	KAl₂(Si₃Al)O₁₀(OH)₂	1	88928	17380
Pyrite ()*	Pyrite	FeS₂	1	88931	39462
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	3	88928,88929,88931	61156
Rutile ()*	Rutile	TiO₂	1	88931	5614
Siderite ()*	Calcite	Fe(CO₃)	1	88931	6417
Sillimanite ()*	Not in a structural group	Al₂SiO₅	1	88928	1516
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88931	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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