Mineral Evolution Database

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Mineral locality data provided by mindat.org

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Locality Name:
Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 6383
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-6383.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria": 14
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 9

Number of Child Localities: 8
Child Localities:
Bukuru
Kigom
Kishesha Lead Silver Mine
Kuru
Kuza
Salistone Mine (Shining Stone Mine; Okuta-didan Mine)
Tokkos
Younger Ring Complex

Latitude: 9°42'58"N
Longitude: 8°51'50"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.7161111111111,8.8638888888889

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

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Argentopyrite ()*	Arsenopyrite ()*
Astrophyllite ()*	Beryl ()*	Cassiterite ()*	Chalcopyrite ()*	Columbite-(Fe) ()*
Cryolite ()*	Elbaite ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Galena ()*
Genthelvite ()*	Goethite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*	Hematite ()*	Ilmenite ()*
Magnetite ()*	Marcasite ()*	Molybdenite ()*	Phenakite ()*	Pyrargyrite ()*
Pyrite ()*	Pyrrhotite ()*	Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Silver ()*
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 Be Ca Cu F Fe H K Li Mo Na Nb O P Pb S Sb Si Sn Th Ti Y Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: Al B Be Ca F H Li Na O Si

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

39 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)	1	88992	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	2	88982,88992	161
Beryl ()*	Beryl	Be₃Al₂Si₆O₁₈	0		4286
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	8	88980,88981,88982,88984,88986,88987,88990,88992	5171
Chalcopyrite ()*	Chalcopyrite	CuFeS₂	1	88985	27198
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	88992	518
Cryolite ()*	Perovskite	Na₂NaAlF₆	0		50
Elbaite ()*	Tourmaline	Na(Al_1.5Li_1.5)Al₆(Si₆O₁₈)(BO₃)₃(OH)₃(OH)	0		520
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	2	88982,88992	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	2	88982,88992	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	1	88987	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	3	88982,88985,88987	39462
Pyrrhotite ()*	Nickeline	Fe₇S₈	1	88985	9056
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88992	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	2	88982,88992	375
Silver ()*	Copper	Ag	1	88985	5186
Sphalerite ()*	Sphalerite	ZnS	2	88985,88987	21482
Spodumene ()*	Pyroxene	LiAlSi₂O₆	0		688
Stephanite ()*	None	Ag₅SbS₄	1	88985	586
Sternbergite ()*	Cubanite	AgFe₂S₃	1	88985	62
Thomsenolite ()*	None	NaCaAlF₆·H₂O	0		23
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	3	88982,88987,88992	1006
Topaz ()*	Topaz	Al₂SiO₄F₂	1	88981	1476
Xenotime-(Y) ()*	Zircon	Y(PO₄)	1	88987	939
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	3	88982,88987,88992	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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