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:
Younger Ring Complex, Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria

mindat Locality ID: 283402
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-283402.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Younger Ring Complex, Jos Plateau, Plateau, Nigeria": 1
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 1

Number of Child Localities: 1
Child Localities:
Jos-Bukuru

Latitude: 9°50'0"N
Longitude: 8°54'59"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 9.8333333333333,8.9163888888889

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	Astrophyllite	Cancrinite-sodalite	Columbite	Feldspar	Fluorite	None	Olivine	Pyroxene	Quartz
Rutile	Sodalite	Zircon

Aegirine ()*	Albite ()*	Arfvedsonite ()*	Astrophyllite ()*	Cassiterite ()*
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Fayalite ()*	Fluorite ()*	Genthelvite ()*	Hedenbergite ()*
Quartz ()*	Riebeckite ()*	Thorite ()*	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 Ca F Fe H K Na Nb O S Si Sn Th Ti Zn Zr

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality:

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality:
Amphibole Astrophyllite Cancrinite-sodalite Columbite Feldspar Fluorite None Olivine Pyroxene Quartz
Rutile Sodalite Zircon

14 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	1	88992	295
Astrophyllite ()*	Astrophyllite	K₂NaFe²⁺₇Ti₂(Si₄O₁₂)₂O₂(OH)₄F	1	88992	161
Cassiterite ()*	Rutile	SnO₂	1	88992	5171
Columbite-(Fe) ()*	Columbite	Fe²⁺Nb₂O₆	1	88992	518
Fayalite ()*	Olivine	Fe²⁺₂(SiO₄)	1	88992	371
Fluorite ()*	Fluorite	CaF₂	1	88992	9617
Genthelvite ()*	Cancrinite-sodalite Sodalite	Be₃Zn₄(SiO₄)₃S	1	88992	60
Hedenbergite ()*	Pyroxene	CaFe²⁺Si₂O₆	1	88992	741
Quartz ()*	Quartz	SiO₂	1	88992	61156
Riebeckite ()*	Amphibole	Na₂(Fe²⁺₃Fe³⁺₂)Si₈O₂₂(OH)₂	1	88992	375
Thorite ()*	Zircon	Th(SiO₄)	1	88992	1006
Zircon ()*	Zircon	Zr(SiO₄)	1	88992	5251

No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.

Sample	Source Locality	Reference URL

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