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Kigom, Jos Plateau, Plateau State, Nigeria

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Aegirine
Aikinite
Akimotoite
Albite
'Albite-Anorthite Series'
'Apatite'
Arfvedsonite
Arsenopyrite
Astrophyllite
Baryte
Bastnäsite-(Ce)
Bastnäsite-(La)
Beryl
var: Aquamarine
var: Emerald
var: Heliodor
Biotite
Bismuth
Bismuthinite
Böhmite
Bolivarite
Cassiterite
Cerianite-(Ce)
Chalcopyrite
'Chlorite Group'

Coffinite
Columbite
Columbite-(Fe)
Covellite
Crandallite
Cryolite
Cubanite
Elbaite
var: Cuprian Elbaite
var: Siberite
Enstatite
Fayalite
'Feldspar Group'
Ferberite
'Fergusonite'
Ferronigerite-2N1S (TL)
Fluocerite-(Ce)
Fluorite
Gahnite
Galena
Genthelvite
Gibbsite
'Glass'
Goethite
Gold

Hedenbergite
Hematite
Ilmenite
Kaolinite
'K Feldspar'
Lepidolite
Liddicoatite ?
Limonite
Mackinawite
Maghemite
Magnetite
Marcasite
Maskelynite
Microcline
Molybdenite
'Monazite'
Monazite-(Ce)
Omphacite
Phenakite
Phlogopite
Pyrite
Pyrochlore Group
Pyrrhotite
Quartz
var: Amethyst

Ralstonite
Riebeckite
Rossmanite
Rutile
Seifertite
Siderite
Sillimanite
Spessartine
Sphalerite
Spodumene
var: Kunzite
Stannite
Stishovite
Stolzite
Tantalite
Thomsenolite
Thorite
Tin
Topaz
'Tourmaline'
'var: Rubellite'
UM1941-01-F:AlCaHMgNa
Wolframite
Xenotime-(Y)
Zircon

101 entries listed. 73 valid minerals. 1 type locality (valid mineral).

Localities in this Region

Nigeria

Abuja Capitol Territory
- Abuja
Adamawa State
- Mayo Belwa meteorite
Bauchi State
- Badiko District
Bayelsa State
Benue State
Borno State
Cross River State
Dawa
Delta State
Edo State
Gombe State
Jigawa State
Jouss mine
Kaduna State
- Gwantu
- Jemaa
- Nandu Village
  - Nandu Mine
Kano State
- Liruei-N
Katsina State
- Zagami Martian meteorite
Kebbi State
Kogi State
- Egbe District
- Itakpe mine
- Lokoja District
  - Agbaja Plateau
- Okene
  - Okene Mine
Kwara State
- Odoara
- Okere
Mt Isobo
Nassarawa (Nasarawa) State
- Nasarawa Eggon

Nigeria

Nassarawa (Nasarawa) State
- Odegi
Niger State
Oyo State
Plateau State
- Amo ring complex
- Azara
  - Azara Mine
- Jos Plateau
  - Bukuru
    - Ropp Tin Mines
  - Kigom
    - west of Terema
      - Alluvial Cassiterite Occurrence
  - Kuru
  - Kuza
  - Salistone Mine ("Shining Stone Mine"; "Okuta-didan Mine")
  - Tokkos
    - Sara Hills
- Jos Plateau Younger ring complex
  - Jos-Bukuru
- Liruei ring complex
- Nanarawa Eggon
  - Sabon Wana
- Rafin Jaki
  - Naraguta Extended Mines
- Ratin Gabbas
- Rayfield
- Rop ring complex
- Shere ring complex
Ririwai Mines
Rishi
Sokoto State
Taraba State
- Jalingo
Yobe State
Zamfara State

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References

- Obaje, N. G. (2009): Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, Vol. 120, Springer, 221 pp.

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