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Kakun deposit, Ijumu, Kogi, Nigeriai
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Kakun depositDeposit
IjumuLocal Government Area
KogiState
NigeriaCountry

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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
7° 39' 45'' North , 6° 5' 11'' East
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
7.66272,6.08643
GRN:
N06E05
Type:
Deposit
Köppen climate type:
Aw : Tropical savanna, wet
Nearest Settlements:
PlacePopulationDistance
Ogaminana84,373 (2016)16.4km
Kabba49,869 (2016)18.3km
Okene479,178 (2016)20.6km
Igarra14,647 (2016)41.1km
Omuo-Ekiti6,317 (2016)41.5km
Mindat Locality ID:
463376
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:463376:4
GUID (UUID V4):
0


Precambrian iron deposit in Kakun, southwestern Nigeria.
The Kakun deposit consists of titaniferous magnetite concentrated at the base of an amphibolite sheet within a large-scale banded metasediment-orthogneiss suite of Eburnean (ca. 2000 Ma) age. The suite is truncated by concordant and discordant Pan-African (ca. 600 Ma) granitic to dioritic intrusives including pegmatites and aplites.

Located between Kabba and Okene.
Note: Coordinates are approximate.

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1 valid mineral.

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List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘMagnetite4.BB.05Fe2+Fe3+2O4
ⓘvar. Titanium-bearing Magnetite4.BB.05Fe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4

List of minerals for each chemical element

OOxygen
Oⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Oⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
TiTitanium
Tiⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4
FeIron
Feⓘ MagnetiteFe2+Fe23+O4
Feⓘ Magnetite var. Titanium-bearing MagnetiteFe2+(Fe3+,Ti)2O4

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

AfricaContinent
African PlateTectonic Plate
West AfricaUN Subregion

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References

Annor, A. E.; Mücke, A. (1991) The Kakun igneous cumulate magnetite deposit, SW Nigeria. Mineralogy and Petrology, 45 (2). 131-144 doi:10.1007/bf01164600
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