Occurrence & Locations

Detailed information about where Magnetite is found across Nigeria

Agbaja Plateau

Kogi State • Lokoja LGA

2019

Location Details:

Agbaja is a village in lokoja local government area of Kogi state, Nigeria.Agbaja was the administrative capital of Oworo district during the colonial era and still remains the traditional and political capital of the oworo people.

Specifications:

Fe3O4

Estimated Reserves:

Unmeasured

Coordinates: 7.916640°N, 6.666675°E

Overview

Magnetite is a rock mineral and one of the main iron ores, with the chemical formula Fe₃O₄. It is one of the oxides of iron, and is ferrimagnetic; it is attracted to a magnet and can be magnetized to become a permanent magnet itself. It is the most magnetic of all the naturally-occurring minerals on Earth