Petroleum is a sedimentary rock mineral found in Port Harcourt (Rivers State), Warri and Ugheli (both in Delta State), Akwa-Ibom and Imo State. The first oil well in Nigeria …
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Nwajide, C.S. (2013) Geology of Nigeria's Sedimentary Basins. CSS Bookshop Ltd., Lagos, 1-565. has been cited by the following article: TITLE: Heavy Minerals and Geochemical Characteristics of Sandstones as Indices of Provenance and Source Area Tectonics of the Ogwashi-Asaba Formation, Niger Delta Basin
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Africa is the world's most mineral-rich continent endowed with abundant metallic and non-metallic minerals and gemstones. Africa's mineral wealth is attributable to its "favorable" geology and ...
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transfer of metals from the mantle. The mineral belts source their metals from the adjoining wallrocks, basement rocks and/or sedimentary rocks. Keywords: Basement complex, Mineral belts, Nigeria, Uranium I. Introduction Nigeria is situated within the Pan African mobile belt and sandwiched between the West African
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The heavy mineral suite (opaque minerals, zircon, tourmaline, and rutile) revealed that the sandstones are mineralogically mature and implied rapid disintegration and chemical …
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Geological Survey of Nigeria Agency have actively engaged an active in the exploration for mineral deposits in Nigeria. The Dahomey basin like other Sedimentary Basins in Nigeria is found to be endowed with mineral resources. The mineral resources found in the basin, their locations and uses are listed below ( Table 2) Table 3).
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A Review of the Heavy Mineral Provinces of the Paleogene Sediments, South-Eastern Nigeria: Factors Controlling the Distribution of the Heavy Minerals ... The evolution of the southern Nigerian sedimentary basins was controlled by three major tectonic phases. The first phase led to the formation of the Abakaliki-Benue Trough and the Calabar ...
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This article explores five essential minerals found in Nigeria: Amethyst, Antimony Ore, Aquamarine, Barium Mineral, and Barytes, examining their properties, geographical locations, and various industrial uses. ... Apart from Oil and gas, which is prominent in the Niger Delta basin, other sedimentary basins like Anambra Basin, the Benue ...
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Geological Survey of Nigeria Agency have actively engaged an active in the exploration for mineral deposits in Nigeria. The Dahomey basin like other Sedimentary Basins in Nigeria is found to be endowed with mineral resources. The mineral resources found in the basin, their locations and uses are listed below (Table 2);
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The available bulk Pb isotopic compositions for the ore minerals, the host sedimentary and crystalline rocks comprising the basement rocks as well as the basaltic rocks from the Trough suggest that the arkosic sandstone which is composed of detrital feldspars that was eroded from the Precambrian basement rocks could be the likely source of ore ...
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The surface of Nigeria is underlain, in nearly equal proportions, by Precambrian crystalline rocks and sedimentary rocks, with crystalline basement rocks most extensive in …
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Contains details on the geological units of Nigeria and the associated mineral resources. The book is divided into three parts. ... Part 1 discusses the geology of the crystalline rocks and their regional distribution while the sedimentary basins constitute the subject of Part 2. Part 3 takes the mineral resources of Nigeria one on one, their ...
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In this paper, the different industrial minerals in Nigeria needs a detailed exploration. Small-scale and artisanal mining dominates the non-mineral sector. This article provides information about the geological occurrences of the …
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The Sedimentary Basins comprises of 7 inland basins namely the Niger Delta, the Anambra. Basin, the Benue Trough, ... Inventory of Some Industrial Minerals in Nigeria. 8. 9. 10. 1 1. 12. T able 4.
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ABSTACT Nigeria is endowed with enormous mineral occurrences and deposits these include Base and Precious metals minerals which have remained largely under developed due to Nigeria's preoccupation with its oil industry. ... (Lead and Zinc) and some uranium deposits accumulate in Nigerian sedimentary basins. Presented in this article is a table ...
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Geology, which is the study of rocks, minerals and the physical make-up of the solid earth, determines the environment and natural resources and in essence the industrial potential and wealth of a nation (Petters 2004).Geomorphology is the study of the physical features of the Earth's crust as related to the geological features and geomorphic processes (Whittow 1984), …
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and Mineral Belts of Nigeria. Journal of Applied . Geology and Geo physics, 5 (1), 37 ... Sedimentary protolith with continental crustal parent magma is inferred for these rocks. The similarity ...
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The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency has produced a mineral occurences database of Nigeria, this database operates on a Microsoft Access platform. It describes the location and characteristics of the metallic and non-metallic mineral resources in the country. ... The National Core Repository in Kaduna contains valuable subsurface data on the ...
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The lithostratigraphic unit of the area is shown in Table 2. NKALAGU ABAKALIKI AMASIRI AFIKPO Figure 2. Map of Southern Nigeria sedimentary basins showing surface geologic formations in Abakaliki Basin, Anambra Basin and up dip Niger Delta (after Akande et al. 2007; Dim et al. 2017).
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Three major rock types are present in Nigeria: igneous, metamorphic and sedimentary. Igneous and metamorphic rocks constitute the Precambrian Basement Complex which is the oldest, crystalline, solid physical foundation of …
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Abundant mineral deposits occur in all components of Nigerian geology with mineral deposits of economic significance that include gold, iron ore, cassiterite, columbite, wolframite, pyrochlore ...
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Spectroscopic Examination of Sedimentary Minerals in Ilorin, Kwara State, Nigeria, Located in Sub-Saharan Africa, Using XRD, EdXRF, and FTIR Methods. Archives Biol Life Sci, 2(1), 01-15. 1Department of Chemistry University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria 2Department of Industrial Chemistry University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria P.M.B 1515 Abstract
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Petrology and heavy mineral analysis of sediments in the southern Nigeria sedimentary basins have been previously limited to the Benue - Abakaliki Trough and the Anambra Basin (Hoque 1977; Hoque and Ezeque 1977; Odigi 1986; Amajor 1987; Tijani et al. 2010).
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MINERAL RESOURCES IN NIGERIA 1. Petroleum or Crude oil and Gas: Petroleum is a sedimentary rock mineral found in Port-Harcourt (River state), Warri and Ughelli (both in Delta state), Akwa- Ibom and Imo state. The first oil well in Nigeria was sunk in Oloibiri, near port-Harcourt. Other oil wells are found in Afam, Ughelli, Warri and Egbema.
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The evidence of heavy minerals and primary sedimentary structures suggests that the rivers had their sources in the igneous and metamorphic basement of southwestern Nigeria, to the south. The ...
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In the earlier studies of the sedimentation history of southern Nigeria, Murat (1972) noted that the stratigraphic development of the southern Nigerian sedimentary basins was controlled by sea-level changes coupled with vertical movements along …
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It has a landmass of 29,833 square kilometres. The geological setting of Kogi State is unique in view of the Nigeria Agency (GSNA), the State has over twenty (20) occurrence of the two major components of Nigerian geology known major mineral deposits distributed in its twenty one (Basement Complex and Sedimentary Basin).
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Non-metallic minerals are relevant in industries. In this paper, the different industrial minerals in Nigeria needs a detailed exploration. Small-scale and artisanal mining dominates the non-mineral sector. This article provides information about the geological occurrences of the industrial minerals in different states in Nigeria.
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In 1979, Nigeria had initiated construction of the iron and steel projects which by 1985 were over 90% complete, including the National Iron ore Mining Company at Itakpe, two liquid steel ...
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Abundant mineral deposits occur in all the components of Nigerian geology (Basement, Younger Granites, Sedimentary Basins) but the unavailability of a detailed geological textbook that can bring forward the advances made so far and the complexity of the Nigerian Mineral Act as well as the low technical capacity to properly assess the reserves ...
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The Nigerian Geological Survey Agency has the statutory mandate to provide geoscientific data for National development. The National Core Repository in Kaduna contains valuable …
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High-resolution heavy mineral analysis of the Paleogene sediments, outcropping Niger Delta, southeastern Nigeria, was used to delineate the heavy mineral provinces in the study area.
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Solid minerals, Solid minerals production, Solid minerals export, Mining, Nigeria. ... Limestone occurs in most of Nigeria's sedimentary . basins, and is used as a major r aw mater ial for .
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A review of high impact literature on the Southern Benue Trough and Anambra Basin was undertaken to enhance the understanding and definition of the basins in terms of their evolution, area extent ...
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This study explores in detail the complexity of textural–compositional relationships in fluvial sediments. To this aim, fifteen size fractions (from clay to granule) of three sediment samples characterized by virtually identical size distribution from the Niger and Benue rivers in central Nigeria were separately analyzed by multiple methods (optical microscopy, manual and …
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Abstract: Niger state, central Nigeria is blessed with abundant mineral resources and has been described as the home of gold, in addition other gemstones. Because of these, Artisanal and Small-Scale Miners (ASM) ... The geology of Niger state comprises of both basement and sedimentary rock terrain. The basement terrain covers the north ...
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Nigeria is endowed with a wide variety of economic minerals which are spread across all the geopolitical zones of the nation.
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The Lower Benue Trough like other Sedimentary Basins in Nigeria is found to be endowed with mineral resources. The mineral resources so far reported in the Trough by the Geological Survey of Nigeria Agency are discussed below. Coal: Anambra Basin in the Lower Benue Trough is a major coal producing basin in Nigeria where intensive
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