Article citations More>>. P. O. Okeke and M. A. Meju, "Chemical Evidence for the Sedimentary Origin of Igarra Supracrustral Rocks in the Southwestern Nigeria Basement Complex," Nigeria Jour- nal of Mining and Geology, Vol. 22, No. 2, 1985, pp. 97-104.
Pb-Zn Province of the Benue Trough of Cretaceous . ... mining in Nigeria as it is a viable source of re venue to the . ... the Basement Complex of Nigeria. In: Ol uyide PO, Mbonu WC, ...
3. The ores in the principal mining districts were partially removed by erosion prior to mining. 4. Significant reserves remain in the Leadville district. In comparison to other mining districts around the world, the carbonate-hosted sulfide deposits of the central Colorado mineral belt have produced relatively low tonnages of high-grade ore ...
Pb-zn vein sulphide and sulphosalts Pb and S isotopes Published in All Earth ISSN 2766-9645 (Online) Publisher Taylor & Francis Group Country of publisher United Kingdom LCC subjects Science: Geology Geography. Anthropology.
Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of known deposits of eighteen metals (Fe, Au, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Bi, Cr, Ni, Pt, Mn, Al) with emphasis on their geological …
Journal of African Earth Sciences, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 167-180, 1988 0731-7247/88 $3.00 + 0.00 Printed in Great Britain Pergamon Journals Ltd. Mineralogy, fluid inclusion and genesis of the Arufu and Akwana Pb-Zn-F mineralization, middle Benue Trough, Nigeria S. O. AKANDE,* E. E. HORNt and C. REUTEL~" * Department of Geology and Mineral Sciences, …
Nigeria Basement Complex, Nigeria. 5(1), p 10-11. ... hosted Zn-Pb deposit s in the Maestrad . Basin, ... a condition that favours manual mining. Veins tend to display a simple block profile and ...
petrological components – Basement Complex, Younger Granites, and Sedimentary Basins of Precambrian (> + 600 Ma), Jurassic (ca. 150 Ma) and Cretaceous – Recent (< 145 Ma) ages …
Journal of Geology and Mining Research Full Length Research Paper Structural controls of Pb-Zn mineralization of Enyigba district, Abakaliki, Southeastern Nigeria Obarezi J. E.* and Nwosu J. I. Department of Geology, Faculty of Physical Sciences University of Port Harcourt, East West Road P.M.B. 5323 Choba, Rivers State, Nigeria.
To identify Pb-Zn mineralization in the Abakaliki province, an integrated strategy was used for the objective of this study. ... Haruna, I.V., 2017. Review of the basement geology and mineral belts of Nigeria. Journal of Applied Geology and Geophysics 5 (1), 37-45. Janos, F., 2011. Geological interpretation of results provided by geophysical ...
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Analysis of spatial distribution of mineral mining sites in Niger State, Nigeria . × Close Log In. Log in with ... Part 2 provides detailed descriptions of known deposits of eighteen metals (Fe, Au, Pb, Zn, Cu, Ag, Sn, Nb, Ta, Mo, W, Ti, Bi, Cr, Ni, Pt, Mn, Al) with emphasis on their geological environment, mode of occurrence, mineralogy ...
Tsauni area is part of the Basement Complex of Nigeria situated within Gwagwalada in Abuja FCT of Paiko Sheet 185 SW. The area is a newly discovered polymetallic skarn environment …
Twenty four soil samples were collected from the pegmatite mining sites at Olode and it's environs within Ibadan, Southwestern Nigeria in order to determine concentrations and …
The study area covers 30.80 km2 and falls at the eastern flank of the southwestern Basement Complex of Nigeria. Migmatite, banded gneiss, aplite and charnockite rock types were encountered during the mapping exercise. ... geochemical, basement rock, petrogenesis, Lokoja Abstract. Communication in Physical Sciences, 2024, 11(1): 112-126 ...
3.. Geological setting and soil descriptionThe study area lies within the Basement Complex of southwestern Nigeria. The major rock types are schist-quartzites, granite-gneiss, banded gneiss, augen-gneiss, and migmatites (Olayinka et al., 1999), while minor rock types such as pegmatite, aplites, quartz veins, and dolerite dykes intruded the main rocks in places …
Combined Pb, Sr and Nd isotope determinations on several Nigerian Mesozoic ( 170 Ma) ring complexes, studied previously by van Breemen and co-workers, indicate a …
Heavy Metal Contamination in Soils in Enyigba Pb & Zn Mines District, South Eastern Nigeria Using Metal Enrichment and Pollution Indices Nnabo Paulinus N. Department of Geology, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria nnabop@yahoo Abstract: Twelve {12} soil samples were collected from the Pb – Zn mining district of Enyigba, in the
The environmental and geochemical studies at Enyigba Pb-Zn mining district near Abakaliki South eastern Nigeria were undertaken to characterize the distribution of mobile heavy metals in rocks. A total of twenty-one (21) samples were collected from rock samples in the area. The distribution and determination of total concentration were estimated. The geochemical …
Pb-Zn occurrences in Nigeria are associated with saline water intrusion in the sedimentary basins or fractured/shear zones in crystalline rocks. The mineralisation is often associated with …
Ebonyi State, Nigeria 1. INTRODUCTION Enyigba is located within Ikwo and Abakaliki Local Government Areas of Ebonyi State on latitudes and and longitude and (Figure 1) and falls within the lower Benue sedimentary formation of southeastern Nigeria. The region is noted for Lead-Zinc mineral (Pb/Zn) mining activities by the locals.
ABSTRACT: The environmental and geochemical studies at Enyigba Pb-Zn mining district near Abakaliki South eastern Nigeria were undertaken to characterize the distribution of mobile …
Heavy metals and health risk assessment of arable soils and food crops around Pb–Zn mining localities in Enyigba, southeastern Nigeria ... Soil provides the critical interface environment 76 where the interaction of rock, air and water takes place and can be a source of pollution to 77 surface and groundwater, living organisms, sediments and ...
environment and assessed health hazards due to mining at gold, Pb-Zn-F, coal, granite, sil- ica/sand, Pb, Fe ore, and barite mines [14–16,20–33]. However, scientific information about
504.61 (Pb) in wet season. Index of geoaccumulation were in the following order of increasing magnitude: Cu < Zn < As < Pb < Ag for dry season and Cu < As < Zn < Cd < Pb for wet season. On the other hand, soil enrichment ratio ranged from Cu (1.06) – Ag (126.18) and Cu (1.35) – Pb (34.10) in dry and wet season respectively.
high levels of these toxic elements such as Pb, Zn, Cu, Cd, As, Hg, V, Co, Cr etc have been reported in most ... iodine is restricted to the crystalline Basement rock areas. ... Galena Mining at ...
Genesis and timing of Mo mineralization in the Mada Ring Complex, north-central Nigeria: insights from whole-rock geochemistry, Nd-Sr isotopes, zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes, and molybdenite Re-Os systematics
Rivers State, Nigeria. Accepted 8 November 2013 The lead-zinc deposit of Enyigba and its environs are localized in the cretaceous sedimentary rocks of the Albian Asu River Group in …
under the prevailing conditions and environmental regulations in Nigeria, the mining district would face major and hazardous discharges of these metals to soil and water sources. ... Ca, Cd, Co, Cu, Mn, Ni, Pb, and Zn in rock samples for leach test and geochemical test are presented in Tables 1 and 2 below. The summarized basic statistics for ...
Risks associated with the mining of Pb–Zn minerals in some parts of the Southern Benue trough, Nigeria Ekundayo Adepehin 2014, Environmental Monitoring & Assessment