Limestone and marble are carbonate rocks, dominated by the mineral calcite (CaCO 3). Nigeria is endowed with large deposits of limestone and marble located in all parts of the country. The limestone at Mfamosing, near Calabar, is the largest and the purest deposit in Nigeria. It is about 50 metres thick at the quarry site.
Coal mines are the chief formators of AMD in Nigeria, although occurrences have also been reported in other mining sites such as tin, barite, gold, lead-zinc ore, limestone, among others [5,12 ...
In the sedimentary basin of southern Nigeria, the southern Benue Trough hosts a variety of ore deposits, such as sulphide ore, lead, or limestone, among others (Fatoye & Gideon, 2013; Eyankware et al., 2018; Ike et al., 2021; Eyankware et al., 202b), with history of quarrying/mining dated over 60 decades as reported by Nnabo . The …
Mosra Energy Limited Nigeria (MEL) is a well-established coal mining company with over 15 years experience in the industry.We are operating coal mines in Kogi and Delta States. In addition to our current operations, we have several other coal blocks under exploration in Nsukka/Udenu, Enugu State, Dekina LGA, Kogi State, and Ogbadibo LGA, Benue State.
Keywords: Benue Trough, igneous rock, quarry, sills, dykes, Ishiagu. INTRODUCTION The Benue T rough like most similar geological structures in different part of the world (e.g the
Located in the middle belt of the country, Benue State occupies 34,059 square kilometreslies. It shares boundaries with six states namely; Nassarawa to the north,Taraba to the east, Cross River, Ebonyi and Enugu to the south, and Kogi on the west. ECONOMY. Benue state is acclaimed the nation's "food basket" because of its rich and diverse ...
Benue State in north central Nigeria (its major local government areas include Guma and Gwer-west) has borne the brunt of this crisis. The United Nations says there are 2.1 million internally ...
Selected Granite Quarry Sites within Ohimini and Gwer-East Local Government Areas of Benue State Nigeria. AASCIT Journal of Physics. Vol. 3, No. 6, 2017, pp. 56-61. Abstract The assessment of radionuclides in selected granite quarry sites in Ohimini and Gwer-East Local Government Areas of Benue State was carried out using a 76x76mm NaI (TI)
The study area is a limestone quarry of the cement plant in Ashaka, Gongola Basin in Gombe State and belongs to the Kanawa Member of Pindiga Formation, located within the "Dumbulwa Bage High" of Zaborski et al., (1997). Regionally, the geology of the study area falls within the Benue Trough which is linear stretch of
The Cretaceous shallow marine Gboko limestone, Yandev, Nigeria is a component of the sedimentary fill of the 800 km NE-SW trending Benue Trough, Ni-geria. The limestone is made up of thin bedded ...
Jun 7 2019. Nkalagu is a town in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is notable for having a large deposit of limestone which provided the raw material for the large cement plant of the Nigerian …
The study of the ambient radiation levels around some mining sites in Benue State has been carried out using radiation meters; Inspector 06250 and Dose Meter 6150AD. A total of four mining sites were selected for measurements. These sites include the Guma salt mine, Makurdi clay mine, Mkar quarry in Gboko and the Otukpo clay mine. The values …
At least 74 people killed in two separate attacks by armed groups this week, officials say. 8 Apr 2023. At least 74 people were killed in two separate attacks by gunmen this week in Benue state ...
Nigeria. Federal Republic. 88,992,220. 140,431,790. 216,783,400. Source: National Population Commission of Nigeria (web), National Bureau of Statistics (web). Explanation: The population projection assumes the same rate of growth for all LGAs within a state. The undercount of the 1991 census is estimated to be about 25 million.
The Benue Trough of Nigeria is a rift basin in central West Africa that extends NNE–SSW for about 800 km in length and 150 km in width. The southern limit is the northern boundary of the Niger Delta, while the northern limit is the southern boundary of the Chad Basin (Fig. 4.1). The trough contains up to 6,000 m of Cretaceous – Tertiary ...
Industrial potential of Mbtyav limestone, Benue State, Nigeria, Article. Jan 2002; Davidson Enoni Egirani; This paper discusses the industrial properties of selected samples of Mbatyav limestone ...
Benue State, the Food Basket of Nigeria, is a predominantly lowland area (averaging 100–300 m above mean sea level) within the lower river Benue trough in the Middle Belt region of Central Nigeria. The location is between 7 o 47 ′ E and 10 o 0 ′ E longitude, and between 6 o 25 ′ N and 8 o 8 ′ N latitude with an area of 34,059 km 2 ...
Coal mines are the chief formators of AMD in Nigeria, although occurrences have also been reported in other mining sites such as tin, barite, gold, lead-zinc ore, limestone, among others [5,12 ...
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About 1 billion. tonnes of gypsum deposits are spread across some states in Nigeria. These includes Adamawa, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Delta, Edo, Gombe, Imo, Kogi, Ondo and Sokoto. This is one of the mineral resources in Nigeria that is underutilized yet has a lot of application.
Limestone Quarry. Located in Nkalagu, Ebonyi State, Nigeria, this company was the first indigenous manufacturer of cement in Nigeria. Excited to be back. We're the first and will be the best again! And still the best. Manufacturing the …
integrated quarry-to-customer producer, we have a production capacity of 35.25Mta in our home market, Nigeria. Our Obajana plant in Kogi state, Nigeria, is the largest in Africa with 16.25Mta of capacity across five lines; our Ibese plant in Ogun State has four cement lines with a combined installed
This paper presents a new depositional model for the Amasiri Sandstone of the southern Benue Trough, Nigeria. Variants of facies and facies relationships suggesting fluvial, storm, and sediment gravity processes gave rise to controversies in the interpretation of environments of deposition for the formation. However, newly exposed sections in the …
UNDP is in its first year of implementing a project that is aimed at ending the Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict in Benue and Nasarawa States in Nigeria, a region that has experienced years of conflicts. The conflict area lies largely in the middle belt States and traces its source in the clashes over farmland and/or pasture, which have increasingly ...
Benue State are currently affected by the conflict. On 28 March 2016, a communiqué was issued by leaders of the three major ethnic groups in the Benue State, the Tiv, Idoma and Igede.3 It bore the title: On the arbaric Killing and Wanton Destruction of Property of Benue Indigenes by Fulani Herdsmen [ and described the atrocities
The study area is located in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It lies between latitude 5°45̕ N–6°45̕ N and longitude 7°25̕E–8°20̕ E comprising Nkalagu, Amaeze, Umuoghara and Enyigba. ... The study area lies within the Lower Benue Trough, Nigeria. The Trough resulted from the breakup of the west Gondwanaland to produce the African and South ...
1Department of Geology and Geography, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria. 2Department of Earth Sciences, Kogi State University, Anyigba, Kogi State, Nigeria. ... SE Nigeria and the Benue valley. The basin trends ... quarries, mining pits and stream valleys at four localities in the southern portion of
The Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State, Nigeria: Geology, Geochemistry and Industrial Potentials
Nkalagu Limestone Quarry. Se Nigeria. Geological Behavior, 3(2) : ... Lower Benue Troughand Nigeria. 1. INTRODUCTION ... state, southeastern Nigeria, it is known for its large deposit of limestone ...
There are states known as the oil producing states that are situated in the Niger Delta Region. These states are Delta, Akwa Ibom, Edo, Rivers, Bayelsa, Imo, Ondo, and Abia. 3. Bitumen. Another mineral resources in Nigeria which is durable is bitumen. Bitumen is described as 'mankind's oldest engineering material'.
Although Although Nigeria Nigeria is is endowed endowed with with large large deposits deposits of of limestone, limestone, the the limestone limestone at at Mfamosing, Mfamosing, near near Calabar, Calabar, is is the largest and the purest deposit in Nigeria2.. It It is is about about 50 50 metres metres thick thick at at outcrop outcrop (type ...
All the women received maternity care in health facilities in Benue State, Nigeria and had experienced at least one incident of disrespect and abuse. Audio-recorded discussions were transcribed and analysed using a six-stage thematic analysis using NVivo11. Results: The participants perceived incidents such as being shouted at and the …
Northeastern Benue Trough, Nigeria Journal of Minin g and Geology, 36 (2) 191-152. Adepoju et al: Chem ical assessmen t and industria l quality of Gongila limestone, Gongo la Basin Nige ria
Fifteen representative limestone samples were collected from the exposed strata of the Albian Asu River Group limestone within the Middle Benue Trough, North Central Nigeria and analyzed ...
Fulani Herdsmen. The Fulani Herdsman are a nomadic tribe. They belong to the Fulani Hausa ethnic group based in northern Nigeria – with a common religion (Islam), culture, and language (Hausa). [1] The Fulani Hausa come mostly from the northwest of Africa and can be found in Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal, Chad, Niger, and other African …
Arsenic pollution in aquifers located within limestone areas of Ogun State, Nigeria. January 2005. DOI: 10.1201/9780203970829.ch10. In book: Natural Arsenic in Groundwater (pp.85-92) Authors ...
First marine transgressions into the Benue Trough The first Cretaceous marine flooding dated with foraminifers of Aptian-Albian age were from Gboko sandstones and from the M-1 well at Mfamosing Limestone Quarry (Nair and Ramanathan, 1984; Ramanathan and Kumaran, 1981) making the marine beds contemporaneous with the (B1) Bima …
Cretaceous formations in Calabar Flank and Oban Massif of Cross River State; Benue state Nigeria (Akpeke, 2008) and Obudu-Benue areas Southeastern Nigeria (Obioha, 2014). ... feldspar (plagioclase and orthoclase), silica sand and limestone used for the manufacture of tiles, and other decorative materials, salt (halite- an evaporite mineral …
