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⇱ Granite from Keffi, Nasarawa, Nigeria


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Locality type:Local Government Area
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Type:Granite
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Validity:Believed Valid
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Mineral Data:Click here to view Granite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Keffi, Nasarawa, Nigeria
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Mindat Occurrence Record ID:1270079
Long-form Identifier:1:3:1270079:6
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of Nigeria 123 Prof. Nuhu George Obaje Nasarawa State University Dept. Geology & Mining Keffi Nigeria...Resources of Nigeria are very few and mostly not accessible in Libraries and Bookshops in Nigeria. This book...activities in the Geology and Mineral Resources of Nigeria. The author has brought together several published...students of geology in tertiary institutions in Nigeria and abroad. Additional insights were also provided...sector has dominated the mineral resources of Nigeria and I find the presentations on the solid minerals
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Abuja, Nigeria; ** Department of Geology and Mining, Nasarawa State University, Keffi, Nigeria; ***Department...Sciences, Federal University of Petroleum, Effrun, Nigeria. Email: usbamalli@hotmail.com, alimoumouni2005@yahoo...2011. ABSTRACT The metallic mineral resources of Nigeria have not been fully appraised due to lack of sufficient...and documented. The metallic minerals found in Nigeria include iron ore (with over 3 billion metric tones)...Minerals, Technology, Nigeria 1. Introduction It has been proven that Nigeria is endowed with a lot
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Notes on the Geology of the Ningi Hills Northern Nigeria. By GERARD W. WILLIAMS, D.S.O., M.C., M.I.M.M....south-eastern portion of Kano province, Northern Nigeria. The Delimi River runs diagonally through the area...rises on the main hydrographic centre of Northern Nigeria. The three largest rivers that rise in the Protectorate—the...upland tributaries drain from the stanniferous granite of the 'Ngell Massif the river washes are all tin-bearing...this valley rise numerous ridges and domes of granite, which decrease in number as the river flows north-east
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Crystal Group. H 7209 Crystal Group. H 7210 I n granite. H Breitenbrunn 7212 Crystal Group. H : With actinolite...4063 Crystal Group. H Ulu Binan Selu 7509 In granite. H Topeng 4064 Crystal Group. H (a) Negri-Sembilan...7492 H Menglembu Menglembu mine 7479 Stockwork in granite. H 7480 With pyrite. H 7481 H 7482 H 7483 Rich... Jos 7310 var. Wood Tin. H (e) 21. NIGERIA (f) Nasarawa Jemaa 4091 In pegmatite. H Barkin Yelwa... Jemaa 7313 i n pegmatite. H Keffi (mine) Pebble. H 731 1 Kakona, Keffi 7290 In pegmatite. H 7291 I n
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Obudu in the Benin-Nigerian Shield, Southeastern Nigeria: implications for clockwise P-T evolution in a...metamorphic rocks (migmatitic gneisses with subordinate granite gneiss, meta-quartz diorite, and meta-ultramafic...University, Uli, P.M.B 02, Uli, Anambra State 431124, Nigeria 2 Division of Earth Evolution Sciences, Graduate... PMB 1115, Calabar, Cross-River State 540271, Nigeria between the West African Craton, the Congo Craton...of studies, our recent petrological studies of Keffi region in the north-central Nigerian basement reported
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Memorial Freed Slaves' Home at Rumasha, in Northern Nigeria. This led me first to the Government centre in...five men ahead in the direction of Katwaka and Keffi Genji to purchase food and come back on their own...Genji. The geological formations between Ndele and Keffi Genji are part of the Central African ironstone...watershed between the Kotto and the Bahr-el-Arab, granite, greenstone, and quartz, the latter holding considerable...Sudan is through the great cities of Northern Nigeria, Sokoto, Kano, Bauchi, Kuka on Lake Chad, and then
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Williams' paper on the geology of the Ningi Hills of Nigeria in the October number is very welcome. It indicates...1911, in my " Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria", the younger riebeckite - granites of Ningi, Kila...riebeckitic Sabon Garri granite, but a number of outcrops of younger riebeckite-granite projecting through...and 105 are simply sections of normal younger granite. It would also be interesting to know how Major...arrives at his belief that the younger granites of Nigeria are of Mesozoic age. It may be on account of the
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1911, in my " Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria", the younger riebeckite - granites of Ningi, Kila...riebeckitic Sabon Garri granite, but a number of outcrops of younger riebeckite-granite projecting through...and 105 are simply sections of normal younger granite. It would also be interesting to know how Major...arrives at his belief that the younger granites of Nigeria are of Mesozoic age. It may be on account of the...of Keffi Filani. In any case the distinction of Archaean and Mesozoic soda - granites in Nigeria cannot
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Journeys in Northern Nigeria Author(s): Hans Vischer Source: The Geographical Journal, Vol. 28, No. 4...and Conditions ( 368 ) JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. By HANS VISCHER, M.A. FoR a very long time the...I L LS Sketch Map showing route in NORTtIESK NIGERIA by HANS VISCHER IgO4 IU.A. fi c al e l Z.O)t)...Conditions to - 370 JOURNEYS IN NORTHERN NIGERIA. Pleyad party in 1854, and Nya, the friend of...are: the one leaving at Loko, and passing through Keffi to Zaria and Kano; another from Ibi to Bauchi; and
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generally consist of conglomerates and sandstone. A granite range, however, of some magnitude occurs in lat... MAP OF PART OF NASSARAWA PROVINCE, NORTHERN NIGERIA. 695 I was greatly assisted in my work by Mr....MAP OF PART OF THE NASSARAWA PROVINCE, NORTHERN NIGERIA.* By D. CATOR. THE greater part of the area shown...present chief's father, owing to some trouble at Keffi, it is said, left that place and founded Nassarawa
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1990,22,4 J. 22,4 Gemstone prospects in Central Nigeria J. Kanis* Kanis* and J. andR.R. R.R. Harding**...mining activities activities in central central Nigeria Nigeria are briefly described.Aquamarine Aquamarine...occur in areas generally of Younger Younger Granite Granite bodies. ally related related to the edges of...been exGranitebodies. bodies.Sapphires Sapphires Granite and and zircons have been tracted from eluvial...discoveries discoveries in in Central Central Nigeria Nigeria reached reached the outside of the the eighties
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Report (issue)
COLONIAL REPORTS-MISCELLANEOUS. No. 79. NORTHERN NIGERIA. (For Report for 1906-7, see No. 59, Colonial...THE RESULTS OF THE MINERAL SURVEY OF NORTHEltN NIGERIA, 1907-8 AND 1908-9. (Nos. V. AND VI. OF SERIES...INTRODUCTION. The 111:ineral Survey 0£ Northern Nigeria having been com­ pleted £or the second period for...in the K wandokaya Hills and in the NORTHERN NIGERIA-MINERAL SURVEY, 1907-8 & 1908-9. 3 neighbourhood...year on the Geology and Geography of Northern Nigeria by Dr. J. D. Falconer, who as Principal Mineral
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Jurassic tin-bearing ring complees of the Jos Plateau Nigeria. In order to establish the position of the Nigerian...host-rock. Pegmatite occurrences from southwest Nigeria. which are emplaced into Proterozoic metasedimentary-metavolcanic...range of 70(l-S20 Ma are dispersed throughout Nigeria, associated rare-metal mineralized pegmatites are...the rare-mctal hearing pegmatites and proximal granite occurrences was never obscrved. I t is suggested...Pan-African Pcgmatites Tin Mineralization Nigeria 1. Introduction Rare-metal mineralization in general
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al. 4.4.4.2. Mineralogy 4.4.5. Older Granites (Nigeria) 4.4.5.1. Radiometric data T 4.4.5.2. Mineralogy...Madagascar 4.5. Mesozoic SC R 4.5.1. Jos Plateau (Nigeria) 4.5.1.1.Radiometric data 4.5.1.2. Mineralogy ...Older Granites (Nigeria) 5.4.6. Madagascar 5.5. Mesozoic 5.5.1. Jos Plateau (Nigeria) 6. Mineral chemistry...U-Pb method are presented for 13 rare-element granite NU and pegmatite districts in Africa, covering...Kamativi Belt (Zimbabwe) and the Jos Plateau (Nigeria). Mn-rich columbite-tantalite is typical of the
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a systematic survey of a portion of Northern Nigeria. Secondly, to explore Lake Chad, and the rivers...return to my own journey through the centre of Nigeria, where I made zoological collections. On July 30...at Loko on the Benue, and left the next day for Keffi, travelling through t flat bush-covered country...places by groups of cone-shaped wooded hills. From Keffi I took a north-easterly direction to a Fulani town...predominant features were groups of flat-topped granite hills, sparsely covered with trees, and generally
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Book
NIGERIA AND ITS TIN FIELDS TN 477 N6C34 1977 WLU 1023050B WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY LIBRARY CALVERTr...CALVERTr ALBERT FREDERICK NIGERIA AND ITS TIN FIELDS TN 477 N6C34 1977 European Business Four Centuries...this volume for a complete list of titles. NIGERIA AND ITS TIN FIELDS ALBERT F. CALVERT ARNO PRESS...Publication Data Calvert, Albert Frederick, 1872-1946. Nigeria and Its tin fields. (European business) Reprint...E. Stanford, London. 1. ‘Tin mines and mining—Nigeria. I. Title. II. Series. TN477.N6C34 1977 338.2'7'45309669
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Catalog/List
locals still occasionally find pockets in the granite, with Jeremejevite crystals within. This lot consists...visit HA.com/5236 57053 Tourmaline Keffi, Nassarawa State, Nigeria Suffering from a bit of alluvial wear...Gemstone: Pink Tourmaline - 17.01 Ct. Keffi, Nasawara State, Central Nigeria Pink, with a faint violet cast...brilliant cut gem from the area around Keffi, a town in the middle of Nigeria. The rough that furnished this...Ct. Keffi, Nigeria From the big find a number of years ago; a find that put this part of Nigeria on a
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Journal (article/letter/editorial)
YOUNGER INTRUSIVE ROCKS OF PLATEAU PROVINCE, NIGERIA, COMPARED WITH THE ALKALIC ROCKS OF NEW ENGLAND...By ROBERT GREENWOOD ABSTRACT In north-central Nigeria a group of rocks of alkalic affinities, known as...differentiation. The Younger Intrusive Series of Nigeria is highly discordant to pre-existing structures...crescentic fractures, and granite porphyry develops ring-structures. The granite stocks afford illuminating...almost severed by arms and apophyses from the main granite mass. The alkalic rocks of New England are remarkably
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Report (article/chapter)
2015 RING COMPLEXES IN THE YOUNGER GRANITE PROVINCE OF NORTHERN NIGERIA CONTENTS I. INTSODUCTmN . . ...structures (ii) Cone-sheets and ring-dykes (iii) The granite intrusions . (c) The (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) principal...of the chemical characteristics of the Younger Granite province . 11 11 13 16 19 23 35 42 (d) Rop...Miango (n) R u k u b a . (o) Jere-Sanga (p) Sharwai granite . . . 7 7 8 9 . Page 28 9 28 46 51 59 62 62 63...summary of recent studies on the Nigerian Younger Granite complexes. Sufficient information is now available
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.......................................... 39 Nigeria.................................................. Israel; Tom Cushman, Madagascar; Linus Adie, Nigeria; Bill Larson, USA; Veronica Shkarina, Moscow, Russia;...district. The sapphires are found in veins of granite intruding into garnetiferous gniess, mica-schist...Grande do Norte (Quintos and Mulungu) in Brazil and Nigeria (Edeko). As far as we could ascertain at the time...amethyst a year. C olored gemstones mined in Nigeria include beryl (aquamarine, emerald, heliodor, and
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conducting in the eastern provinces of the Northern Nigeria Protectorate. The expedition reached Lokoja towards...Boyd Alexander himself was going by way of Loko Keffi and Bauchi, while his brother, Lieutenant Claud...asbestos, as well as a great variety of marble and granite quarries abound in Southern Portugal. The total
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range of emeralds and green beryls from Central Nigeria. Detailed work on inclusions, compositions of hosts...deposits are exploited, e.g. in Australia, Thailand, Nigeria and China (Coenraads, 1992a; Guo et al., 1992)...on sapphire from other basaltic origins (e.g. Nigeria and Australia). She described as significant morphological...Harding, R.R., 1990. Gemstone prospects in Central Nigeria. Journal of Gemmology, 22, 4,195-202 Karr, c.,...117-141 117 Emerald and green beryl from Central Nigeria Dr Dietmar Schwarz1, Dr Jan Kanis2 and Dr Judith
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Report (issue)
Dietmar Schwarz and Gaston Giuliani Africa: Egypt, Nigeria, Tanzania, . . . . . . . . .52 Mozambique, Zambia...with the free­ growing emeralds from Colombia, Nigeria and Afghanistan. According to the skill (or lack...Seams • Emerald in Granite and Pegmatite Vugs (e.g., Kaduna, Plateau States, Nigeria) The mineralizations...mineralizations of the Kaduna and Plateau Provinces in Nigeria are associated with two periods of magmatism and...Grundmann Pegmatites Without Schist: Emerald in Granite and Pegmatite Vugs overview The Most Important
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Petrogenetic relationships between pegmatite and TE granite based on geochemistry of muscovite in pegmatite... New York. TE Marmo, V., 1971. Granite petrology and the granite problem. Elsevier Publishing Company...Proterozoic anorthosite–mangerite–charnockite–granite (AMCG) suites. PT The Canadian Mineralogist 48...Geochemistry and evolution of the South Platte granite-pegmatite system, Jefferson County, Colorado. Geochimica... C. P. & Ferreira, TE 7–23. D V. P. (eds) Granite-Related Ore Deposits. Geological Society, London
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Statistiken Dietmar Schwarz Afrika: Ägypten, Nigeria, Tansania, ....... Über die .,Old Mine Emeralds'·...bei den freigewachsenen Smaragden aus Kolumbien, Nigeria und Afghanistan durchaus einfacher. Je nach der...wichtigsten Typen • Kaduna-, Plateau-Staaten, Nigeria Die Mineralisationen der Kaduna- und PlateauProvinzen...stammt dabei aus den Glimmern und Feldspäten der Granite. das Chrom aus basischen Vulkaniten. Stoffaustausch...Scherzonen kontrolliert. Pegmatite mit Turmalin und Granite fehlen: die Minera- lisationen sind schichtgebunden
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