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MINERAL RESOURCES
STATE

Glass sand, limestone, salt, shale,

ball clay, galena, granite, marble,
Abia Laterrite, bentonite, phosphate,
kaolin, pyrite, feldspar, petroleum,
lignite, gypsum, sphalerite, clay

Granite, clay, gypsum, limestone,

Adamawa uranium, kaolin, coal, trona, baryte,
salt, marble, magnetite, laterite

Clay, glass sand, salt, silica sand,

Akwa Ibom granite, coal, petroleum, natural gas,
kaolin, limestone, lignite

Clay, iron stone, natural gas,

Anambra petroleum, sand stone, kaolin, pyrite,
lignite

Kaolin, trona, gypsum, cassiterite,

mica, clay, tantalite, galena, iron ore,
gemstone, sphalerite, silica sand,
barite, columbite, zinc, lead,
Bauchi muscovite, quartz, columbite, tin,
glass sand, salt, monazite, feldspar,
graphite, wolfram, coal, agate,
tantalum, rutile, tungsten, copper,
talc, Limenite, zircon

Salt, petroleum, natural gas, silica

Bayelsa
sand

Bentonite, crude salt, petroleum,

limestone, glass sand
Gemstone, barites, feldspar, marble,
mica, silica sand, quartz, galena,
Benue lead, zinc ore, silica sand, clay, coal,
gypsum, kaolin, anhydrite, calcium,
sulphate, brick clay, crushed and
dimension stone, fluorspar, bauxite,
shale, magnetite, ilmenite, brenite

Borno Silica sand, natural salt, sapphire,

topaz, mica, quartz, gypsum,
uranium, iron ore, magnetite,
feldspar, granite, aquamarine,
nepheline, limestone, kaolin,
bentonite, Laterrite clay, refractory
 clay, trona, gold, tin, potash

Salt, limestone, coal, manganese,

mica, ilmenite, gold, quartz, glass
sand, tourmaline, petroleum, natural
gas, kaolin, tin ore, mica, sharp sand,
Cross River
clay, spring water, salt deposits, talc,
granite, galena, lead zinc, tin ore,
goethite,
Muscovite, uranium, barites

Kaolin, lateritic clay, gravel, silica

sand, natural gas, petroleum, ball
Delta
clay, bauxite, granite, river sand,
clay, spring water

Lead/Zinc ore, salt, limestone, ball

Ebonyi
clay, refractory clay, gypsum, granite

Copper, gold, marble, granite,

Edo gypsum, petroleum, diorite, lignite,
limestone, ceramic clay

Clay, charnockite, quartzite, lignite,

limestone, granite, gemstone,
Ekiti
bauxite, cassiterite, columbite,
tantalite, feldspar, kaolin

STATE MINERAL RESOURCES

Crude oil, shale, natural gas, kaolin,

Imo Laterrite sand, limestone, salt,
marble,

Glass sand, granite, Laterrite clay,

Jigawa silica, kaolin, iron ore, quartz,
potash, talc, limestone

Muscovite, granite, gold, manganese,

clay, graphite, sand, zircon, kyanite,
Kaduna
tin ore, Limenite, gemstone,
columbite

Clay, Laterrite, cassiterite, columbite,

Limenite, galena, phyrochlorite,
kaolin, gemstone, silica, tin ore,
Kano
monazite, wolframite, thorium,
granite, hyalite, kaolin, beryl,
amethyst, gold

Katsina Gold, Manganese, lateritic clay,

feldspar, black tourmaline, amethyst,
quartz, kaolin, mica, gypsum,
 silimanite, clay, granite sand,
uranium, asbestos, tourmaline,
serpentine (chresolite asbestos),
chromites, Limenite, diamond,
graphite, iron ore, potash, silica sand

Salt, iron ore, gold, feldspar,

Kebbi limestone, quartz, bauxite clay,
manganese, kaolin, mica

Clay, iron ore, gemstone, marble,

limestone, feldspar, dolomite,
Kogi
phosphate, mica, cassiterite, granite,
ornamental stone, coal, kaolin

Clay, kaolin, silica sand, quartz,

dolomite, marble, feldspar, gold,
Kwara
tantalite, cassiterite, granite,
limestone

Silica sand, bitumen, sharp sand,

Lagos
gravel, petroleum, Laterrite

Cassiterite, gemstone, amethyst,

beryl, chrysolite, emerald, garnet,
Nassarawa
sapphire, topaz, barites, galena,
monazite, zircon, glass sand, coal

Ball clay, kaolin, limestone, granite,

glass sand, iron ore, red clay,
Niger feldspar, gold, graphite, cyanide,
silica sand, quartz, asbestos, marble,
talc, gemstone

Kaolin, feldspar, silica sand, mica,

Ogun granite, clay, phosphate, gypsum,
limestone, quartz, tar sand

Marble, gold, gemstone, clay, diorite,

Ondo
lignite

Clay, granite, talc, dolomite,

Osun Limenite, feldspar, quartz, limestone,
mica, clay

Clay, feldspar, granite, Limenite, iron

ore, kaolin, quartz, talc, marble,
Oyo
dolomite, tourmaline, aquamarine,
amethyst

Plateau Monazite, columbite, feldspar, clay,

cassiterite, gemstone, kaolin,
dolomite, mica, zircon, marble,
 Limenite, barites, quartz, talc, galena

Petroleum, natural gas, silica sand,

Rivers
glass sand, clay

Silica sand, clay, salt, limestone,

Sokoto phosphate, gypsum, kaolin, Laterrite,
potash, granite

   

Lateritic clay, crude oil, kaolinitic clay, ball clay, iron-ore, glass sand, petroleum,
Enugu
gypsum, coal, silica sand, ceramic clay

FCT –
Kaolin, limestone, granite, marble, feldspar, mica, dolomite, clay, sand, talc
Abuja

Graphite, kaolin, limestone, silica sand, uranium, coal, halites, clay, gypsum,
Gombe
diatomite, granite

 
 

  Fluorspar, garnet, tourmaline, sapphire, zircon, tantalite, columbite, cassiterite,

barite, galena, gypsum, limestone, Laterrite, calcite, bauxite, magnetite, pyrite,
Taraba lead/zinc ore

Salt, trona, diatomite, clay, gypsum, kaolin, silica sand, limestone, epsomite, iron
Yobe
ore, trona, shale, uranium, granite, bentonite clay

Zamfar
Gold, Alluvial gold, granite, chromites, charnockite, clay, feldspar, spring water
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1 Beryl (Emerald, --Major source of the metal Berylium alloys with copper
Aquamarine  to produce hard, fatigue resistant metal of high tensile
and Heliodor) strength.
--Extracted Berylium is used as a moderator in nuclear
reactions.
--Oxide (Beo) derived from Beryl is an excellent
refractory withstanding temperatures of up to 2,750oC
 
2 Sapphire --Used as watch jewels, bearings in scientific
instruments. Also for ornamental purposes.
  
3 Tourmaline --Used in the manufacture of pressure gauges to
measure transient blast pressure. Also for ornamental
purposes.
 
4 Quartz --Used in glass and silica bricks; paint scouring, soaps
and sand paper.
--In its powered form, it is used in porcelain, paint,
sand paper, scouring soaps and as a wood filter.
--It is used in construction mortal and cement and flux
metallurgy.
 
5 Amethyst --Mostly used for ornamental purposes.
Garnet --Sometimes used for the manufacture of abrasives,
Topaz coated paper, grindstones, sharpening stones and
scouring powders.
 
6 Zircon --It is a major source of Zinconia (Oxide of Zirconium
metal) used for refractories, muffle furnaces, fire bricks
for electrical porcelain, best sparking plugs, for refining
precious metals, roof of electrical furnaces, white
opacifier in enamel industry, paints and lacquers in
abrasives and polishing powder.
--Used as insulator of heat and electricity.
 
7 Tantalite --Source of Tantalum used in the production of special
steels especially those for dental and surgical
instruments.
--Manufacture of space crafts
 
8 Cassiterite --Tin plating for making Tin cans.
--Making alloy solders (Tin 50%, Lead 50%). Used for
sealing of Tin cans, automobile radiators and electrical
equipment.
 
9 Columbite --Source of Niobium used as an alloy of steel to form
weldable high speed steel for radio transmitting valves,
heat sensitive detective devices called barometer, for
jet engines and other aircraft components, etc.
 
10 Ilmenite --Source of Titanium dioxide which is used for white
paint pigments.
--Source of Titanium metal used for ferro titanium
alloys.
--Used as de-oxidizer and for stabilizing ore.
 
11 Galena --Lead (metal) used in storage batteries
--Paints (white lead) PbC03 alloys for various uses.
 
12 Iron Ore --For making cast iron, wrought iron, steel for various
uses. Also used for making alloys for various uses.
  
13 Barytes --Source of barium metal used in alloy.
--Barium with Lead and calcium for bearings – alloy
with Aluminum magnesium and Nickel for Radio valves,
with Iron as Barium ferrite for permanent magnets.
--Used as drilling mud in the petroleum industry
 
14 Feldspars --Used in glass manufacturing, ceramic industry as part
of the body of the ware and as a constituent of the
glazes on pottery, tiles, porcelain, insulators.
 
15 Limestone --Source of calcium metal used as a de-oxidizer and
scavenger in refining copper, aluminum, chromium and
nickel and reducing Uranium oxide to uranium.
--In cement manufacture
--In metallurgy as flux
--As filter in paints
--Construction work
--For hydrated lime production
 
16 Mica --Muscovite used chiefly as electrical insulator,
production of generators, telephone, condensers.
--Used as fillers in production of tyres and tubes and as
dry lubricants.
 
17 Coaking coal --For producing pig iron
--Steel production
--As fuel to provide heat
--To raise steam for power stations, railways and
domestic purposes
--for producing coal gas.
 
18 Talc --In paints as extender
--In ceramics for tiles, electrical porcelain and table
ware, tips of barriers and for refractory purposes
--Cosmetic industry, etc.
 
19 Clays --For building bricks, flower pots, floor tiles, fencing
bricks, etc.
 
20 Glass sand --Glass industry, for coloured and white glass
containers, bottles. Also as synthetic marble and for
table wares, sanitary wares.
 
21 Dolomite/Marble --For Refractory furnace, building materials, source of
carbon dioxides, terazzo tiles, floor and wall tiles.
 
22 Salt --For food seasoning and preservation
--In chemical industry to prepare soda ash, caustic soda
and sodium sulphate, etc
--For chlorine production.
  
23 Chalcopyrite --Sulphur to manufacture sulphur ointment for skin
medication
--Sulphur to sulphuric acid, etc.

DISTRIBUTION OF SOLID MINERALS IN NASARAWA STATE

S/N LOCAL AREA SOLID MINERAL

1 Akwanga
2 Awe
3 Doma
4 Keana
5 Karu
6 Keffi
7 Kokona
8 Lafia
9 Nasarawa
Cassiterite, Clay, Columbite, Ilmenite, Mica
Barytes, Pyrite, Clay, Galena, Limestone,
Sodium Chloride, Ephalerite.
Clay, Silica sand
Baryte, Galena, Salt, Limestone
Clay, Silica sand, Granites, Tantalite, Mica,
Sphalerite
Clay, Talc, Gemstone (Tourmaline, Aquamarine
and Sapphire)
Tourmaline, Aquamarine, Mica, Chalcopyrite
Clay, Silica sand, Topaz
Cassiterite, Clay, Columbite, Tantalite

10 Nasarawa Eggon Emerald, Aquamarine, Heliodor, Topaz,

Amethyst, Quartz, Mica, Granite
 
11 Obi Baryte, Clay, Coaking coal
 
12 Toto Marble, Iron ore, Mica
 
13 Wamba Tantalite, Cassiterite, Columbite, Granite,
Ilmenite, Aquamarine
 

Website: www.pir.sa.gov.au/minerals/geology/mineral_resources/commodities/manganese