Marble is a metamorphosed limestone. Limestone and marble are carbonate rocks, dominated by the mineral calcite (CaCO3). Nigeria is endowed with large deposits of limestone and marble located in all parts …
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Limestone. Limestone is a key natural resource found in commercial quantities in many localities of Abia State. It is estimated that there are over 30 million tonnes of limestone deposits in the state. Limestone occurs …
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— A general survey of limestone deposits in Nigeria is presented. From these deposits five locations representing the geographical distribution of these deposits were selected and hydrated lime ...
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The Onigbedu limestone deposit was investigated using the aeromagnetic data, resistivity soundings and borings with the aim of characterizing the limestone deposit and estimating its reserves. The subsurface structural features and depth to basement ... These methods have been used in the reserve estimation of mineral deposits in Nigeria [9 ...
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— The Ewekoro Formation houses one of Nigeria's major limestone deposits, which serves as raw material for cement manufacturing plants in the southwestern part of Nigeria. Ewekoro limestone is sometimes overlaid by hard shale and underlined by calcareous sandstone. Limestone is pale white to buff-colored, medium to coarse-grained.
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Gypsium, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Marcasite, Oil/Gas, Phosphate & Salt: 18: Jigawa: Butyles: 19: Kaduna: ... PROFILE OF SOLID MINERAL DEPOSITS IN NIGERIA. The Proven Nigeria oil reserves are 23 Billion barrels; …
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Table 4.2a is the data collected on the physical properties of some limestone deposits in Nigeria and Table 4.2b shows the data collected on the physical properties for overseas limestones deposits. In Table 4.2a the apparent porosity for Nigerian Limestones in general varies from 0.53 to 0.69 there is variation in the porosity for sample ...
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Six limestone samples were picked from three different points at the Obajana and Mfamosing limestone deposits. The limestone samples were subjected to elemental analysis by Proton-Induced X-Ray Emission (PIXE) analysis. ... Osun State, Nigeria. The NIST geology standard NIST 278 was analysed for quality assurance. The elemental …
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Location Figure 1 shows distribution of limestone deposit in Nigeria, for the purpose of this study, limestone samples were collected in large quantities from three different locations in Nigeria ...
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PDF | On Oct 8, 2015, Penuel and others published Quality assessment of limestone deposit found in Gemsa local government area of Adamawa state, Nigeria | Find, read and cite all the research you ...
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GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION AND GEOMORPHOLOGY The study area is a limestone deposit of Nigeria Cement Company (NIGERCEM) quarry at Nkalagu. Nkalagu town is situated along the Enugu – Abakaliki expressway, about 50km NE of 0 0 Enugu. It lies on latitudes 6 10' and 6 40'N and 0 0 longitudes 7 35' and 7 50'E. The area is quite …
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This paper employed the available data on chemical and physical properties of hydrated lime from limestone deposits in twenty two locations and one hundred and five samples in Nigeria and four locations and sixteen samples from overseas, with the aim of revealing their suitability for cement production.
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PDF | On Jan 2, 2018, Dr. Richmond U Ideozu and others published Microfacies analysis and depositional environment of limestone deposits: Arochukwu – Obotme – Odorikpe axis southeastern ...
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— Most of the limestone deposits in Nigeria are high in quality, generally containing over 80 per cent CaCO3.. The shallow water sediments of the albian around Mfammosing contain largest and purest deposit in Nigeria. It is about 50m thick at the quarry site. Over 170 million tonnes of limestone exist in Nkalagu area in Ebonyi State …
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— Therefore, Garra limestone deposits have extremely valuable uses in a wide spectrum of industrial applications including Portland cement, steel, ceramics, whiting, chemical uses, paper, and feed ...
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deposits of Ewekoro formation, southwestern Nigeria B. S. Badmus 1 * and O. B. Olatinsu 2 1 Department of Physics, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria.
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This document summarizes information on the geology and occurrences of limestone and marble deposits in Nigeria. It discusses the main sedimentary basins where limestone is found, including the Benue …
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This paper employed the available data on chemical and physical properties of hydrated lime from limestone deposits in twenty two locations and one hundred and five samples in Nigeria and four locations and sixteen samples from overseas, with the aim of revealing their suitability for cement production.
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Limestone deposit in Nigeria is majorly deposited in Cross River and Ebonyi states but can still be found in a commercial deposits in Abia, Akwa Ibom, Anambra, Bauchi, Bayelsa, Benue, Borno, Edo, Enugu, Imo, Ogun, …
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Although Nigeria is endowed with large deposits of limestone, the limestone at Mfamosing, near Calabar, is purest deposit in Nigeria 2. It is about 50 metres thick at outcrop (type section) and 450 meters thick in the subsurface on the Ituk High 2. Limestone and marble, the principal raw materials for
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(Adapted from Felix 2013) 1.2 PLACES OF LIMESTONE DEPOSITS IN NIGERIA. Limestone occur throughout Nigeria in both Basement rocks and in the Sedimentary Basins The Precambrian limestone, which has been …
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— Then, a comparative study was performed using exploratory borehole dataset from Oyo-Iwa limestone deposit located in Nigeria. The study area was divided into two zones, namely Northern (NZ) and Southern (SZ) zones, due to geologic and lithology of the area. The relative difference of the tonnage estimation between the two methods yields …
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Industrial minerals and rocks are barite, halite, talc, kaolin, gemstones, limestone, marble and granite. They occur as relatively small deposits extracted by artisanal and small-scale mining and ...
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— Distribution of limestone deposits in Nigeria. avoided by the use of hydraulic lime mixes instead of cement (Bawa, 1967). The preparation of hydrated lime consists in burning or calcining the lime- stone to remove carbon dioxide at a temperature up to 1000 for about four hours, leaving behind quick lime which has good cementing properties. ...
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Characterization of Limestone Deposits of Okeluse Area, Southwestern Nigeria Thompson Henry Tolulope Ogunribido1, Mercy Modupe Ogungbamila2 1Senior Lecturer, Department of Earth Sciences, Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba – Akoko, Ondo State, Nigeria.
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— The limestone beds on the Benin Flank of southwestern Nigeria are of importance to economic and industrial growth of Nigeria. Little attention has been paid to detailed mineralogy, diagenesis and ...
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— A general survey of limestone deposits in Nigeria is presented. From these deposits five locations representing the geographical distribution of these deposits were selected and hydrated lime prepared from them. An A-7-6 lateritic soil was stabilized with these locally prepared hydrated limes as well as a commercial lime and the results of ...
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