mining of limestone in benue state

Impact of Dust Emission from Limestone Mining in Gboko, Benue State ...

Impact of Dust Emission from Limestone Mining in Gboko, Benue State, Nigeria A. Galadanchi Environmental Science, Geology The study of effect of dust emission from exploitation and processing of limestone in some parts of Gboko Local Government Area

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Impact of Dust Emission from Limestone Mining in

2020年9月21日  Agency and Government of Benue State should encourage Environmental safeguarding, to ensure that more dust-controlling devices be installed in the Dangote

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(PDF) The Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State,

2017年1月1日  The Cretaceous shallow marine Gboko limestone, Yandev, Nigeria is a component of the sedimentary fill of the 800 km NE-SW

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The Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State, Nigeria:

Geology of Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State, Nigeria The Benue Basin is an elongate NE-SW oriented sedimentary rift that extends inland for approximately 800 km

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Effect of Mining Activities on Vegetation Composition

2020年5月15日  Effect of Mining Activities on Vegetation Composition and nutrient status of Forest Soil in Benue Cement Company, Benue State, Nigeria Unanaonwi O E*, Amonum

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Impact of Limestone Mining and Cement Production on Bulk

2019年12月11日  This research is on the impact of limestone mining and cement production on soils in Yandev, Gboko Benue State, Nigeria. The core cutter method was used to

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Impact of Limestone Mining and Cement Production on

Abstract-This research is on the impact of limestone mining and cement production on soils in Yandev, Gboko Benue State, Nigeria. The core cutter method was used to sample the

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Impact of Limestone Mining and Cement Production on Bulk

This research is on the impact of limestone mining and cement production on soils in Yandev, Gboko Benue State, Nigeria. The core cutter method was used to sample the

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Lead-Zinc-Barytes mineralization in the Benue Trough,

2023年3月8日  siltstone, conglomeratic ironstone, minor limestone beds and occasionally igneous bodies; and in the Upper Benue Trough from shale to sandstone, mudstone,

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Measurements of Gross Alpha and Beta Radioactivity in

2023年10月13日  The concentration of gross alpha and gross beta radioactivity in surface soil, mineral rock and consumable water around mining sites in Benue state, Nigeria

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(PDF) Barite as an Industrial Mineral in Nigeria: Occurrence ...

2021年6月1日  Chemical analysis of barite samples in Benue state shows the ore composition of 76% - 86% BaSO 4, 5- 21% silica and about 3% iron oxide and th e reserved estimate is about 307,657 metric tonnes.

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(PDF) Barite Veins in the Benue Trough: Field ... - ResearchGate

2012年5月29日  The veins widths are often between 2.5 and 5.3 metres with a total vein length varied between 1 to 6 kilometers (MMSD, 2010). The major areas of baryte mineralization in the Lower Benue Trough ...

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(PDF) The Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State,

2017年1月1日  Geology of Gboko Limestone, Yandev, Benue State, N igeria. The Benue Basin is a n elongate NE-SW orient ed sedimentary rift that extends . ... Mining and Geology, 21, 203-210. [3] Murat, K.C.

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Radionuclide contents in raw minerals and soil samples

2023年2月7日  Five major mining sites in Benue state were identified. These are mining sites from which the raw minerals, Limestone, Kaolin, Clay and Baryte are obtained in the state. At each site two (2) samples of the type of mineral mined were collected. Also about 10 soil samples were collected at different locations around the mining area.

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Impact of Limestone Mining and Cement Production on

content, which are soil physical characteristics that affect plant growth, in the mining sites in Yandev, Benue State, Nigeria: to see if they affect these physical properties of the soil. II. DESCRIPTION OF THE STUDY ENVIRONMENT Yandev in Gboko Local Government Area in Benue State, Nigeria, is nestled within longitudes 9º 10' 00"E and 9º

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Solid Mineral Resources SpringerLink

2009年1月1日  The privatization, commercialization and general reform exercises currently being undertaken by the government of Nigeria are expected to lead to an upsurge in the exploration and development of Nigeria’s solid mineral resources. Fig. 10.1. An overview of the solid mineral resources distribution map of Nigeria (unlike petroleum, every state ...

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Distribution of lead-zinc-baryte mineralization along the Benue

Baryte occurrences in Nigeria are spread across the Cretaceous Benue Trough which comprises of carbonaceous shales, limestone, siltstones, sandstones as well as in the northeastern, northwestern ...

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Preliminary investigations on the beneficiation of the

2004年1月1日  Preliminary investigations on the beneficiation of the Wadatta limestone, Benue State, Nigeria, January 2004 International journal of Environmental Science and Technology 34:2850-2855

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(PDF) OCCURRENCE AND ORIGIN OF BARYTE MINERALIZATION IN THE BENUE ...

2020年7月1日  The Azara barite deposits formed parts of Middle Benue Trough which is located in an elongated rift (or faulted-bounded) mega structural depression trending NE-SW to a length of over 1000 km and a ...

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(PDF) Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria: -A

2019年5月11日  The solid minerals and mining sector contributed a paltry 0.5% to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2018, with annual production averaging 40 million metric tons valued at about 34 billion naira ...

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Geology and Occurrences of Limestone and Marble in

2021年8月9日  The strength of limestone and marble is the measure of its capacity to resist stresses and it depends on the rift, hardness of grains, state of aggregation and degree of cohesion and interlocking of grains etc. The crushing strength of Nigerian limestone and marble varies between 8,000 and 27,000 psi (563 to 1,899 kg/cm 2).

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Untapped minerial resources in Benue State – I am Benue

2013年3月26日  Am from Benue State but was born and breadth outside. Am a Politician and a business woman am into mining (quarry) ,married to a foreigner . Am interested in known more about Benue state Mineral Resources. I can help in getting foreign inventors. Only if there is an opened door policy from the Government which the present

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(PDF) Assessment of Radionuclides in Selected Granite

2017年1月1日  A total of fifty eight (58) samples in which nine (9) minerals and forty nine (49) soil samples were collected from five mining sites of Clay, Kaolin, Limestone and Baryte in Benue State, North ...

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Solid Mineral Deposits and Mining in Nigeria: - A Sector in ...

5 Achievers J. Sci. Research The Federal government in 2016 designated seven been reported in the Anka and Maru schist belts of minerals, ores of lead-zinc, iron, gold, and barite, Zamfara State. The best Pb-Zn mining prospects limestone, coal and bitumen as “strategic” are found in the Abakaliki-Ishiagu areas of Ebonyi minerals/metals for ...

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Geology and Occurrences of Limestone and Marble in Nigeria

However, the limestone deposits of the Benue Trough (Lower, Middle and Upper), appear to contain the largest and most economically viable limestone resources in the country. Nearly all the limestone deposits in the country are used for the manufacture of cement. Marble, a metamorphosed limestone occurs within the migmatite-gneiss-schist ...

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Untapped minerial resources in Benue State – I am Benue

2013年3月26日  Benue State is blessed with abundant mineral resources which include Limestone, Gypsum, Anhydride, Koalin, Natural Gas, Salt, Petroleum Oil, Lead, Zinc, Barytes, Clay, Coal, Calcite, Germstones and Magnetite. Unfortunately, most of these resources remain untapped. Whereas there is Limestone in Mbatyav and Igumale in

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Lead-Zinc-Barytes mineralization in the Benue Trough,

2023年3月8日  The mining of galena and sphalerite for their metal content has been possible owing to the high cost of transport and low metal prices. The Nigerian lead-zinc-barytes field extends for about 560km in a narrow belt from Ishiagu in the Lower Benue Trough through Azara in the Middle Benue Trough to Gidan Dari in the Upper Benue

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Stratigraphy of the Benue Trough (after Abubakar, 2014).

The stratigraphy of the Benue Trough and the Calabar Flank has been reported in detail by Offodile, 1976;Petters and Ekweozor, 1982;Petters et al., 1995;Zaborski, 1998Zaborski, , 2000Abubakar ...

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Geochemical assessment of water quality for irrigation in

2018年1月24日  The Benue Trough is a linear NE–SW trending trough ... Groundwater hydrogeochemical evaluation for irrigation purposes in limestone mining areas of Umuoghara near Abakaliki SE. ... The Nigeria cement company Plc., Nkalagu Ebonyi State, Re-evaluation of Limestone Reserve in NIGERCEM Leases, 19804, 9806, 9809. Petters

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(PDF) COAL AND INDUSTRIAL MINERALS OF NIGERIA: THE

2020年2月27日  Limestone Benue, Cross River, Ebonyi, Edo, Gombe, Kogi ... Fostering the Sustainability of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining (ASM) of Barite in Nasarawa State, Nigeria. Article. Full-text available ...

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