In Nigeria, barite deposits are found in veins and cavity fillings hosted by varieties of rocks. Despite the abundance of barites reserves in Nigeria, the barites used in the Nigerian oil industry are imported from other countries. ... Barite deposits can be found in nine states in Nigeria, viz, Adamawa, Gombe, Zamfara. Plateau, Cross River ...

Petrology And Geochemistry Of Barite. Mineralisation Around Azara, North Central. Nigeria. Tanko, I. Y., Adam, M., Shettima, B. ABSTRACT: The Azara barite deposits formed parts of Middle Benue ...

Nigeria, most barite deposits are vein and cavity filling type of deposit and this type of deposit may be hosted by different rock types such as sandstone, limestone, migmatite, shale, mudstone and porphyritic ... found in Gidanwaya deposits, Taraba State, and Alifokpa deposits, Cross River State, Nigeria. Bedded deposits associated with volcanic

Barites are also used by the chemical industries in the manufacture of barium compounds or chem-icals, and the paint and glass industries (Tanko et al., 2015). Barite de-posits can …

Baryte deposits that occur in Nigeria are mainly seen are mostly found as vein filling in association with lead-zinc lodes, and in the sedimentary rocks of Benue state (lower and middle valley). A recent survey carried out on …

This study reports abundant occurrence of barite deposits in Cross River State of Nigeria. Geophysical Survey was employed to unravel most of the barite deposits which occur as concealed vein mineralization. The geophysical technique has made it possible to estimate the reserve in the area which is up to 9 million metric tonnes greater than ...

35) Taraba: Kaolin, zinc and lead. 36) Yobe: Soda Ash. 37) Zamfara: Cotton, gold and coal. See More: Top 10 Popular Natural Resources in Abia State and their Economic Values. Now you have seen the list of solid minerals in Nigeria and their states of location. Now I will discuss the major solid minerals starting with coal.

The Nigerian barite is of varying quality with specific gravity ranging between 3.5 and 4.5. The largest barite deposit is located in Azara, Nassarawa State while the best quality barite is found at Osina and …

However, between 1975 and 1980, the Nigerian Mining Corporation carried out exploratory work on barite deposits in Azara, Nasarawa State in North-Central Nigeria. It had an estimated reserve of about 730,000 tonnes of barite [13]. In 2004, the Federal Ministry of Solid Minerals Development [14] reported only two states with barite ...

The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency [9] gives the occurrence and deposits of barite in the following states: Nasarawa, Adamawa, Ebonyi, Benue, Cross River, Plateau, Gombe, Taraba, and …

Evaluation of barite production in Azara, Nasarawa State, Nigeria using wooden boxes (A) researcher measuring the quantity unit box with (0.9 × 0.9 × 0.6) m, ( B ) respondents filling the bo xes ...

22. Mineral Resources Found in Kebbi state. This is the only state in Nigeria that has only one mineral deposit – Gold. 23. Mineral Resources Found in Kogi state. There are nine natural minerals found in Kogi state and they are Cole, Dolomite, Feldspar, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Kaolin, Marble, Talc & Tantalite. 24.

Only Plateau State (Azara) and Taraba State (Iba and Dumgel) both in north central Nigeria were listed. This study reports abundant occurrence of barite deposits in Cross River …

The lar gest barite deposit is located in Azara, Nassarawa State whil e the best quality barite is found at Osin a and Gabu in Cross River State. Estimates of prove n and probable reserves are

Nigerian sedimentary lead–zinc–barite–fluorite-deposits which covers along 600 km long Benue-Trough extends from south of Abakaliki District in Lower-Benue to Zurak-Wase Districts in Upper-Benue. Highly saline subsurface waters issuing out as springs, streams and wells are quite ubiquitous throughout the mineralogical-belts. This …

Barite is an industrial mineral that is used in drilling mud and making other engineer-ing products [17–19]. The mineral is found in commercial quantities in Cross River, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa Zamfara, and Gombe states of Nigeria [20–23]. The exploration of Nigerian barite deposits is primarily by ASM using crude ...

197 5 and 19 8 0, the Nigerian Mining Corporation carried out exploratory work on barite deposits in Azara, Nasarawa State in North-Central Nigeria. It had an estimat ed reserve of about 730,0 0 0 ...

Torkula barite deposit is located in Guma local government area in Benue State of Nigeria and has a total land mass of about 28,882 km 2 as shown in Fig. 2. It is …

Barite deposits can be found in nine states in Nigeria, viz, Adamawa, Gombe, Zamfara. Plateau, Cross River, Benue, Nasarawa, Taraba and Ebonyi (Adamu et al., 2015; Akpan et al., 2014; Dominic et al., 2014; Edu, 2006; Ekwueme et al., 2012; …

Barite mineralization in Nigeria was first reported by the Geological survey of Nigeria. No interest was shown then towards its exploration. Detailed exploration work on barite deposit located at Azara District part of Nasarawa State in northcentral Nigeria was carried out by the Nigerian Mining corporation between 1975 and

Detailed exploration work on barite deposit located at Azara District part of Nasarawa State in northcentral Nigeria was carried out by the Nigerian Mining corporation between 1975 and 1980 and a reserve of about 730, 000 tonnes of barite was established over the area (Maiha, 1996).

But today, additional States with barite mineralization have been identified. The Nigeria Geological Survey Agency [9] gives the occurrence and deposits of barite in …

These reserves are also greater than those found in parts of the lower Benue trough villages of Osina and Okpoma (Ogoja) with reserve deposits of about 774, 345 metric tons. An estimated reserve of over nine (9) million metric tons of barite have been calculated and documented for Cross River Stat for the first time.

There are ten natural resources found in Cross River state and they are Barite, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Manganese, Oil/Gas, Salt & Uranium. Blessed with nine rich Nigerian natural resources, Delta is among the Niger-Delta states and they have Clay, Glass-sand, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Kaolin, Lignite, Marble & Oil/Gas deposits at their ...

Barite as an industrial mineral in Nigeria: occurrence, utilization, challenges and future prospects

barite ore deposits can be classified into bedded-sedimentary; bedded-volcanic; vein; and residual types. Nasarawa state barite ore deposits are largely of vein (cavity filling) type with few residual deposits occurring at shallow depths. The barite deposits have varying host rocks mainly silicates (quartzites and clay).

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 ...

order to be used as drilling mud. In Nigeria, barite deposits are found in veins and cavities hosted by varieties of rocks. In this work, barite deposits in various troughs of Nigeria have been sampled and analysed for the purpose of assessing their chemical composition and industrial quality. The specific gravity of barites in the following ...

Three prominent known barite districts in Nigeria are Azara in Nasarawa State and Dumgel and Ibi both in Taraba State. Barite in all of these districts occurs in veins and each of these districts is multi-veined with most of the veins ranging between one and two metres in thickness and about a kilometre in length.