Geological exploration of marble deposits in toto area. Interpretation of airborne magnetic data of upper benue trough. Niger delta province, nigeria, cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l. A pdf file of the accompanying bedrock geologic map pdf may be found. This is the official web site of the united nations cartographic section in new york. The intense focus on mineral search would account for the fact that the publication of the first even then provisional geological map of nigeria waited till 1943, some 23 years after the establishment of the geological survey of nigeria in 1919. Geological map of nigeria geographic landmass has been produced since 1964 with the recent update being in 2009. The agency has a vibrant cartographic unit responsible for the production of geological maps of various scale series and such other special maps as required by the organizationread more reports nigerian geological survey agency carries out various survey and research on the nigeria geological sphere.
Contains details on the geological units of nigeria and the associated mineral. Preliminary engineering geologic report on selection of urban sites in the federal capital territory, nigeria open file report 77885 by. The maine geological survey publishes bedrock geologic maps at. This page is about map of mineral deposits in nigeria and their location, click here to get more infomation about map of mineral deposits in nigeria and their location. The country forms the nigerian province and more than half of its surface is igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rock from the precambrian. Preliminary engineering geologic report on selection of. Groundwater maps of africa british geological survey. An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria. The importance of engineering geological mapping as a tool in the.
Geological map of france huge pdf file 1841 switzerland. The geology of nigeria formed beginning in the archean and proterozoic eons of the precambrian. Check out the national geologic map database ngmdb, which is the national archive of these maps and related geoscience reports. Bedrock geology maps digital data maine geological survey. Geology and mineral resources of the lower benue trough, nigeria.
Tectonic and structural analysis of the migmatitegneiss. Each map is available for download as a 5 km resolution grid xyz ascii file, and also as a high resolution pdf file. Generalized geological map of nigeria from macdonald et al. Since the 1800s, the usgs and its partners, the state geological surveys, have been producing high quality, standardized geologic maps of the nation. United nations geospatial information section web site. The quantitative maps of groundwater productivity, storage, and depth to groundwater can be downloaded below. Digitised after nigerian geological survey agency, 2006.
The objectives of the study are to first map out the extent of the deposit and then evaluate its chemical characteristics. Geological mapping as well as chemical analysis for marble deposit in the muroobugupanda area of toto local government, nasarawa state, nigeria, was carried out. Geological map of nigeria free download as pdf file. Geological mapping of igbaraoke and owena area south western. Pdf an overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria.
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