Describe the distribution of mineral found in nigeria
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Nigeria is Naturally blessed as a country, with a lot of things that we can even touch in this post. If any or some of this are capitalized on, we can see a shift in movement gradually from the crude oil dependent country Nigeria is at the moment.
List of Mineral Resources in Nigeria and Their Location
Nigeria has a rich land that is favorable to agricultural produce when well managed…
and there is more …
List of Mineral Resources in Nigeria and Their Location
List of Mineral Resources in Nigeria and Their Location
Below is the list of Mineral and Natural Resources in Nigeria and the States that they can be found
Note this list does not consist of everything that can be found in each state just the major resources.
ABUJA
– Marble
– Clay
– Tantalite
– Cassiterite
– Gold (partially investigated)
– Lead /Zinc (Traces)
– Dolomite
ABIA STATE
– Gold
– Salt
– Limestone
– Lead/Zinc
-Crude Oil
ADAMAWA STATE
– Kaolin
– Bentonite
– Gypsum
– Magnesite
AKWA IBOM STATE
– Lead / Zinc
– Clay
– Limestone
– Uranium (Traced)
– Salt
– Lignite (Traced)
ANAMBRA STATE
– Lead/Zinck
– Clay
– Limestone
– Iron-Ore
– Lignite (Partially investigated)
– Salt
– Glass-Sand
– Phosphate
– Gypsum
-Crude Oil
BAYELSA STATE
– Clay
– Limestone
– Gypsum (partially investigated)
– Uranium (partially investigated)
– Manganese
– Lignite
– Lead/Zinc (Traces)
BAUCHI STATE
– Amethyst (violet)
– Gypsum
– Lead/Zinc (Traces)
– Uranium (partially investigated)
BENUE STATE
– Lead/Zinc
– Limestone
– Iron-Ore
– Coal
– Clay
– Marble
– Salt
– Barytes (traces)
– Gemstones
– Gypsum
BORNO STATE
– Diatomite
– Clay
– Limestone
– Hydro-carbon (oil and gas) Partially investigated) cool
– Gypsum
– Kaolin
– Bentonite
CROSS RIVER STATE
– Limestone
– Uranium
– Manganese
– Lignite
– Lead/Zinc
– Salt
-Crude Oil
DELTA STATE
– Marble
– Glass Sand
– Gypsum
– Lignite
– Iron-Ore
– Kaolin
EBONYI STATE
– Lead
– Gold shocked
– Salt
EDO STATE
– Marble
– Lignite
– Clay
– Limestone
– Iron Ore
– Gypsum
– Glass-sand
– Gold
– Dolomite Phosphate
– Bitumen
-Crude Oil
EKITI STATE
– Kaolin
– Feldspar
– Tatium
– Granite
– Syenite
ENUGU STATE
– Coal
– Limestone
– Lead/Zinc
GOMBE STATE
– Gemstone
– Gypsum
IMO STATE
– Lead/Zinc
– Limestone
– Lignite
– Phosphate
– Marcasite
– Gypsum
– Salt
-Crude Oil
JIGAWAA STATE
– Butytes
KADUNA STATE
– Sapphire
– Kaoline
– Gold
– Clay
– Serpentinite
– Asbestos
– Amethyst
– Kyanite
– Graphite (partially investigated)
– Selenite
– Mica (Traces)
– Aquamarine
– Ruby
– Rock Crystal
– Topaz
– Flopper
– Tourmaline
– Gemstone
– Tentalime
KANO STATE
– Prrochinre
– Cassiterite
– Copper
– Glass – Sand
– Gemstone
– Lead/Zinc
– Tantalite
KATSINA STATE
– Kaolin
– Marble
– Salt
KEBBI STATE
– Gold
KOGI STATE
– Iron-Ore
– Kaolin
– Gypsum
– Feldspar
– Goal
– Marble
– Dolomite
– Talc
– Tantalite
KWARA STATE
– Gold
– Marble
– Iron-Ore
– Cassiterite
– Columbite
– Tantalite
– Feldspar (Traces)
– Mica (Traces)
LAGOS STATE
– Glass-sand
– Clay
– Bitumen
– Crude Oil
NASARAWA STATE
– Beryl (Emerald)
– Aquamarine and
– Heliodor)
– Dolomite/Marble
– Sapphire
– Tourmaline
– Quartz- Amethyst (Topaz, gamet)
– Zircon
– Tantalite
– Cassiterite
– Columbite
– Lamanite
– Galena
– Iron-Ore
– Barytes
– Feldspar
– Limestone
– Mica
– Cooking coal
– Talc
– Cay
– Salt
– Chalcopyrite
NIGER STATE
– Gold
– Talc
– Lead/Zinc
OGUN STATE
– Phosphate
– Clay
– Feldspar (traces)
– Kaolin
– Limestone
– Gemstone
– Bitumen
ONDO STATE
– Bitumen
– Kaolin
– Gemstone
– Gypsum
– Feldspar
– Granite
– Clay
– Glass-sand
– Dimension stones
– Limestone
– Coal
-Crude Oil
OSUN STATE
– Gikd
– Talc
– Tourmaline
– Tourmaline
– Columbite
– Granite
OYO STATE
– Kaoline
– Marble
– Clay
– Sillimanite
– Talc
– Gold
– Cassiterite
– Aqua Marine
– Dolomite
– Gemstone
– Tantalite
PLATEAU STATE
– Emerald
– Tin
– Marble
– Granite
– Tantalite/columbite
– Lead/Zinc
– Barytes
– Iron-Ore
– Kaolin
– Belonite
– Cassiterite
– Pyrochlore
– Clay
– Coal
– Wolfram
– Salt
– Bismuth
– Fluoride
– Molybdenite
– Gemstone
– Bauxite
RIVER STATE
– Glass-sand
– Clay
– Marble
– Lignite (traces)
-Crude Oil
SOKOTO STATE
Kaolin
– Gold
= Limestone
– Phosphate
– Gypsum
– silica-sand
– Clay
– Laterite
– Potash
– Flakes
– Granite
– Gold
– Salt
TARABA STATE
– Kaolin
– Lead/Zinc
YOBE STATE
– Tintomite
– Soda Ash (partially Investigated)
the leading Natural Resources is Oil
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