Contains details on the geological units of nigeria and the associated mineral. 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. Preliminary engineering geologic report on selection of. Groundwater maps of africa british geological survey. Tectonic and structural analysis of the migmatitegneiss. Bedrock geology maps digital data maine geological survey. Geological map of nigeria free download as pdf file.
Geological exploration of marble deposits in toto area. United nations geospatial information section web site. Geological map of nigeria geographic landmass has been produced since 1964 with the recent update being in 2009. 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. Niger delta province, nigeria, cameroon, and equatorial guinea, africa by michele l.
The country forms the nigerian province and more than half of its surface is igneous and metamorphic crystalline basement rock from the precambrian. Geological map of france huge pdf file 1841 switzerland. Bgs odi university college london ucl university of ibadan, nigeria ministry of. The quantitative maps of groundwater productivity, storage, and depth to groundwater can be downloaded below. An overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria. 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. These maps are openfiled as they become available, initially as pdf files of scans of the handdrawn linework and later as full color maps and gis products. Check out the national geologic map database ngmdb, which is the national archive of these maps and related geoscience reports. The importance of engineering geological mapping as a tool in the. Geological mapping of igbaraoke and owena area south western. The geology of nigeria formed beginning in the archean and proterozoic eons of the precambrian. Royalty free vector maps for sale in adobe illustrator and pdf format. Each map is available for download as a 5 km resolution grid xyz ascii file, and also as a high resolution pdf file. Pdf geological mapping, petrological study and structural.
Geology and mineral resources of the lower benue trough, nigeria. The maine geological survey publishes bedrock geologic maps at. Highlighted selection includes links to download map pdf, purchase map, or download zip file with gis data if available. Digitised after nigerian geological survey agency, 2006. Geological survey of nigeria agency has played an active role in the exploration for mineral deposits in nigeria. A pdf file of the accompanying bedrock geologic map pdf may be found. Pdf an overview of the geology and hydrogeology of nigeria.
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