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Nkalagu is a town in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is notable for having a large deposit of limestone …Web
The quarry site under study is located in Nkalagu (Fig. 1), Ebonyi state.The state has a notable geological Formation traced to the Albian Asu River Group of southern Benue trough (Agumanu, 1989).Generally, the Abakaliki and Ebonyi Formations of the Albian Asu River Group characterized the geological description of the area (Agumanu, …Web
limestone quarry pit at Nkalagu area, southern Benue T rough, Nigeria M. O. Eyankware 1 · V . S. Nnajieze 1 · C. G. Aleke 1 Received: 16 July 2017 / Accepted: 3 January 2018 / Published online ...Web
The Abakaliki area is known for hard rock quarrying and mining activities such as limestone (Nkalagu), sandstone (Amaeze), backed shale (Umuoghala), pyroclastic (Ezzagu), and lead-zinc ore ...Web
Nkalagu area falls within the Southern Benue Trough and well knows for limestone mining and agricultural activities, mainly crop production. Mining activities in the area has been carried out using open-cast method over three decades now (Ezekwe et al. 2012) and this method has great potential to impact negatively on the available water resources.Web
Coal mining processing plant in Nigeria. This coal mining project is an open pit mine located in Nigeria, announced by mining company - Western Goldfields - that it has discovered 62,400,000 tonnes of proven reserves of coal deposits worth US$1.2 billion which could be used for the generation of electric power...Web
Nkalagu limestone is predomi nantly made of calcite. ... Multi-temporal change detection at a limestone mining and cement ... In Nigeria, Limestone occurs in the sedimentary environment of Benue ...Web
Statistical index analysis using, contamination factor, metal pollution index, enrichment factor, and ecological risk were successfully applied for the assessment of the impact of heavy metal contamination in groundwater resources within the study area. Fifteen (15) groundwater samples were obtained methodically around the abandoned quarry pit …Web
Jun 7 2019. Nkalagu is a town in Ishielu Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, Nigeria. It is notable for having a large deposit of limestone which provided the raw material for the large cement plant of the Nigerian Cement Company (Nigercem). Nkalagu is the headquarters of Ishielu West Development Centre and has five major villages: Ishiagu ...Web
The limestone is composed of grapestones, infralimeclasts and brown algal remains. ... study investigated the environmental risk of natural radioactivity and some toxic elements in quarry site located in Nkalagu, Southeastern Nigeria. Background radiometric, natural radioactivity and selected toxic elements in quarry rocks and soil samples were ...Web
The present study focuses on six limestone samples from three geographical regions in Nigeria (Ashaka, Mfamosing, and Nkalagu). The analyses of their chemical composition …Web
studies on the industrial applications of limestone samples from three geographical regions in nigeria: ashaka, mfamosing, and nkalagu October 2023 Science World Journal 18(3):459-464Web
Akpan, E. B. (1992). Peruviella dolium (Roemer) and the age of the This research was carried out in phases- surface reconnaissance Mfamosing Limestone, S.E. Nigeria. Nigerian Journal of Mining geological mapping, subsurface investigation via drilling core, Geology. 51(28), 191-196. logging and analysis.Web
Appraisal of groundwater to risk contamination near an abandoned limestone quarry pit in Nkalagu, Nigeria, using enrichment factor and statistical approaches March 2022 International Journal of ...Web
Limestone: This is a sedimentary rock mineral found in Ewekoro and Shagamu (Ogun State), Ukpilla (Edo State), Calabar (Cross River), Nkalagu (Anambra State), Benue and in Sokoto State. Limestone is an essential raw material for the manufacturing of cement. All cement industries are located in all the above areas where …Web
Coal mines are the chief formators of AMD in Nigeria, although occurrences have also been reported in other mining sites such as tin, barite, gold, lead-zinc ore, limestone, among others [5,12 ...Web
ABSRACT A geophysical survey for limestone deposits was carried out at Nkalagu of Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria covering Block B zone at Nigercem-Ezeaku shale and Nkalagu cement factory. This ...Web
PDF | ABSRACT A geophysical survey for limestone deposits was carried out at Nkalagu of Ebonyi State in eastern Nigeria covering Block B zone at... | Find, …Web
Limestone quarry site at Nkalagu from publication: Impact of Past Mining Activities on Water Resources Around Active and Abandoned Mines and Quarries in Ebonyi State, …Web
Evaluations of Turonian Limestone Formation Exposed at NIGERCEM-Quarry, Nkalagu, Southeastern Nigeria: A Geochemical Approach. Phillips R. Ikhane, Ph.D. 1, A.F. …Web
The Asu River Group in the Southern Benue Trough comprises mainly shales, limestones, and sandstone lenses of the Abakaliki Formation in the Abakaliki area and the Mfamosing Limestone in the Calabar Flank (Petters and Ekweozor 1982).Nkalagu limestone is a rock unit in the Nkalagu Formation of Eze-Aku Group, which is believed …Web
Fifteen (15) groundwater samples were obtained methodically around the abandoned quarry pit of the Nkalagu area. The samples were analyzed using the America Public Health Association standard ...Web
Mining and mineral processing have the potential to generate income and promote economic development, but effects of operations on the host communities must be monitored to ensure environment integrity. The impact of limestone quarrying operations on quality standards of the soil and water at Ewekoro was assessed to determine the level …Web
(starting from 1957), limestone, marble and rock aggre- ... Nkalagu, Kalambaina, Igarra, Dangbala, Ikpeshi, Atte, Okpilla Burum, Igbetti, Igarra, Jakura, Kwakuti, Okpilla, Ikpeshi Gwoza,, Warake ... mining operations in the Nigerian limestone quarries are discharged daily into the air. Similarly a lot of air-borneWeb
The outcrop samples were collected at 1–1.5 m intervals depending on the thickness of the bed, and 1 m intervals for those from the hand dug wells. They include six siltstones and thirty-nine shales and intercalated shale and limestone samples. In all, 24 samples yielded foraminifera and. Foraminifera and ostracod biostratigraphyWeb
part of Nigeria, within the boundaries of latitudes 6˚10΄ and 6˚40΄N and longitudes 7˚3 5΄ and 7˚50 ΄E on the scale of 1:100,000 ( Fig. 1).Web
the Nigerian Mining Corporation has indicated proved reserves of up to 711,237 tonnes [5]. Nigerian Lead-Zinc Mining Company in 1956 gave conservative indicated reserves of 693,000 tonnes with 9.0% lead and 7.0% zinc [3]. The Abakaliki field is still Nigeria's most important lead-zinc deposit. In Azara area, the Nigerian MiningWeb
Eyankware, M.O., Akakuru, O.C. Appraisal of groundwater to risk contamination near an abandoned limestone quarry pit in Nkalagu, Nigeria, using enrichment factor and statistical approaches. Int J Energ Water Res 7, 603–621 (2023). https://doi/10.1007/s42108-022-00186-0. Download citation. …
Appraisal of groundwater to risk contamination near an abandoned limestone quarry pit in Nkalagu, Nigeria, using enrichment factor and statistical approaches Article Full-text availableWeb
nigerian journal of mining and geology vol. 22 nos. 1 & 2 1985 SUBTIDAL SHELF SEDIMENTATION: AN EXAMPLE FROM THE TURONIAN EZE—AKU FORMATION IN NKALAGU AREA, SOUTHEASTERN NIGERIAWeb
Prior to this, the Nigerian Mining Corporation quarried the limestone for the use of the super-phosphate Fertilizer Company based in Kaduna. ... Nkalagu Limestone, Amasiri Sandstone and Afikpo Sandstone and spans through Southern Benue Trough and Anambra Basin. Shales, sandstones, siltstones and limestones which range from shallow to deep ...Web
limestone reef rock. Limestone is the primary constituent raw material for cement manufacture (Fig 1). While most limestone deposits are suitable for cement making, there are some characteristics of limestone which need to be defined in order to establish a usable raw material supply. These relate to compositional requirements andWeb
The Turonian Nkalagu Formation exposed at NIGERCEM (Nigerian Cement Company) within the Lower Benue Trough was studied in this work in order to determine and establish the lithostratigraphic successions and reconstruct the paleoenvironment of theWeb
The Council of Republics is sending Nyambura themself to woo us the way a lover woos her sweetheart. Here in Nkalagu, we love Nyambura. We sing their name in songs. They are almost like a child of Nkalagu, guarded, too, the way the spirit of the quarry guards us. We did not always have them. They were born in old Kenya, back when …Web
The Abakaliki area is known for hard rock quarrying and mining activities such as limestone (Nkalagu), sandstone (Amaeze), backed shale (Umuoghala), pyroclastic (Ezzagu), and lead-zinc ore ...Web
limestone quarry pit in Nkalagu, Nigeria, using enrichment factor and statistical approaches M. O. Eyankware1,2 · O. C. Akakuru3 Received: 24 December 2021 / Accepted: 25 February 2022 ... Keywords Mine · Quarrying · Facies · Enrichment factor · Principal component analysis · NigeriaWeb
southeast regions of Nigeria. The limestone samples were identified as AS1 (Ashaka 1), AS2 (Ashaka 2), MF1 (Mfamosing 1), MF2 (Mfamosing 2), NK1 (Nkalagu 1), and NK2 (Nkalagu 2). The limestone samples were extracted from quarries situated in the states of Gombe (AshakaCem), Cross River (UniCem), and Ebonyi (NigerCem) in Nigeria.Web
