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According to the Geological Survey of Nigeria Agency, Nigeria has some 34 known major mineral deposits across the country. Exploration of solid minerals like tin, niobium, lead, zinc and gold, goes back for more than 90 years, but there has been a world-wide scale production of tin and niobium only.
West and Central African Rift System: Benue Trough to the west in Nigeria. The Benue Trough is a major geological structure underlying a large part of Nigeria and extending about 1,000 km northeast from the Bight of Benin to Lake Chad. It is part of the broader West and Central African Rift System. [1]
Geology portal; Nigeria portal; Subcategories. This category has the following 8 subcategories, out of 8 total. F. Geologic formations of Nigeria (1 C, 3 P)
The Niger Delta Basin, also referred to as the Niger Delta province, is an extensional rift basin located in the Niger Delta and the Gulf of Guinea on the passive continental margin near the western coast of Nigeria [1] with suspected or proven access to Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea and São Tomé and Príncipe.
Major geological features near Cameroon line. The Biu Plateau is a highland area in Northeastern Nigeria containing many recently extinct volcanoes. It covers about 5,200 km 2 (2,000 sq mi) and has an average elevation of 700 m (2,300 ft). [1] The plateau lies between the Upper Benue Basin to the south and the Chad Basin to the north.
The geological basin, which is smaller than the drainage basin, is a Phanerozoic sedimentary basin formed during the plate divergence that opened the South Atlantic Ocean. The basin lies between the West African Craton and Congo Craton , and formed about the same time as the Benue Trough .
The capital of Nigeria is Abuja, situated in the centre of the country, while Lagos is the country's major port, monetary center and largest city. Communicated in dialects are English (official), Hausa, Igbo, and Yoruba. [2] It is assessed that Nigeria has around 250 different ethno-etymological gatherings. [3]
Aso Rock is a large outcrop of granitic rock located on the outskirts of Abuja, the capital of Nigeria.The Aso Rock is a 400-metre (1,300 ft) prominent monolith with a peak height of 936-metre (3,071 ft) above sea level.