Evaluation of Clay Deposits in Lafia, Awe & Keana Local

materials such as clay (ball clay, china clay or kaolin), feldspar and quartz [6][7]. These ingredients go through different physical changes and react together under controlled thermal conditions to produce the final product [5]. As it is with every manufacturing process, the quality and quantity of the raw materials play a significant

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Table 8 : Locations of Bentonite Clay Deposit in Nigeria

The commoner varieties of clay and clay rocks are china clay, kaolin, pipe clay, potter's clay, sculptor's clay, brick clay and fireclay [9]. The application of clay-based ceramics to mankind is ...

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Inside details of China's link in Nigeria's mining sector

The NEITI also showed that 102 companies produced 64.61 million tons of 38 different minerals. The top five minerals were limestone, granite, sand, laterite, and clay. …

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This paper reviews studies on kaolin (kaolinite) exploitation across Nigeria. The distribution of kaolinite clay deposits across Nigeria, together with their properties and applications, is...

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Clay deposits in Nigeria cover estimated proven reserves of billions of tones, which are present all over the states of the country [7]. Badejoko also confirmed the presence of clay in large quantities in Nigeria at various locations [8]. ... The categories of the clay involved include china clay, ideal kaolin, ball clay high melting clay ...

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Mineral Resources Found In Ogun State, Nigeria

Ogun State has extensive clay deposits in areas like Ifo, Igbesa, and Abeokuta. Clay is an essential raw material used in ceramics, bricks, pottery, and tile production. The presence of …

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Geochemical composition, mineralogy, geotechnical characteristics of

Geochemical composition, mineralogy, geotechnical characteristics of some clay deposits in parts of the southern Niger Delta, Nigeria July 2021 Global Journal of Geological Sciences 19(1):41-51

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(PDF) Mineralogical and geochemical properties of clay deposits …

PDF | On Jul 30, 2018, S. O. Onyekuru and others published Mineralogical and geochemical properties of clay deposits in parts of Southeastern Nigeria | Find, read and cite all the research you ...

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Industrial Analysis of Iba Oku Clay Deposit in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

The presence of clay mineral kaolinite authenticates the 70 Obotowo William Obot and Mfon Udo Obot: Industrial Analysis of Iba Oku Clay Deposit in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria argillaceous nature of the soil at Iba Oku quarry, and with a content of 20% kaolinite mined at 8 meters depth, provides evidence to the economic viability of excavating and ...

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Properties and application of Nigerian bentonite clay deposits for

The Niger Delta region of Nigeria has been estimated to hold a probable reserve of about 4 billion tons of clay deposits alone while the North East region of Nigeria has in total 700 million tons in its pure untreated form (Emofurieta, 2001, Agwu et al., 2015). Furthermore, estimation of the Nigerian bentonite reserve has been spearheaded by ...

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Chinese Quarries, Others In Search Of Solid Minerals Endanger …

Olalekan of the Ogun State Mining Ministry said it falls within the blast zone of the quarrying activities, and it is unsafe. Yet the community leaders said they were just fine.

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Geology and geotechnical appraisal of some clay deposits …

The geotechnical appraisal of the clay deposits around Ijero-Ekiti, southwestern Nigeria, indicated that Ara and Ijero clays have 49.2% and 24.1% clay fractions, respectively, while Ilukuno ...

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CLAY DEPOSITS IN NIGERIA FOR BRICKS MAKING

Historically, clay has been used in Nigeria for building constructions, it was used in the acient times in the building of huts and even some modern houses in nigeria. Clay deposits can be primary or secondary stages,the primary clays are formed as a residual deposit in soil and trapped at the original site of where they are formed.

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(PDF) Mineralogical and Chemical Properties of Nigerian Clays

2.1 Overview of Clay Deposit in Nigeria Reports from RMRDC and NMC showed that deposits of clays in Nigeria was projected to be slightly above 700 million metric tons[35, 36, 37,38, 39], with large percentage of it is deposited at Afuze, Edo state south-south, Nigeria having a tonnage of about 70–80 million metric tons of bentonite clay [33,40].

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China Clay Deposits In Ogunstate Nigeria

The voluminous loess-Red Clay deposits in northern China forming part of the Chinese Loess Plateau (CLP) are valuable terrestrial archives of climatic evolution for the late Cenozoic Era. …

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Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of clay deposits at

These clays are known to have a formula of Al 2 O 3 .2SiO 2 2H 2 O and are often referred to as kaolin or china clay. In Nigeria, local occurrences include; Kuba kaolin and Barikin Ladi kaolin in Plateau State, Kankara kaolin in Kastina State. ... In Nigeria, clay deposits have not been utilized adequately considering the qualities of this type ...

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CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF THE …

CHARACTERIZATION AND EVALUATION OF THE REFRACTORY PROPERTIES OF LOCAL CLAY DEPOSITS IN KWARA STATE, NIGERIA. April 2017; Authors: Yusuf Lanre Shuaib-Babata ... 49.99 37.65 0.09 0.88 0.03 0.13 0.21 ...

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Industrial Analysis of Iba Oku Clay Deposit in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria

In this study, raw kaolinite clay of silica/alumina molar ratio of 3.90, 2.287, 3.03, 2.55 and 2.76 were obtained from Eket, Etinan, IbionoIbom, IkotAbasi and UdungUko clay deposits respectively.

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Geochemical And Geological Characterisation Of Kaolinite …

Kaolin or China clay is a hydrated aluminium silicate (Al 2 Si 2 O 5 (OH) 4); it is used industrially for the production of many ... In Nigeria, Kaolin deposits are found in the Anambra, Chad, and Sokoto Basins. Others are the Benue Trough and the Niger Delta Basin. In the Northern part of the country, they are found in Bauchi, Borno,

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States were clay deposit in Nigeria and their reserve estimate [49]

Download scientific diagram | States were clay deposit in Nigeria and their reserve estimate [49] from publication: A Synoptic Review of Mineralogical and Chemical Characteristics of Clays in the ...

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Investigating the Industrial Potentials of Some …

Clay deposits contai n clay minerals, which are essenti ally hydrated al uminium silicates and are usual ly in association with non - clay minerals such as quartz, feldspar, mica, calcit e, and so ...

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Clay Mineral Deposits in Nigeria with their Locations and Uses

Clay deposits consist of the primary and secondary stages; while the primary clays are formed as a residual deposit in soil and trapped at the site of formation, the Secondary clays rather have been transported by water erosion from their original location and deposited in a new …

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Table 1 : Major kaolin deposits in Nigeria and estimated reserves...

Several chemical analyses of clay deposits in Nigeria show that clay deposits from different geologic origins and formations have different oxide contents (Osemenam et a,l, 2019;Jong et al., 2018 ...

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Geochemical composition, mineralogy, geotechnical …

Two residual clay deposits and one transported clay deposit in Ijesha-Ijebu area were investigated for their mineralogical, chemical and industrial properties. The investigation was to evaluate their industrial applications and economic importance. The mineralogy of the clay samples was determined using X-ray Diffraction (XRD).

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(PDF) Comparative Geochemical Assessment of …

Since the 1970s, Nigeria has aspired to find viable uranium deposits within its borders, particularly after vast deposits of uranium were discovered in the neighbouring country of Niger Republic ...

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Assessment of the Industrial Potentials of Some Nigerian …

Mark, U And Onyemaobi, O.O. 78 (13.96%); thus making kaolinite the clay mineral with the highest content of alumina (Al 2O 3). Kaolinite has a relatively simple two-

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CHARACTERIZATION OF UJOGBA CLAY DEPOSITS IN EDO STATE, NIGERIA …

Most of the refractories consumed in this country are sourced from abroad whereas there are many clay deposits in Nigeria that could be used as raw materials for refractory fabrication, one of such is the Ujogba clay in 71 Bello et. al., Vol. 12, No. II, December, 2016, pp 71-82. ... Frontier Archaelogy Studeis of China, 2022. download Download ...

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Structural and Morphological Analysis of Untapped Clay Deposits …

Journal of Engineering Research and Reports Volume 26, Issue 2, Page 131-144, 2024; Article no.JERR.111756 ISSN: 2582-2926 Structural and Morphological Analysis of Untapped Clay Deposits in Itu Local Government Area Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria and its Potentials as Raw Material for Petroleum Refining Emmanuel E. Edemumoh a, Emaime J. Uwanta a, Joachim J. …

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Development of Whiteware Bodies using China Clay from Selected Deposits

This was carried out by substituting china clay of different deposits in a standard whiteware composition 0 0 0 0 which was later fired at different temperatures of 1050 C, 1150 C, 1200 C and 1250 ...

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DEVELOPMENT OF WHITEWARE BODIES USING CHINA …

This was carried out by substituting china clay of different deposits in a standard whiteware composition which was later fired at different temperatures of 1050 0C, 11500C, 12000C and 12500C ...

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