Younger Granite Of Nigeria

Sufficient information is now available to indicate that the province includes some of the finest examples of granitic ring complexes in the world.

Younger granite of nigeria.

They are dominated by granites and are emplaced in pan african basement rocks on swells bordering sedimentary basins. Careful examination of the younger granite complexes of this province as seen on the 1. Bibliography on the younger granite ring complexes and tin mineralization in west africa with emphasis of nigeria. The ring dikes tend to be highly mineralized and enriched in niobium and tin.

Large sedimentary basins formed in southern nigeria divided by the okitipupa ridge. The nigeria basement complex have been conformed to comprise of three major rock units of which are. The younger granite complexes in nigeria are found mainly on the jos plateau forming a distinc tive group of intrusive and volcanic rocks that are bounded by ring dykes or ring faults. The cycle of igneous activity was initiated by a volcanic phase during which large volumes of rhyolitic lavas were extruded.

Migmatite gneiss migmatite gneiss the schist belt and older granite and younger granite complexes and all of these are seen in different location of the studied area. This memoir presents a summary of recent studies on the nigerian younger granite complexes. They occur in a zone 200 km wide and 1 600 km long extending from northern niger to south central nigeria. Vii of the society s memoir no.

2 1 form part of a wider province of alkaline anorogenic magmatism. The younger granites the mesozoic younger granite ring complexes of nigeria form part of a wider province of alkaline anorogenic magmatism extending from northern niger republic to south central nigeria. The younger granite ring complexes of west africa extend from air to cameroun and range in age from palaeozoic to tertiary. Sedimentary basins the cretaceous to recent basins in nigeria include.

From this description of rocks units and also the younger granite intrusion. Journal of african earth sciences 1983 vol. Rare earth patterns of k feldspar separated from granitic rock of younger granites of nigeria. 2 000 000 geological map of nigeria or on pl.

Other occur rences approximate a north south belt towards the middle benue in the south where the ages are younger and towards niger republic in the north. The younger granites are primarily alkali feldspar granites although the ring complexes also include rhyolite gabbro and syenite. 1 shows also that these four planes of weakness appear to have exercised a significant control in the emplacement of the younger granites. The mesozoic younger granite ring complexes of nigeria fig.

More than 50 complexes occur in nigeria obaje 2009. 3 and 4 k feldspars from has tingsite biotite granite and porphyry.