Younger Granite Of Nigeria

Sedimentary basins the cretaceous to recent basins in nigeria include.

Younger granite of nigeria.

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. Large sedimentary basins formed in southern nigeria divided by the okitipupa ridge. 5 and 6 k feldspars from barren biotite granite 7 8 and 9 k feldspars from stanniferrous biotite granite. Vii of the society s memoir no.

They are dominated by granites and are emplaced in pan african basement rocks on swells bordering sedimentary basins. Journal of african earth sciences 1983 vol. Careful examination of the younger granite complexes of this province as seen on the 1. More than 50 complexes occur in nigeria obaje 2009.

Bibliography on the younger granite ring complexes and tin mineralization in west africa with emphasis of nigeria. 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. The ring dikes tend to be highly mineralized and enriched in niobium and tin.

The younger granites are primarily alkali feldspar granites although the ring complexes also include rhyolite gabbro and syenite. The nigeria basement complex have been conformed to comprise of three major rock units of which are. Sufficient information is now available to indicate that the province includes some of the finest examples of granitic ring complexes in the world. From this description of rocks units and also the younger granite intrusion.

The mesozoic younger granite ring complexes of nigeria fig. 1 and 2 k feldspars from fayalite hedenbergite granite and porphyry. 2 000 000 geological map of nigeria or on pl. Journal of african earth sciences 1983 vol.

3 and 4 k feldspars from has tingsite biotite granite and porphyry. Rare earth patterns of k feldspar separated from granitic rock of younger granites of nigeria. 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. 1 shows also that these four planes of weakness appear to have exercised a significant control in the emplacement of the younger granites.

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 younger granite ring complexes of west africa extend from air to cameroun and range in age from palaeozoic to tertiary.