Sedimentary Mineral Depositions for Economic Development

Abstract

Sedimentary minerals, clays, fireclays, quartz; silica sand; precious stones and granitic rocks are numerous within an axis of Ekiti-state. Intensively, fireclay deposits are found within ijero-Ikoro areas specifically.The mineral resources of Ekiti state have not been fully appraised due to insufficient research works and poor intensive studies. While the localization of these minerals is by geological formation within the basement and quaternary deposits. Scanty researches and little studies have identified very few number of mineral deposits in the state from 1942 till date. For example,  fire clay as found contains profile of sand, kaolin and lateritic clays within the top soils of various huge deposits that are industrially and constructively useful. Other resources or minerals as found within the axis include Feldspar at Ikoro, gold and quartz are found at Efon and Itawure respectively. Feldspar and Gemstone are obtainable at Okeowu, Ikoro and Ijero intensively. Factually, the industrial mineral axis is technically examined under the present study. Where valuable minerals that are largely unevaluated before is technically evaluated for the industrial uses of Ekiti state economic growth and development. More so, the paper reviews and updates the mineral potentials within the basement rocks and quaternary alluvial deposits as found within the rock type area along  ( Ijero-Ikoro-Okemesi-Efon-Alaye-Aramoko) geological formation axis  for the economic growth and rapid development of Ekiti State.