Mineral Prospecting Potentials Of Osun State.

Abstract

It has been discovered that Nigeria is endowed with a lot of mineral resources widely distributed in virtually all the states in the country. In Osun State almost all the local governments has more than one mineral resource that can be obtained from them. Despite the occurrence of mineral resources in the state, not all are of economic quantity and this is the main problem this study seeks to solve. In this study, minerals that are of economic quantity are separated from the minerals that are not of economic quantity through the use of scientific method. The mineral resources that are found in Osun State were hypothesized, the estimated reserve of each mineral resources that are of economic quantity were also analyzed. The findings at end of this study proved that only the following minerals are of economic quantity in Osun Slate: Gold, Talc, Granite, Tinstone, Feldspar, Kaolin, Columbite, and Clay.

Keywords: Mineral Prospecting   Potentials Resources Economic quantity