stripes
Occurrence number:
122-00-042
Country:
Nigeria
Location:
Longitude: 8.42, Latitude: 9.07
Carbonatite:
No
Wei Wei consists of two precipitous peaks rising to over 300 m which have not been mapped in detail. The northern one consists principally of ignimbrites and the southern is probably of biotite granite with an outer zone of riebeckite-annite granite.
References:
KINNAIRD, J.A. 1981. Geology of the Nigerian anorogenic ring complexes. Geological map, scale 1:500 000. St. Andrews University Younger Granite Research Group.RAEBURN, C. 1924. The tinfields of Nassarawa and Ilorin Provinces. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Nigeria, 5: 1-63.
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