Alkaline Rocks and Carbonatites of the World

Setup during HiTech AlkCarb: an online database of alkaline rock and carbonatite occurrences

Oban Hills (Ikpai)

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Occurrence number: 
122-00-050
Country: 
Nigeria
Location: 
Longitude: 8.85, Latitude: 5.53
Carbonatite: 
No

An intrusion close to the southeastern Nigerian border is briefly described by Raeburn (1927). The rocks are syenites, sometimes with a little quartz, containing a green, sodic pyroxene, a little biotite and a deep blue-green to yellow amphibole that may be sodic.

References: 

RAEBURN, C. 1927. Tinstone in the Calabar District. Bulletin, Geological Survey of Nigeria, 11: 72-88.

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