Mining Activities and Its Hydrogeochemical Implication: A ...
Mining Hill, Ijero Ekiti in Ekiti State, Nigeria. Water samples were taken from five mining pits within the mining site. Physicochemical parameters examined were pH, electrical conductivity, total dissolved solids (TDS), dissolved oxygen (DO), etc. The results indicate Mg>Ca>Na>K.
IJERO-EKITI: A town at the mercy of illegal miners - The ...
Taiwo Abiodun, who recently visited Ijero-Ekiti, writes on the illegal mining of the mineral resources and the danger it poses to the community Share Ijero is one of the major towns in Ekiti State.
Hydrogeophysical Investigation of Kusa Mining Hill, Ijero ...
S - N direction showing the result of VES conducted within Kusa Mining Hill in Ijero-Ekiti. The geo-electric section (Figure 8) shows the variations of resistivity and thickness of geo-electric layers below VES 4, 5, 7 and 8 in that order.
(PDF) Ecological impact of mining on soils of Southwestern ...
Physical and chemical characteristics and heavy metal concentrations of soils of Awo, Itagunmodi and Ijero-Ekiti mines and respective control sites. Means followed by different letters in the same row are significantly different (p < 0.05) according to the Duncan's Multiple Range Test Properties Awo Itagunmodi Ijero-Ekiti ANOVA mine control ...
Assessment of environmental impact of gemstone mining in ...
DOI: 10.15407/MINING12.01.001 Corpus ID: 134776616. Assessment of environmental impact of gemstone mining in Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria @article{Afeni2018AssessmentOE, title={Assessment of environmental impact of gemstone mining in Ijero-Ekiti, Nigeria}, author={T. Afeni and F. Ibitolu}, journal={Mining of Mineral Deposits}, year={2018}, volume={12}, pages={1-11} }
Radiation dose assessment of soil from Ijero Ekiti, Nigeria
Abstract: The activity concentration of 238U, 232Th and 40K in the soils of mining and living areas of Ijero Ekiti were determined using hyper pure germanium gamma ray spectrometer. The mean concentrations of 238U, 232Th and 40K were found to be 128.05 Bqkg−1, 24.8 Bqkg−1 and 455.05 Bqkg−1, respectively, for mining areas, while
Mining Site In Ijero Ekiti
Mining Site In Ijero Ekiti. The main objective of this study therefore is to determine the radioactivity levels of 226 ra 232 th and 40 k in soil and sediment around an abandoned gold mining site located at itagunmodi village in ilesa and tin tantalite and kaolin mining sites in ijeroekiti both in southwest nigeria and to assess the radiological health hazards.
Industrial Minerals Potentials of Ijero Pegmatite in Ekiti ...
Kaolin Ijero-Ikoro road Coating tablets, functional filter, (Picture of kaolin found in association with Feldspar in Pit 12 extender in paper industries, (Fig. 1and Fig. 12)) ceramic raw material Source: Pictures of mineral samples taken from mining pits at Ijero Pegmatite ridge Pits 4-8 on Ijero –Ikoro road are the areas for production ...
Assessment of environmental impact of gemstone mining in ...
Purpose. To examine the environmental impacts of gemstone mining activities on the people of Ijero-Ekiti, Ekiti. State, Nigeria. Methods. Soil and water test were carried out on samples from the ...
Office of Solid Mineral Resources – Ekiti State Website
The deposit in Ekiti State has too low Aluminium content and too high Silica content not suitable as an ore. Gemstone [Tourmaline(Green and Pink), smoky quartz, beryl]-Notably at Ijero district and Ipao-Ekiti both at Ijero and Ikole Local Government Area respectively. It is useful as an ornament.
Assessment of Impacts of Artisanal and Small-Scale Mining ...
Ijero – Ekiti has estimated feldspar deposit of 3.76 million metric tons [5] apart from unestimated talc deposits in the area. Natural resources exploitation, exploration, mining and …
Putting small-scale mining in perspective: an analysis of ...
Ale, P., Dada, J., and Adewumi, A. (2014) Industrial minerals potentials of Ijero pegmatite in Ekiti State, Southwestern Nigeria. World Applied Sciences Journal, 29 (3): 415-420 Armah, F., Luginaah, I., and Odoi, J. (2013) Artisanal small-scale mining and mercury pollution in Ghana: a critical examination of a messy minerals and gold mining policy.
Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Chromolaena odorata ...
The study was conducted at a gemstone mining site in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State, South western region of Nigeria. Sample collection Soil and plants samples were collected at the different spots at the gemstone mining site in Ijero Ekiti, Ekiti State. The soil samples were collected at a depth of 0-15
Mining of Mineral Deposits
OF GEMSTONE MINING IN IJERO-EKITI, NIGERIA T.B. Afeni1*, F. Ibitolu2 1Federal University of Technology Akure, Akure, Nigeria 2City College of New York, New York, United States
