RESOURCES FROM NONLIVING THINGS (SOLID MINERALS)
TERM: FIRST TERM
SUBJECT: BASIC SCIENCE
CLASS: JSS 3
REFRENCES
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WEEK SEVEN
TOPIC: RESOURCES FROM NONLIVING THINGS (SOLID MINERALS)
CONTENT
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MINERAL RESOURCES
Mineral resources are resources deposited in the earth crust for the benefit of man. A mineral can exist as a single element or as a compound. It could also be deposited in a solid or liquid state. Often, solid minerals are deposited in the earth as ore. An ore is a compound of a useful element that is found deposited in the earth.
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Some mineral resources, their location and their uses in Nigeria are given below
Mineral resources | Location | Uses |
Gold | Bida(Niger), Ondo, katsina, kebbi,� | Used for decoration and making jewellery, coinage, currency etc. |
Limestone | Ogun, Gombe, Kaduna | Used for making cement. Used as filter in paints.� |
Kaolin | Kogi, Abia, Abuja, katsina | Used for making ceramics and plates |
Iron ore | Plateau, Benue, Kogi, Anambra | For making iron and steel. Also used for making alloys for various uses |
Zinc | Bauchi, Benue, Akwa-Ibom, Abia, Anambra | For making roofing sheets. |
Coal | Enugu, Benue, kogi, Ondo | Used as fuel, used industrially to produce coal gas and iron. |
Dolomite | Plateau, Oyo, Osun, Kwara | For refractory furnace, building materials. |
Lead | Cross river, Benue, Bauchi, | Used for making battery.� |
Tin | Cross rivers, Kaduna, plateau, Kano | For making decorative lanterns, coating of lead and steel containers to prevent corrosion. |
Bitumen | Ondo, Edo, Lagos. | It is used for tarring roads. |
Quartz | Jigawa, katsina, kebbi, Niger, Osun, Oyo | It is used in making glass and silica bricks; paint scouring, saops, sand paper, porcelain, paint. |
Mica | Plateau, Osun, Ogun, Kebbi, Cross river, Borno | Used as electrical insulator, telephone condensers. Used as filters in production of tyres and tubes |
Clay | Almost all state of the federation. | Used for building bricks, flower pots, floor tiles, fencing brickss |
Glass sand | Rivers, Niger, Ekiti, cross Rivers, Bayelsa, Abia | It is used for making bottles, synthetic Mable and other glass wares. |
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MINERAL RESOURCES AND THEIR LOCATION IN NIGERIA
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EVALUATION
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GENERAL IMPORTANCE OF MINERAL RESOURCE
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EVALUATION
State five general importance of solid minerals.
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GENERAL EVALUATION
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READING ASSIGNMENT
Precious Seeds Basic Science for JSS three by J.O Otugboyega et al. Chapter 18 Pages 105-109
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WEEKEND ASSIGNMENT
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THEORY
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