A Survey of Geo-medical Resources in Nigeria

Abstract

Nigeria holds a lot of potential for meaningful activities in the mining and utilisationof geo-medical resources. The rich medicinal waters from thermal chlorosodic and oligomineral springs, deep Cretaceous sediments (formation waters), as well as rocks and minerals such as trona, kaolin, bentonite and tropical peat put together, offer the most populous black nation on earth a very huge capacity for the development of geo-medical products as well as the much desired health resort industry in the light of increasing health needs in the nation. This study was achieved through direct field work, laboratory work, as well as literature review, leading to a revelation of the additional ways geological sciences may contribute to national development and GDP.