Most farmlands in Ishiagu are situated close to the mining sites resulting in increased uptake of heavy metals by crops. This result in not only observable morphological and physiological changes ...
This study examine the impact of stone quarrying on air soil and water in Ebonyi State and the magnitude of its impact in Environmental pollution. Earth particles were collected from two major sites of Ishiagu and Akpoha using purposeful …
Granite mining / quarrying and lead/zinc are two major solid minerals that are widely mined. Deposits are found in large quantities at Ishiagu in Ivo LGA, Ngbo in Ohaukwu LGA, Ezzainyimagu in izzi LGA, Nkaliki Unuhu …
Sampling and Sample Preparation A total of eight soil samples were collected with a soil hand auger at a depth of 5 cm and distances of 20 m away from mine sites (Ameri, Enyigba, and Ishiagu). At each sampling site, triplicate collections within a 2 m × 2 m grid were made from spots other than the first to ensure uniformity of soil samples ...
Abstract The Ishiagu area is a water scarce region and has played host to mining activities for more than four decades. Mining-related activities have become a threat to ... including lead-zinc mining and stone quarrying, have contaminated the regional aquifer and perennial streams. Contamination sources include rock blasting, mine tailings ...
Mining activities have long been recognized as a major source of environmental contamination associated with heavy metals and metalloids. This study evaluated the relationship between the occurrence and mining of lead-zinc sulphide ores at Ishiagu, Nigeria, and heavy metal and metalloid contamination.
alization. Mining and quarrying activities remain very common sources of metal pollutants in the envi-ronment (Nwibo et al., 2012; Omaka et al., 2014a; Omaka et al., 2014b). Due to the need to generate internal revenue by Local and State Governments agencies, many quarry-ing and mining sites are springing up in the rural areas
DOI: 10.1016/j.hazadv.2023.100307 Corpus ID: 258448047; Ecological and health risk assessment of radionuclides and heavy metals of surface and ground water of Ishiagu – Ezillo quarry sites of Ebonyi, Southeast Nigeria
Download scientific diagram | Map of Ishiagu quarry sites showing sampling locations. from publication: SEASONAL IMPACT ON PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES OF ISHIAGU ...
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metals of surface and ground water of Ishiagu – Ezillo quarry sites of Ebonyi, Southeast Nigeria John Kanayochukwu Nduka, Henrietta Ijeoma Kelle, Theresa Chisom Umeh, Perpetua Chioma Okafor,
Granite Mining Operations in Umuelema Land, Amata-Village, Community, Ishiagu 1950-2010 Joseph C. Chukwu (Ph.D) ... Okigwe, and Enugu among other2. Ishiagu has been popular for granite mining since the Colonial era. Parts of Ishiagu where mining operations took place during the period were Amata (our area of study), Amonye and Amaeze village
Others were coal at Enugu, brine springs at Arufu and Awe, Galena in Jos area, iron ore deposits in Niger and Kwara ... other mining and quarrying not classified elsewhere. Consequently, what is hereby classified as division 14 consists of 4 divisions (10, 12, 13, 14) and 8 classes (101-103, 120, 131, 132, 141
The present study was conducted to assess the seasonal variations in soil physicochemical properties and enzymatic activities of quarry mining waste contaminated soil in Ishiagu, Ebonyi State ...
Ishiagu is an important mining district in southeastern Nigeria with Pb-Zn ore mining dating back to the early 1960s [10]. The ore, which is mined by opencast method, generates huge mine …
Download scientific diagram | Map of Ishiagu Quarry Sites Showing Sampling Locations from publication: Seasonal impact of quarry mining effluent discharge impacted soils on growth parameters and ...
Most of the granite mining activities that took place at Amata village, Ishiagu were within parcels of land belonging to a particular kindred called Umuelema. Individual and private company …
mining has been going on for over fifty years, and in recent times its exploration has been intensified. Heavy metals are known to contaminate areas
16.10 5.43 5.73 250 Note: Ishiagu = 0 - 50 m away from Ishiagu quarry site; Umuoghara = 0 - 50 m away from Umuoghara quarry site; Ngbo = 0 - 50 m away from Ngbo quarry site; Control = above 3 km away from each quarry sites and WHO = World Health Organization Table 3: Effect of quarry activities on lead, cadmium, iron and zinc of water Location ...
Anorthosite mining sites at Ezza Imagu (Egesi, 2019). Fig. 6e. Dolerite and gabbro mining site at Mimico Quarry at Afikpo (Ayodele and Ukaegbu, 2017) Structural Characteristics of Lithologies in Ebonyi State Volcanic eruption that took place in Ebonyi State, especially at Abakaliki area has characterized the area as a volcano-sedimentary region.
Concentrations of five heavy metals were measured at 80 hand-dug well samples located in Ishiagu area, which is close to the Ishiagu Crush Rock and Ihetutu lead/zinc mining …
The Ishiagu area is characterized by both commercial and artisanal mining and quarrying. The current mining methods are open-pit, involving the excavation of large quantities of host rock in order ...
This study was designed to assess the impact quarry mining effluent discharge impacted soil on growth parameters and phytochemical constituents of edible vegetables.
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Download scientific diagram | Map of Ishiagu quarry sites showing sampling location. from publication: Seasonal impact on phyto-accumulation potentials of selected edible vegetables grown in ...
Umuoghara stone mining and quarry site Ezza-North LGA 0.248 0.434 ... Josang stone quarry km 40 Enugu-Abakaliki express way,Ishielu LGA 0.219 0.384 Akpegu Mgbo stone mine,Ohaukwu LGA 0.349 0.611 Royal Salt Ltd, Ikwo LGA 0.272 0.477 Ishiagu Enyimgba lead mine, Abakaliki LGA 0.269 0.471 Amajim Amaeka leadmine Ezza-south LGA 0.289 0.506 NJOAIC ...
This investigation was aimed at assessing the risk involved in eaten vegetable obtained from mining or quarrying locations. Ten (10) ... Ishiagu a lead mining town in Ivo Local Government Area in Ebonyi State, Nigeria, located on the plains of the south-eastern savannah belt.,t is located on latitude 5°57'N and longitude 7°34'E. and ...
The company undertook mining and quarrying activities there. Some sons of Ishiagu too, were under the employ of the company.1 ... mining was availability of a net-work of access roads linking the site to the major roads in Ishiagu, Lokopa-ukwu, Enugu-Port Harcourt express way and a host of other access roads 4. These road networks encouraged
The need to generate internal revenue by most individuals and government in Nigeria has led to the establishment of quarries in different parts of Ebonyi state of Nigeria.
Quarrying is typically used to extract building materials, such as marble, granite, limestone, and sandstone, which are used for construction and other purposes.It can also be used to extract minerals such as coal, clay, and gypsum. Like other types of mining, quarrying can have both positive and negative impacts on the environment and local communities.
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The Ishiagu area is a water scarce region and has played host to mining activities for more than four decades. Mining-related activities have become a threat to potable water supply in the area. This paper is an attempt to show the extent …