Index to mineral occurrences — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956
From Dixey, F. 1957. Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956: a review of progress during the past ten years. Colonial geology and mineral resources. Bulletin supplement No. 2. London: HMSO. |
2019 note: Numbers after the country name refer to the page numbers in the published print version. Lists of minerals for each country have also been added to the country articles on Earthwise.
Index of mineral occurrences
Allanite:
Somaliland, 59
Alunite:
Leeward Islands, 114
Amblygonite:
Uganda, 11, 33
Andalusite:
Gold Coast, 14, 77
Swaziland, 63, 65
Anhydrite:
Somaliland, 13, 59
Antimony:
North Borneo, 96
Sarawak, 14, 96
Sierra Leone, 85
Apatite:
Northern Rhodesia, 12, 46
Nyasaland, 12, 22, 51
Uganda, 11, 12, 22, 33, 35
Arsenic:
Sierra Leone, 85
Arsenopyrite:
Sierra Leone, 85
Asbestos:
Bechuanaland, 6, 13, 61
British Solomon Islands, 117
Gold Coast, 7, 75
Kenya, 11, 29
Nyasaland, 48, 50
Swaziland, 13, 65, 66, 67
Uganda, 11, 33
Barytes:
British Honduras, 106
Swaziland, 65, 66, 67
Uganda, 35
Bauxite:
British Guiana, 9, 15, 102, 103, 104
Gold Coast, 13, 74
Jamaica, 15, 109
Nyasaland, 12, 48, 50
Sarawak, 11, 15, 96
Sierra Leone, 84
Beach sands:
Gold Coast, 77
North Borneo, 96
Sarawak, 96
Bentonite:
Kenya, 11, 29
Beryl:
Somaliland, 59
Uganda, 5, 11, 33, 34, 35
Bismuth:
Uganda, 5, 11, 33, 34, 35
Bismuto-tantalite:
Uganda, 11, 33
Brick clay:
Sierra Leone, 87
Uganda, 37
Building materials:
British Territories in Borneo, 97
Gold Coast, 78
Nigeria, 71
Northern Rhodesia, 47
Nyasaland, 48
Tanganyika, 43
Calcite:
Swaziland, 65
Carbonatite:
Africa, 11, 22
Kenya, 4, 11, 22, 29
Northern Rhodesia, 5, 6, 11, 12, 22,46
Nyasaland, 11, 12, 22, 48, 50–51, 53
Tanganyika, 11, 12, 22, 40, 41, 42
Uganda, 4, 11, 12, 22, 34, 35
Cassiterite. See Tin
Cement and cement materials:
Gold Coast, 75
Kenya, 30
Nigeria, 70
Northern Rhodesia, 16, 47
Nyasaland, 16, 51
Tanganyika, 12, 16, 42
Uganda, 11, 35
Chromite:
British Solomon Islands, 117
Kenya, 11, 29
Sierra Leone, 14, 27, 79, 81–83, 86
Clay:
Nigeria, 71
Nyasaland, 48, 53
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Coal:
Bechuanaland, 6, 11, 13, 61
British Territories in Borneo, 14
Nigeria, 13, 68, 69–70
North Borneo, 96
Northern Rhodesia, 11, 12, 46
Nyasaland, 48, 50, 51, 53
Sarawak, 11, 96
Swaziland, 11, 65
Tanganyika, 5, 11, 12, 38, 40, 41
Uganda, 34
Cobalt:
British Solomon Islands, 117
Uganda, 11, 12, 35
Columbite:
British Guiana, 102
Nigeria, 11, 13, 70
Sierra Leone, 85
Somaliland, 59
Swaziland, 65
Columbite-tantalite:
Uganda, 5, 11, 33, 34, 35
Copper and copper ores:
Bechuanaland, 13, 61
British Solomon Islands, 117
Fiji, 115, 116
Gold Coast, 7, 75, 77
Jamaica, 15, 109
Kenya, 11, 29
Leeward Islands, 15, 113, 114
North Borneo, 96
Northern Rhodesia, 46
Nyasaland, 48
Sierra Leone, 86
Tanganyika, 12, 40, 42
Uganda, 11, 12, 33, 35
Corundum:
Nyasaland, 48, 50
Swaziland, 65
Tanganyika, 39
Diamonds:
British Guiana, 102
Gold Coast, 13, 14, 74, 77
Sierra Leone, 14, 79, 80, 86
Tanganyika, 39
Uganda, 35
Diaspore:
Swaziland, 63, 65
Diatomite:
Uganda, 35
Dolomite:
British Honduras, 106
Jamaica, 108
Fluorspar (Fluorite):
Kenya, 11, 29
Swaziland, 65
Galena. See Lead
Garnet:
Nyasaland, 50
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Geothermal steam:
Kenya, 30
Germanium:
Northern Rhodesia, 46
Gersdorffite:
Swaziland, 65
Glass sands:
Jamaica, 108
Nigeria, 71
Uganda, 37
Gold:
British Guiana, 102
British Honduras, 15, 106
British Solomon Islands, 16, 117
British Territories in Borneo, 14
Fiji, 15, 115
Gold Coast, 7, 13, 74
Kenya, 4, 11, 28, 29
Nigeria, 7, 68, 72
North Borneo, 96
Nyasaland, 48, 50
Sarawak, 96
Sierra Leone, 14, 79, 85
Swaziland, 13, 65, 66, 67
Tanganyika, 5, 12, 20, 38, 39, 40, 42
Uganda, 11, 33, 34, 35
Graphite:
Kenya, 11, 28, 29
Leeward Islands, 113
Tanganyika, 12, 40, 42
Uganda, 35
Guano:
British Territories in Borneo, 96
Gypsum:
Jamaica, 11, 15, 108, 110
Somaliland, 11, 13, 59
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Hot springs:
Fiji, 116
Ilmenite:
British Solomon Islands, 117
Gold Coast, 14, 77
Nyasaland, 11, 12, 50, 53
Sierra Leone, 11, 86
Ilmenorutile:
Sierra Leone, 85
Iron and iron ores:
Bechuanaland, 61
British Guiana, 102, 103
British Solomon Islands, 117
Fiji, 115
Gold Coast, 11, 14, 75
Jamaica, 11, 15, 108, 110
Leeward Islands, 113
Nigeria, 13, 68, 70
Nyasaland, 50
Sierra Leone, 14, 79, 81, 83, 85
Swaziland, 11, 63, 65
Tanganyika, 11, 12, 40, 41, 42
Uganda, 11, 22, 33, 35
Kaolin:
Swaziland, 65
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Kimberlite:
Tanganyika, 41
Kyanite:
Bechuanaland, 13, 61
Gold Coast, 14, 77
Kenya, 11, 28, 29
Nyasaland, 13, 50
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Lead and lead ores:
Jamaica, 109
Nigeria, 11, 13, 68, 70
Sierra Leone, 83, 85
Somaliland, 59
Uganda, 35
Lignite:
Nigeria, 68, 70
Sierra Leone, 79, 84, 87
Limestone:
Gold Coast, 14, 75
Nigeria, 70
Northern Rhodesia, 5, 16, 46, 47
Nyasaland, 48, 51
Tanganyika, 42
Uganda, 34
Magnesite:
Kenya, 11, 29
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Uganda, 35
Manganese:
British Guiana, 11, 15, 102, 103
British Solomon Islands, 117
British Territories in Borneo, 14
Fiji, 11, 15, 27, 115, 116
Gold Coast, 13, 14, 74, 77
Jamaica, 109
North Borneo, 96
Sierra Leone, 85
Somaliland, 59
Meerschaum:
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Mercury:
Sarawak, 96
Mica:
Kenya, 11, 29
Nyasaland, 48
Somaliland, 59
Tanganyika, 5, 12, 39, 41, 42
Uganda, 11, 33
Microlite:
Uganda, 35
Mineral springs:
Uganda, 33
Molybdenite:
Leeward Islands, 15, 113
Sierra Leone, 85
Somaliland, 59
Monazite:
British Honduras, 15, 105
Gold Coast, 14, 77
Kenya, 11, 22, 29
Northern Rhodesia, 12, 22, 46
Nyasaland, 12, 22, 51
Sierra Leone, 83, 84
Somaliland, 59
Nickel:
Bechuanaland, 13, 61
British Solomon Islands, 117
Gold Coast, 14, 77
Nyasaland, 48
Sierra Leone, 86
Oil:
British Honduras, 9, 15, 106
British Territories in Borneo, 14
Gold Coast, 14, 75
Jamaica, 9, 15, 109
Kenya, 11, 29
Nigeria, 13, 70
Somaliland, 13, 59
Tanganyika, 40
Trinidad, 10
Uganda, 33, 34
Petroleum. See Oil
Phosphates:
British Solomon Islands, 117
British Territories in Borneo, 96
Fiji, 116
Leeward Islands, 113
Uganda, 11, 12, 35
Platinum:
British Solomon Islands, 117
Nyasaland, 48
Sierra Leone, 14, 79, 84, 86
Pozzolanic materials:
Windward Islands, 25, 114
Pyrites:
Cyprus, 101
Pyrochlore:
Kenya, 11, 22, 29
Nigeria, 11, 70
Northern Rhodesia, 12, 22, 46
Nyasaland, 22, 51
Tanganyika, 12, 22, 41
Uganda, 11, 12, 22, 33, 35
Pyrophyllite:
Swaziland, 63, 65
Radioactive minerals:
Nigeria, 11, 70
Northern Rhodesia, 46
Nyasaland, 13, 51
Sierra Leone, 84
Rare-earths:
Kenya, 22
Nyasaland, 12, 22, 51
Road metal:
British Territories in Borneo, 97
Tanganyika, 43
Rutile:
Nyasaland, 11, 50, 53
Sierra Leone, 11, 83, 85, 86
Somaliland, 59
Salt:
Leeward Islands, 114
Tanganyika, 42
Uganda, 33
Samarskite:
Somaliland, 59
Sillimanite:
Kenya, 11, 29
Silver:
British Solomon Islands, 117
Fiji, 115
Northern Rhodesia, 46
Swaziland, 67
Sphalerite. See Zinc
Sulphur:
Leeward Islands, 114
Talc:
Kenya, 11, 29
Nyasaland, 50
Swaziland, 65
Tantalite:
Nigeria, 69
Tin and tin ores:
British Honduras, 15, 105, 106
Malaya, 14, 92
Nigeria, 68, 69, 70
Somaliland, 59
Swaziland, 13, 65, 66, 67
Tanganyika, 5, 12, 39, 42
Uganda, 5, 11, 33, 34, 35
Titaniferous magnetite:
Tanganyika, 12, 40, 42
Tungsten and tungsten ores:
Nigeria, 69
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Uganda, 5, 11, 33, 34, 35
Vermiculite:
Nyasaland, 13, 53
Tanganyika, 12, 42
Uganda, 11, 12, 22, 33, 35
Water supply:
Bechuanaland, 16, 62
British Guiana, 102
British Honduras, 9, 17, 105, 106
British Territories in Borneo, 97
Cyprus, 8, 99
Gold Coast, 17, 74, 77
Jamaica, 9, 17, 108, 109, 110
Kenya, 16, 30
Leeward Islands, 10, 17, 113
Malaya, 92, 93
Nigeria, 16, 68, 69, 71
Northern Rhodesia, 16
Nyasaland, 16, 48, 50, 55–57
Sierra Leone, 87
Somaliland, 59
Swaziland, 16, 65
Tanganyika, 16, 38, 42
Uganda, 16, 36
Windward Islands, 17
Wolfram. See Tungsten
Wollastonite:
Kenya, 11, 29
Yttrotantalite:
Swaziland, 66, 67
Zinc:
Fiji, 115
Jamaica, 109
Kenya, 11, 29
Nigeria, 11, 13, 68, 70
Sierra Leone, 85
Uganda, 35