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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.
== Links to country pages ==

[[Kenya — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Kenya]]

[[Uganda — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Uganda]]

[[Tanganyika — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Tanganyika]]

[[Northern Rhodesia — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Northern Rhodesia]]

[[Nyasaland — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Nyasaland]]

[[Somaliland Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Somaliland Protectorate]]

[[Bechuanaland Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Bechuanaland Protectorate]]

[[Swaziland — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Swaziland]]

[[Nigeria — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Nigeria]]

[[Gold Coast — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Gold Coast]]

[[Sierra Leone — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Sierra Leone]]

[[Federation of Malaya — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Federation of Malaya]]

[[British Territories in Borneo — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|British Territories in Borneo]]

[[Cyprus — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Cyprus]]

[[British Guiana — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|British Guiana]]

[[British Honduras — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|British Honduras]]

[[Jamaica — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Jamaica]]

[[Leeward Islands — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Leeward Islands]]

[[Windward Islands — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Windward Islands]]

[[Fiji — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|Fiji]]

[[British Solomon Islands Protectorate — Colonial Geological Surveys 1947–1956|British Solomon Islands Protectorate]]

== 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



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