Natural Resources In All 36 States of Nigeria & their Locations

Nigeria as a country is greatly endowed with vast amount of mineral resources scattered across the 36 states in the federation. Despite a population of about 180 million people, it is strange that most of these natural resources remain untapped and have not been used for the development of Nigeria and her people.

Perhaps it is the overdependence of the Nigerian government on oil that has resulted to this, the fact remains that beyond oil and agriculture, there remain tons of natural deposits sitting duck beneath the earth all over Nigeria.

It is for this purpose we have compiled the list of all natural resources in the 36  states of Nigeria and they where they are located.

Below is a list of all the natural resources in all the 36 states of Nigeria and where they are found:

Those are the list of all natural resources known to be found in Nigeria.

Below are Nigerian states and the number of mineral resources found in each state.

Abia state is located in the southeastern region of the country and has only four mineral resources and they are Gold, Lead/Zinc, Limestone, Oil/Gas & Salt respectively.

Abuja is the capital of Nigeria and it is located in the north central region. There are eight mineral resources found in Abuja and they include Cassiterite, Clay, Dolomite, Gold, Lead/Zinc, Marble & Tantalite.

Adamawa is a northeastern state and has four mineral resources namely: Bentonite, Gypsium, Kaolin & Magnesite.

Akwa Ibom is one of the richest states in Nigeria and an oil-producing state with nine mineral resources which include Clay, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Oil/Gas, Salt & Uranium.

This state is located in the southeast with ten mineral resources in Anambra which include Clay, Glass-Sand, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Phosphate & Salt.

This northeastern state has ten natural mineral deposit and they include: Gold, Cassiterite (tine ore), Columbite, Gypsium, Wolfram, Coal, Limestone, Lignite, Iron-ore & Clay

Bayelsa has ten mineral resources at its disposal and is also among the oil-producing states in the country. Glay, Gypsium, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Maganese, Oil/Gas & Uranium can be found there.

Located at the middle belt, Benue state has eleven natural resources at its disposal and they are: Barite, Clay, Coal, Gemstone, Gypsium, Iron-Ore, Lead/Zinc, Limestone, Marble & Salt.

Borno is located in the northeastern geo-political zone and has seven recorded natural mineral deposits which include Bentonite, Clay, Diatomite, Gypsium, Hydro-carbon, Kaolin & Limestone.

There are ten natural resources found in Cross River state and they are Barite, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Manganese, Oil/Gas, Salt & Uranium.

Blessed with nine rich Nigerian natural resources, Delta is among the Niger-Delta states and they have Clay, Glass-sand, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Kaolin, Lignite, Marble & Oil/Gas deposits at their disposal.

This Igbo speaking state has one of the smallest mineral deposits in the country. So far, these four has been recorded – Gold, Lead/Zinc & Salt.

There are thirteen recorded solid mineral deposits in Edo state and they are Bitumen, Clay, Dolomite, Phosphate, Glass-sand, Gold, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Lignite, Limestone, Marble & Oil/Gas.

There are five natural mineral deposits found in commercial quantities in Ekiti state and they include Feldspar, Granite, Kaolin, Syenite & Tatium.

There have been four natural resources found in Enugu state and they are Coal, Lead/Zinc & Limestone.

Only two minerals can be found in Gombe state and they are Gemstone & Gypsium.

Often seen as the richest state in the south-east, Imo has ten solid minerals to its credit and they are Gypsium, Lead/Zinc, Lignite, Limestone, Marcasite, Oil/Gas, Phosphate & Salt.

This is one of the few states that has the highest number of natural resources in Nigeria. With a total of 20 solid minerals recorded alone, the sky is the limit for this state.

Amethyst, Aqua Marine, Asbestos, Clay, Flosper, Gemstone, Gold, Graphite, Kaolin, Hyanite, Mica, Rock Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Sihnite, Superntinite, Tentalime, Topaz & Tourmaline are mineral deposits that can be found in commercial quantities in Kaduna state.

Located in the northwest geopolitical zone, Kano state has eight recorded mineral resources and they are Gassiterite, Copper, Gemstone, Glass-sand, Lead/Zinc, Pyrochinre & Tantalite.

One of the Nigerian states with least mineral resources is Kastina state with only Kaolin, Marble & Salt found there.

This is the only state in Nigeria that has only one mineral deposit – Gold.

There are nine natural minerals found in Kogi state and they are Cole, Dolomite, Feldspar, Gypsium, Iron-ore, Kaolin, Marble, Talc & Tantalite.

Kwara state has eight mineral resources and they include Cassiterite, Columbite, Feldspar, Gold, Iron-ore, Marble, Mica & Tantalite

Lagos is the richest state in Nigeria and has only three natural and mineral resources namely: Bitumen, Clay & Glass-sand

Nasarawa is another place in Nigeria where you can find most natural resources.

There are 20 different types of solid minerals and they include Amethyst (Topaz Garnet), Barytex, Barite, Cassirite, Chalcopyrite, Clay, Columbite, Coking Coal, Dolomite/Marble, Feldspar, Galena, Iron-ore, Limstone, Mica, Salt, Sapphire, Talc, Tantalite, Tourmaline Quartz & Zireon

In terms of land mass and size, Niger state is the biggest and they currently have three, or at least what is recorded about them. Gold, Lead/Zinc & Talc respectively.

Bitumen, Clay, Feldspar, Gemstone, Kaolin, Limestone & Phosphate are natural minerals found in Ogun state.

Minerals found in Ondo state are thirteen in number and they are Bitumen, Clay, Coal, Dimension Stones, Feldspar, Gemstone, Glass-Sand, Granite, Gypsium, Kaolin, Limestone & Oil/Gas.

Osun state is a Yoruba state with six solid mineral deposit – Columbite, Gold, Granite, Talc, Tantalite & Tourmaline

Located in the southwest, Oyo state is blessed with eleven mineral deposits namely Aqua Marine, Cassiterite, Clay, Dolomite, Gemstone, Gold, Kaolin, Marble, Silimonite, Talc & Tantalite.

Minerals found in Plateau state numbers 23, which makes her the state with the highest number of natural resources.

All these solid minerals can be found in commercial quantities in Plateau state – Barite, Bauxite, Betonite, Bismuth, Cassiterite, Clay, Coal, Emeral, Fluoride, Gemstone, Granite, Iron-ore, Kaolin, Lead/Zinc, Marble, Molybdenite, Phrochlore, Salt, Tantalite/Columbite, Tin & Wolfram.

The oil region has placed Rivers among the richest states in the federation and they are blessed with five minerals namely Clay, Glass-Sand, Lignite, Marble & Oil/Gas.

There are twelves deposits of minerals in Sokoto state and they include: Clay, Flakes, Gold, Granite, Gypsium, Kaolin, Laterite, Limestone, Phosphate, Potash, Silica Sand & Salt

Soda Ash & Tintomite are the three mineral resources found in Yobe state.

Also has three natural mineral resources namely Coal, Cotton & Gold