| Description | Typescript reports on the mineral deposits of Nigeria, comprising:
1) Thirty-two reports, presumably commissioned for the Geological Survey of Nigeria, by various authors including C M Tattam, E H Jaques, R R E Jacobson, J E Rockingham, W N MacLeod, M A Adeyinka, for Hunting Technical Services, 1941-1970, mostly concerning a project to locate wolfram but later involving the search for other minerals. With some mss and copy maps.
2) GRANTHAM, D R, 'Summary of Geology and Diamond Occurrences of Nigeria', Nov 1960. Incomplete - section relating to diamonds not included.
3) File of various short reports or abstracts on minerals in Nigeria from individuals based in research departments at Ife University or government organisations, 1970s, including:
KAYODE, A A, 'Non-metasomatic charnockite-older granite gradational contact in Ikere, Southwestern Nigeria', [after 1972]
KAYODE, A A, 'On the petrogenesis of the large- and small- felspar granites in the Igbo Ora Older Granite Complex', [early 1970s]
AJIBADE, A C, 'Provisional classification and correlation of the schist belts in North-Western Nigeria', Abstract [early 1970s] |
| Administrative History | Hunting Technical Services Ltd were established in 1956 as part of the larger Hunting group of businesses (originally founded in 1874 by Charles Hunting), to provide scientific and consulting services. It is now Hunting PLC. |