The location is located at Laminga
village about 13 – 14km away to Nassarawa. The outcrop is part of the older
granite called shamage. In the area are some intrusion of older rocks, folds of
quartz grains which indicates evidence of deformation that cannot be seen in
the younger granite and it has a high percentage of ferromagnessium minerals
like biotite and olivine
The
thickness of the quartz vein is 2 –4cm with the following trends.
Strike – N74o – N254o,
N70o - N25o
Dip amount – 24o
Dip direction – 168 SE
The coordinates of the location are;
Latitude: 80 37'74"N
Longitude: 70.4' 15"E
Elevation: 229m