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REGIONAL MAPS
Africa - Geological Map 1:5 000 000. UNESCO/CGMW, 1986-91,
6 sheets.
This high quality map represents the most detailed geological coverage available
for some parts of Africa, as well as providing excellent reference material.
Sheets available separately.
Complete set £125-00, individual sheets £25-00.
Africa - "Regional Geology of Africa"
book by S W Petters, SV, 1991, 722 pp, 350 figs, 25 tables.
£80-00.
Africa - Tectonic Map 1:5 000 000. UNESCO/ASGA, 1969, 7
of 9 sheets.
Sheets 1 (NW) and 3 (Arabia) are out of print.
£6-00 per sheet, brief explanatory text £2-00.
Africa - "Tectonics of Africa" book by UNESCO, 1971,
602 pp with companion 1:15 000 000 tectonic map. Substantial explanatory
treatise intended to be used with the tectonic map listed above.
£25-00.
Africa - "15th Colloquium of African Geology" at the University
of Nancy 1990.
Abstracts. CIFEG. (Proceedings of earlier conferences also available - please
ask for more details.)
£25-00.
Africa - "Recent Data in African Earth Sciences" extended
abstracts. CIFEG. 1991.
£75-00.
Africa - Mineral Resources Map of Africa and Arabia 1:5 000 000.
1981-83, 9 sheets with mini-index. In English, French & Russian. 3400
mineral occurrences.
£195-00.
Africa - Mineral Deposits Map of Africa 1:5 000 000.
UNESCO & CGMW, 1993+, 6 sheets when complete. Only sheet 1 (NW) of this
six-sheet set is available so far, but we are accepting standing orders
for the other sheets when published. Corresponds with the same sheet lines
as the Geological Map of Africa above.
£20-00 per sheet (price reduced).
Africa - "Sub-Saharan Economic Geology" book edited by
Blenkinsop and Tromp, AAB, 1995, 300pp.
(Geological Society of Zimbabwe Special Publication No 3). Emphasis is on
new mines, new exploration activity and methods, and new ideas in the Sub-Saharan
sector. Topics: Base metals, greenstones and ultramafic rocks; Softrock,
hydrogeology, geophysics and diamonds; Gold at any price; Structural geology;
Shamva Greenstone belt; Coalbed methane and Karoo.
£66-00.
Africa - Mineral Map of Africa 1:10 000 000. UNESCO/ASGA,
1969, 1 sheet + text.
Less detailed than the above.
£7-50.
Africa - Metamorphic Map of Africa 1:10 000 000. CGMW,
1979, 1 sheet.
£12-00.
Africa - "Symposium on African Sedimentary Basins" in French.
ASGA. Part 1 - Atlantic Coast, 1966. £17-00.
Part 2 - Southern and Eastern Coasts, 1973. £22-00.
Both £35-00.
Africa, North - Geological Map of the Arab World 1:5 000 000.
AOMR/Robertson Group, 1987, 2 sheets plus text. Covers the whole of North
Africa plus Arabia. £105-00 per set, individual sheets or volume £35-00
each.
Africa, North - Geological Map of Europe 1:1 500 000.
UNESCO & CGMW, 1964+, 49 sheets when complete.
Sheets C6 (Roma/Tunis, £9-00) C7 (Tripoli, £11-00),
D7 (Benghazi, £9-00), and E7 (Cairo, £9-00) of this series
are useful for Tunisia and northern parts of Libya and Egypt. See Europe
section for more details.
Africa, North - Mineral Deposits Map of the Arab World 1:5 000 000.
AOMR/Robertson Group, 1987, 1 sheet plus text.
Only sheet 1 (W) and the explanatory text are available.
Sheet or volume £35-00 each.
Africa, North - Mineral Deposits Map of the Arab World 1:2 500 000.
AOMR/Robertson Group, 1987, 8 sheets plus text.
Price £315-00 per set, individual sheets or volume £35-00.
Africa, North - Metallogenic Map of Europe 1:2 500 000.
See Europe section for more details.
Africa, West - Geological Map of West Africa 1:2 000 000.
BRGM, 1960, 8 of 9 sheets. Sheet 6 (southern Niger) out of print.
£175-00 per set of 8 sheets, individual sheets £25-00,
accompanying 120 pp volume in French £25-00.
Africa, West - "African Geology - Geological Colloquium 6-8 May
1991"
by Elf, 1992, 414 pp, with illustrations and tables. This publication comprises
two parts: "Symposium on the Stratigraphy and Paleogeography of the
West African Sedimentary Basins" 13 papers (9 in English, 4 in French)
& 19 abstracts; also "African Symposium on Micropaleontology"
11 papers (5 in English) & 22 abstracts.
£40-00.
Africa, West - "Geology and Mineral Resources of West Africa"
book by J B Wright, CH, 1985, 325 pp.
£65-00.
Africa, West - West African Gold Deposits Map
(in their lower Proterozoic lithostructural setting) 1:2 000 000.
BRGM, 1989, 98 pp text & 1:2 000 000 Metallogenic map (on
geological background) covering from Sierra Leone to Togo with parts of
Senegal to Niger inland.
£35-00.
Africa, West - "The Precambrian of West Africa and its Correlations
with Eastern Brazil"
final report of PICG, CIFEG, 1984.
£15-00.
Africa, West - Map of Free-Air Gravity Anomalies off the Western Coast
of Africa 1:500 000. 1990.
Part 1 - Nigeria to Gabon £7-50.
Part 2 - Senegal to Sierra Leone £7-50.
COUNTRY MAPS
Notes - All the maps listed below are geological maps unless otherwise stated,
and are mostly published by the relevant national agency. Prices for multi-sheet
maps are per set.
Algeria, North 1:500 000. 1952, 6 sheets.
£95-00.
Algeria, South (Hoggar Massif) 1:500 000. BRGM, 1962, 12 sheets
+ text.
£195-00.
Angola 1:1 000 000. 1987, 4 sheets.
£95-00.
Benin and Togo, Sedimentary Basin Geological Map
1:300 000. BRGM, 1962, 1 sheet. MB11.
£30-00.
Botswana 1:1 000 000. 1984, 2 sheets.
£35-00.
Burkina Faso 1:1 000 000. 1976.
£95-00.
Burkina Faso, Central & Northern 1:500 000. BRGM, 1963,
2 sheets.
MB10. With other maps + text in French.
£35-00.
Burundi 1:100 000. 1987-90, 15 sheets.
£225-00.
Cameroon & French Equatorial Africa 1:2
000 000.
BRGM, 1952, 3 sheets. (For NW Cameroon, see also Nigeria)
£75-00.
Central African Republic 1:1 500 000. BRGM, 1963, 1 sheet.
£35-00.
Central African Republic, Central (W Yalinga Area) 1:500 000.
BRGM, 1962, 1 sheet + text in French. MB18.
£30-00.
Chad included on Cameroon & French Equatorial Africa 1:2 000
000.
BRGM, 1952, 3 sheets.
£75-00.
Chad, Ndjamena (Ft Lamy) area 1:1 000 000. BRGM, 1 sheet
+ text in French.
£25-00.
Congo - Geological Map of the Republic of the Congo 1:1 000 000.
1995, 1 sheet + explanatory booklet.
£125-00.
Congo - Metallogenic Map of the Republic of the Congo 1:1 000 000.
1994, one sheet+ explanatory booklet.
£125-00.
Congo - is also included on Cameroon and French Equatorial Africa 1:2
000 000.
BRGM, 1952, 3 sheets.
£75-00.
Egypt 1:2 000 000. 1981, 1 sheet.
£55-00.
Egypt - "The Geology of Egypt"
book by Rushdi, AAB, 1989, 734pp.
£99-00.
Ethiopia and Somalia 1:2 000 0000.
1 sheet + text in English (107 pages, 59 figures, numerous other diagrams
and tables) + 1:3 000 000 map of major landforms. 1979. Rare map
- a few copies available from time to time.
£157-00.
Ethiopia, Southern + Central Afar 1:500 000.
CNRS, 1978, 1 sheet + text in English.
£75-00.
French Equatorial Africa - see Cameroon.
Ghana - Geology and Mineral Deposits 1:1 000 000.
Undated, believed recent (90s?). 1 sheet. This map represents a big improvement
on previous small-scale maps of Ghana, and shows a range of deposits, including
gold, diamonds, copper, bauxite, iron ores, etc...
£35-00.
Ghana - "The Mineral and Rock Resources of Ghana"
book by Kesse (Director Geol Survey Dept Ghana), 1985, 624 pp. Importance
of minerals; Ghana: geography, physiography, geology & geohydrology;
Mineral resources of Ghana: background; metallic & non-metallic minerals;
bulk construction minerals; radioactive minerals; etc.
£105-00.
Ghana, SW 1:100 000. 1993. 6 sheets + text in English (139 pages,
32 figures, 18 tables).
Maps cover area from 2 degrees to 3 degrees W and from 6 degrees to 7.5
degrees N. Includes details of fifty-nine gold occurrences. Sheet titles:
Wiawso, Asafo, Kukuom, Goaso, Sunyani & Berekum.
Set of six maps + text: £35-00.
Ghana - detailed geological maps.
One-inch, half-inch and quarter-inch sheets are available for various parts
of the country - please request index.
£12-00 per sheet.
Ghana - Geological Archive Reports with maps.
About 75 of these reports are available for geological quadrangles as above
- please request index.
£35-00 per report with map.
Ghana - one-inch total magnetic intensity maps.
25 sheets have been published in the south of the country.
£12-00 per sheet.
Ghana 1:2 000 000. 1969, 1 sheet. Black & white, simple.
£35-00.
Ghana, Mineral Deposits 1:2 000 000. 1969, 1 sheet.
£35-00.
Ivory Coast, Minerals 1:2 000 000. 1974, 1 sheet.
£40-00.
Ivory Coast, SW 1:500 000.
BRGM, 1973, 1 sheet + geology and mineralisation text in French.
£45-00.
Kenya 1:1 000 000. 1987, 1 sheet.
Available either with Bouguer gravity contours or structure contours.
£95-00.
Liberia 1:1 000 000. 1983, 1 sheet.
£12-00.
Liberia 1:250 000. 1977, 10 sheets.
£75-00 per set.
Liberia Geophysical Surveys 1:1 000 000.
33 page report with 6 maps: tectonic; total magnetic intensity; residual
total magnetic intensity; total-count gamma-radiation; geologic contacts;
bouguer anomaly.
£22-00.
Libya 1:2 000 000 (rare).
£295-00.
Libya, Structure Contour 1:2 000 000. 1977, 1 sheet.
£25-00.
Libya - "The Geology of Libya"
by Salem, ES, 1992, 1624 pp. Extensive treatise.
£475-00.
Malawi 1:250 000. 1970-92, 10 sheets.
£150-00.
Malawi 1:100 000. 1957-86, 40 sheets.
£600-00
Malawi 1:1 000 000. 1966, 1 sheet.
£55-00.
Mali (Rare)
£325-00.
Mali, S - Boucle du Niger 1:200 000.
BRGM, 1962, 2 sheets. MB13.
£30-00.
Morocco 1:1 000 000. BRGM, 1985, 2 sheets.
£95-00.
Mozambique Metallogenic Map 1:1 000 000. 1993, 4 sheets.
£95-00.
"The Geology of Mozambique"
book by Lachelt, in preparation due late 1996 or 1997.
Mozambique, S 1:1 000 000. 1978,
1 sheet + text in German with English summary. (Afr KW).
Map £22-00, text £55-00.
Namibia 1:1 000 000. 1980, 4 sheets.
£95-00.
Niger 1:2 000 000. 1967,
£55-00.
Nigeria 1:2 000 000. 1974, 1 sheet.
£35-00.
Nigeria - "Paleostructures of Nigeria and Adjacent Countries"
book by H Buser. GB. 1966, 90 pp, 6 maps.
£22-00.
Nigeria, S & Cameroon, W 1:1 000 000.
1976, 1 sheet + text in German with Engl summary. (Afr KW).
Map £22-00, text £40-00.
Rwanda 1:100 000. 1991, 12 sheets.
£200-00.
Rwanda 1:250 000. 1992.
£35-00.
Rwanda, Lithological 1:250 000. 1991.
£25-00.
Senegal, Minerals on Geological background 1:500 000.
BRGM, 1965, 4 sheets.
£35-00.
Sierra Leone 1:1 000 000.
£55-00.
Sierra Leone, Northern 1:250 000. 1981, 2 sheets + text.
£35-00.
Somalia 1:2 500 000. 1987, 1 sheet. AOMR map.
£35-00.
South Africa 1:1 000 000. 1984, 4 sheets.
£45-00.
South Africa, Minerals 1:1 000 000. 1981, 4 sheets.
£45-00.
Sudan 1:2 000 000. 1978, 2 sheets + text.
£45-00.
Tanzania - see Africa, East.
Tanzania, Lake Victoria Goldfields 1:500 000.
BfGR, 1990, 1 sheet + text.
£35-00.
Tanzania 1:2 000 000. 1959.
£35-00. We have limted stock of this out of print map.
Togo 1:500 000. (Rare).
£195-00.
Togo, S - see Benin.
Tunisia 1:500 000. 1985, 3 sheets.
£195-00.
Uganda 1:1 500 000. 1969, 1 sheet.
£35-00.
Uganda, Minerals 1:2 000 000. 1970, 1 sheet.
£25-00.
Zaire 1:2 000 000. 1974, 2 sheets.
£50-00.
Zaire, Minerals 1:2 000 000.
1976, 2 sheets + text and annex maps.
£55-00.
Zambia 1:1 000 000. 4 sheets, 1981.
Out of print but see below:
Zambia - Northern Rhodesia 1:1 000 000.
4 sheets, 1961. We have been lucky to acquire copies of this out of print
map
£95-00. .
Zambia 1:250 000.
5 sheets of 54 available. Titles: Ntambu, Lusaka, Rufunsa, Petauke and Chibata.
1980s,
£25-00 each.
Zimbabwe 1:1 000 000. 1991, 1 sheet.
£45-00.
Zimbabwe, Base Metal & Industrial Minerals 1:1 000 000.
1986, 1 sheet.
£45-00.
Zimbabwe, Gold Deposits 1:1 000 000. 1986, 1 sheet.
£45-00.
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