Lead Ore

Our range of Lead Ore is an element with symbol Pb and has atomic number 82. It is malleable poor metal and with high density. When freshly cut, it appears as bluish-white color metal which tarnishes in air to give dull-grayish color.
The main ore of lead is galena (PbS) and usually found together with other elements such as silver, zinc and copper, and it is extracted together with these metals. Other ores of lead include cerussite (PbCO3) and anglesite (PbSO4).
Lead Ore is found abundant in Nigeria with saline water intrusion in the sedimentary basins or fractured / shear zones in crystalline rocks. The mineralisation is often associated with minor to significant amounts of copper and silver, occurring in lodes filing the fractures within the sedimentary rocks in the Benue Trough as well as in crystalline basement rocks as shown in recent studies by Nigerian Geological Survey Agency. Precisely, Lead/Zinc deposit kind be found in the follow states in Nigeria viz; Nasarawa, Taraba, Plateau, Abia, Ebonyi, Bauchi and Abuja.
Uses; Lead is used in building construction, lead-acid batteries, bullets and shots, weights, as part of solders, pewters, fusible
Alloys and as a radiation shield. Lead has the highest atomic number of all of the stable elements. Lead is a major constituent of Lead- Acid battery. Lead is used as a colouring element in ceramic glazes, notably in the colors red and yellow. Lead is used as projectiles for firearms and fishing sinkers because of its density.