Petrographic, morpho-structural and geophysical study of the quartzite deposit in the central part of Pouma, Littoral-Cameroon

Abstract The characterization of the Pouma-Cameroon quartzite deposit with the aim of determining its lateral extension along the Douala-Yaounde axis required, among other things, the examination of the petrographic and morpho-structural domain as well as the determination of the electrical properties of the formations in the study area. 24 vertical electrical sounding points were carried out using a Schlumberger type electrode configuration; also, 7 manual auger boreholes were carried out, these resulted on one hand in the following types of curves: KH, QH, AKH, H, HK, AK, HA, A; and on the other hand to lithological logs with a clayey sandy texture, gravelly clayey sand to lateritic. The calculation of the densities as well as the petro-structural studies made it possible to confirm the geological context of the study area. The various results obtained permitted us to locate the fresh quartzite formation at the center of the study area. It stretches along the Douala-Yaounde axis over 1871.4 m for the fresh formation and 1991 m for the slightly altered formation.