Quarry At La Calera

Past Producer in Cundinamarca, Colombia with commodity Limestone, General
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Ownership information
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065965
MRDS ID TC41752
Record type Site
Current site name Quarry At La Calera
Alternate or previous names Fabrica De Cemento Samper S.A.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.99966, 4.71802 (WGS84)
Relative position 17 KM NE OF BOGOTA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Cundinamarca(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Cundinamarca

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • COAL COMES FROM SAN VICENTE MINE, GYPSUM COMES FROM MINES NEAR LEIVA.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.99966, 4.71802

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fabrica De Cemento Samper, S. A. ).
    First year 1945

Comments on development

  • PLANT CAPACITY 240-250 TONS PER DAY.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1994 Page, Norman J. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.