La Juanita/Tesalia

Producer in Huila, Colombia with commodity Phosphorus-Phosphates
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10303712
MAS/MILS ID 3010290003
Record type Site
Current site name La Juanita/Tesalia

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Town
Geographic coordinates: -75.2497, 2.96814 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 10000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Huila(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Huila

Comments on the location information

  • LATITUDE/LONGITUDE DATA BASED ON THE TOWN OF NEIVA, 75KM TO THE NORTHEAST.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Phosphorus-Phosphates Primary

Nearby scientific data

Town (1) -75.2497, 2.96814

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1960
Year of first production 1960

Mining district

District name Teruel-Lajuanit

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Fosfatos De Colombia
    Interest 100
    Home office Colombia
    Year 1987

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1987
    Measured 1400000mt ore
    Demonstrated 1400000mt ore
    Total resources 1400000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Phosphorus-Phosphates P2O5 18 wt-pct Phosphorus Major 1987

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Reserve-Resource

    WORLD SURVEY OF PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS, 5TH ED. BRITISH SULPHUR

  • Reserve-Resource

    CORP., LTD., 1987 LONDON ENGLAND, P. 76.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JAN-95 Buckingham, David A. U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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