Quarry Near Bucara Manga

Past Producer in Santander, 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. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10065967
MRDS ID TC41754
Record type Site
Current site name Quarry Near Bucara Manga
Alternate or previous names Compania De Cementos Portland Diamante

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -73.14965, 7.13456 (WGS84)
Relative position ON OUTSKIRTS OF BUCARA MANGA.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Santander(province)

Colombia(country)

South America(continent)

Land(continent)

Geographic areas

Country State
Colombia Santander

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Limestone, General Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • OIL FIRED KILNS, GYPSUM FROM MINES AT LOS SANTOS.

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Limestone Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -73.14965, 7.13456

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No
Year of first production 1943

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Compania De Cementos Portland Diamante, S. A.

Comments on the production information

  • PRODUCING ABOUT 80-100 TONS PER DAY. DEVELOPED PRODUCER, ACTIVITY UNKNOWN.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SINGEWALD, Q.D., 1950, MINERAL RESOURCES OF COLOMBIA (OTHER THAN PETROLEUM): U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 964-B, P. 53-204

  • Other Database

    CIMRI

  • Production

    SINGEWALD (1950).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PLANT CAPACITY 80 TO 100 TONS PER DAY (1945).

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.