Colombian Geological Survey

Colombian Geological Survey
Servicio Geológico Colombiano
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Agency overview
Formed22 December 1916 (1916-12-22) (as the National Scientific Commission)
JurisdictionColombia
HeadquartersBogotá, Colombia
Annual budget$195 billion pesos (FY2010)
Agency executives
  • Oscar Paredes Zapata, Managing Director
  • Juan Pablo Marín Echeverry, Secretary General
Parent agencyMinistry of Mines and Energy
WebsiteSGC.gov.co

The Colombian Geological Survey (CGS) (Spanish: Servicio Geológico Colombiano; formerly known as INGEOMINAS) is a scientific agency of the Colombian government in charge of contributing to the socioeconomic development of the nation through research in basic and applied geosciences of the subsoil, the potential of its resources, evaluating and monitoring threats of geological origin, managing the geoscientific knowledge of the nation, and studying the nuclear and radioactive elements in Colombia.

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