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Murguía

ID #015
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General Information

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Outcropping/buried
Evaporite unit/s name
Evaporite unit/s age
Evaporite unit/s origin
Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed) ,
Other comments Northwest-southeast alignment (Las Losas fault; Martín-Chivelet et al., 2002) of the Murguía, Orduña, and Villasana de Mena diapirs.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 15
Name Murguia
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Basque-Cantabrian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Navarra-Álava trough
Evaporite unit/s name Keuper facies
Evaporite unit/s age Carnian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Halite-Anhydrite-Claystone-Ophites
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Oligocene (conglomerates and Sandstones) and Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Oligocene and Quaternary
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt stock
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start 1996
Mining activity end 2000
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Pb-Zn
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Albian – Campanian (early stage) and Palaeocene (late stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Mesozoic extensional regime in the Basque–Cantabrian Basin (early stage) and Alpine compression (late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Radial joints and faults / Syncline folding
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic (dolomitic limestones, dolomitic brecchias and laminated dolostones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Albian (Valmaseda Fm.)
Available seismic profiles S82-23 / S82-23 / ZU-2 / I-5 / I-6 / VA-11 / CC-3 / ZU-1 / D-8 / RV-5 /
Available boreholes ANDAGOYA (ANDAGOIA-CUARTANGO) / ALTUBE-9 (ALT-9) / ALTUBE-6 (ALT-6) / ALTUBE-7 (ALT-7) / ALTUBE-2 (ALT-2) / ALTUBE-5 (ALT-5) / ALTUBE-3 (ALT-3) / ALTUBE-4 (ALT-4) / ALTUBE-8 (ALT-8) / BELUNZA-1 (BEL-1) / ALTUBE-1 (ALT-1)
Additional comments Northwest-southeast alignment (Las Losas fault; Martín-Chivelet et al., 2002) of the Murguía, Orduña, and Villasana de Mena diapirs

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 15
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Historical (not indexed in the Spanish National Minning Cadastre)
Exploitation name #1 n.a.
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 n.a.
Municipality #1 n.a.
Province #1 n.a.
Company #1 n.a.
Main minning Products #1 Pb-Zn
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
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Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 15
Outcropping area (km2) 38.20648
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 6.7
Max. Length (Km) 10.7
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 6
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 113
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 56
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

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Section source Cámara, P., 2017. Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 371-393). Elsevier. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Serrano, A., Martínez del Olmo, W., Cámara, P., 1989. Diapirismo del Trías salino en el dominio Cántabro-Navarro. Libro homenaje a Rafael Soler: Madrid, Asociación de Geólogos y Geofísicos Españoles del Petróleo, p. 115–121.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Nettleton, L.L., 1968. Gravity anomalies over salt diapirs, northern Spain. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 88, 75–82. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Serrano, A., Martínez del Olmo, W., 1990. Tectónica salina en el Dominio Cántabro-Navarro: Evolución, edad y origen de las estructuras salinas, in Ortí, F., and Salvany, J.M., (eds.), Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y cadenas periféricas, y de la zona de Levante. Barcelona, ENRESA. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 García-Mondéjar, J., López-Horgue, M.A., Aranburu, A., Fernández-Mendiola, P.A., 2005. Pulsating subsidence during a rift episode: Stratigraphic and tectonic consequences (Aptian-Albian, northern Spain). Terra Nova, 17, 517–525. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Frankovic, A., Eguiluz, L., Martínez-Torres, L.M., 2016. Geodynamic evolution of the Salinas de Añana diapir in the Basque-Cantabrian basin, western Pyrenees. Journal of Structural Geology, 83, 13–27. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Roca, E., Muñoz, J.A., Ferrer, O., Ellouz, N., 2011. The role of the Bay of Biscay Mesozoic extensional structure in the configuration of the Pyrenean orogen: Constraints from the MARCONI deep seismic reflection survey. Tectonics, 30, 2. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 [Private access]: CGS, 1996. Cartografía geológico-minera a escala 1:5000 en la zona de Barambio-Monteleón-Jugo. Madrid, Diciembre 1996. Informe realizado para el Ente Vasco de la Energía. Unpublished.
Seismic data availability #3 Cámara, P., 2017. Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 371-393). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Perona, J., Canals, À., Cardellach, E., 2018. Zn-Pb mineralization associated with salt diapirs in the basque-cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Geology, geochemistry, and genetic model. Economic Geology, 113, 1133-1159. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Rat, P., 1988. The Basque-Cantabrian basin between the Iberian and European plates; some facts but still many problems. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 1, 327–348. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 García-Mondéjar, J., Agirrezabala, L.M., Aramburu, A., Fernández-Mendiola,P.A., Gómez-Pérez, I., López-Horgue, M., Rosales, I., 1996. Aptian-Albian tectonic pattern of the Basque-Cantabrian basin (northern Spain). Geological Journal, 31, 13–45. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Cámara, P., 2017. Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 371-393). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Ábalos, B., 2016. Geologic map of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin and a new tectonic interpretation of the Basque Arc. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2327-2354. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Nettleton, L.L., 1968. Gravity anomalies over salt diapirs, northern Spain. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 88, 75–82. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 Pinto, V., Casas, A., Rivero, L., Torné, M., 2005. 3D gravity modeling of the Triassic salt diapirs of the Cubeta Alavesa (northern Spain). Tectonophysics, 405, 65-75. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Perona, J., Canals, À., Cardellach, E., 2018. Zn-Pb mineralization associated with salt diapirs in the basque-cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Geology, geochemistry, and genetic model. Economic Geology, 113, 1133-1159. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Ábalos, B., Alkorta, A., Iríbar, V., 2008. Geological and isotopic constraints on the structure of the Bilbao anticlinorium (Basque–Cantabrian basin, North Spain). Journal of Structural Geology, 30(11), 1354-1367. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 Ortí, F., García-Veigas, J., Rossell, L., Jurado, M. J., Utrilla, R., 1996. Formaciones salinas de las cuencas triásicas en la Península Ibérica: Caracterización Petrológica y Geoquímica. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 20, 13-35. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Llamas, B., Castañeda, M. C., Laín, C., Pous, J., 2017. Study of the Basque–Cantabrian basin as a suitable region for the implementation of an energy storage system based on compressed air energy storage (CAES). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(5), 204. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 112-Vitoria. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Other related references #1 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]
Other related references #2 Sanz, T., Lago, M., Gil, A., Galé, C., Ramajo, J., Ubide, T., Pocoví, A., Tierz, P., Larrea, P., 2013. The Upper Triassic alkaline magmatism in the NW Iberian Chain (Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 39, 202-222. [link]
Other related references #3 Ábalos, B., Alkorta, A., Iríbar, V., 2008. Geological and isotopic constraints on the structure of the Bilbao anticlinorium (Basque–Cantabrian basin, North Spain). Journal of Structural Geology, 30(11), 1354-1367. [link]
Other related references #4 Martín-Chivelet, J., López-Gómez, J., Aguado, R., Arias, C., Arribas, J., Arribas, M. E., … , Casas-Sainz, A., 2019. The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Rifting. In (Quesada C., Oliveira J., eds.): The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. [link]