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Limpias

ID #034
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
Geological Setting ,
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 Hydrothermal fluid flow and dolomitization in diapiric-flexure areas (see López-Horgue et al., 2010).

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Structure type (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Generic Data

Unique ID 34
Name Limpias
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Basque-Cantabrian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Cantabrian Block
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-Marlstones-Claystone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Turonian (marls and marly limestones) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Cretaceous (Turonian) and Pleistocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Berriasian – Barremian (early stage) and Albian – Turonian (main stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Mesozoic extensional regime in the Basque–Cantabrian Basin (early stage) and Colindres-Ampuero fault zone (main stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal high-angle faults / joints / thickness variations / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (dolomitic brecchias, limestones and marls)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Early Albian (limestones, sandstones, marls and lutites) / Middle Albian (sandstones, lutites and marls) / Late Albian (sandstones and lutites) / Cenomanian (silty calcarenites)
Available seismic profiles LN_8
Available boreholes –
Additional comments Hydrothermal fluid flow and dolomitization in diapiric-flexure areas (see López-Horgue et al., 2010)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 34
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
Municipality #1
Province #1
Company #1
Main minning Products #1
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
Municipality #2
Province #2
Company #2
Main minning Products #2
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
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Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 34
Outcropping area (km2) 1.17549
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 2.4
Max. Length (Km) 0.9
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 2
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 145
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 90
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 34
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 36 (CASTRO-URDIALES)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 López-Horgue, M. A., Iriarte, E., Schröder, S., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Caline, B., Corneyllie, H., Frémont, J., Sudrie, M., Zerti, S., 2010. Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(5), 1069-1092. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 López-Horgue, M. A., Owen, H. G., Aranburu, A., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., García-Mondéjar, J., 2009. Early late Albian (Cretaceous) of the central region of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain: biostratigraphy based on ammonites and orbitolinids. Cretaceous Research, 30(2), 385-400. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Iriarte, E., Lopez-Horgue, M. A., Schroeder, S., Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370(1), 207-227. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 López-Horgue, M. A., 2000. El Aptiense-Albiense de Karrantza-Lanestona (Bizkaia y Cantabria) [Ph.D. thesis]: Universidad del Paıs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Unpublished, 264pp. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 López Horgue, M. A., Aranburu Artano, A., Fernández Mendiola, P. Á., García Mondéjar, J., 2001. Facies estuarinas en el Albiense superior de Cabo Quintres (Cantabria, región Vasco-Cantábrica occidental). Geogaceta, 30, 75-78. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 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(6), 517-525. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy 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]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Badillo, J. M., 1982. Estudio geológico del sector de Ramales de la Victoria (Provincia de Santander). Kobie, 12, 139-166. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 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(6), 517-525. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 López-Horgue, M. A., Iriarte, E., Schröder, S., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Caline, B., Corneyllie, H., Frémont, J., Sudrie, M., Zerti, S., 2010. Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(5), 1069-1092. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Gómez, M., Vergés, J., Riaza, C., 2002. Inversion tectonics of the northern margin of the Basque Cantabrian Basin. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 173(5), 449-459. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Iriarte, E., Lopez-Horgue, M. A., Schroeder, S., Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370(1), 207-227. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 n.a.
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 Ayala, C., Bohoyo, F., Maestro, A., Reguera, M. I., Torne, M., Rubio, F., Fernández, M., García-Lobón, J. L., 2016. Updated Bouguer anomalies of the Iberian Peninsula: a new perspective to interpret the regional geology. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 1089-1092. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Iribar, V., Ábalos, B. 2011. The geochemical and isotopic record of evaporite recycling in spas and salterns of the Basque Cantabrian basin, Spain. Applied geochemistry, 26, 1315-1329. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 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) #3 Béziat, D., Joron, J.L., Monchoux, P., Treuil, M., Walgenwitz, F., 1991. Geodynamic implications of geochemical data for the Pyrenean ophites (Spain-France). Chemical Geology, 89, 243-262. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4
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 36-Castro-Urdiales. [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) Iriarte, E., Lopez-Horgue, M. A., Schroeder, S., Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370(1), 207-227. [link]
Other related references #1 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]
Other related references #2 López-Horgue, M. A., Rubio, J. M. H., Artano, A. A., Arnal, I. Y., San Sebastián, A. F., Roldán, F. V., 2012. El Valle de Carranza (Bizkaia) y su patrimonio mineralógico. Macla: revista de la Sociedad Española de Mineralogía, (16), 268-280. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.