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Estopiñan-Canelles

ID #071
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General Information

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Other comments Evaporites outcrop in both flanks of the NW-SE trending Estopiñan syncline and in the core of the E-W trending Canelles anticline.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 71
Name Estopiñan-Canelles
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Southern Pyrenees
Geological Regional Setting South Pyrenees Central Unit (Sierras Marginales; Boltaña-Balzes thrust sheet)
Evaporite unit/s name El Pont de Suert Fm. (Middle Muschelkalk and Keuper Facies)
Evaporite unit/s age Upper Anisian and Carnian-Rhaetian (Middle-Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Shale-Gypsum-Anhydrite-Ophites
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed)  Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pleistocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Ophites
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Lutetian-Priabonian (early stage) ; Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (late stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Translation–rotation of the western end of the Sierras Marginales thrust sheet (early stage) and compression (late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal high-angle faults / thrust faults / thickness variations / Progressive Unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (limestones, dolostones and shales) ; Upper Santonian-Maastrichtian (calcarenites and limestones) ; Maastrichian-Paleocene (Garumn Facies, carbonates and shales) ; Palaeocene-Lower Eocene (shallow marines carbonates) ; Upper Eocene-Oligocene (evaporites and detrital deposits)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Lutetian-Early Priabonian (marlstones, mudstones, limestones, sandstones) ; Late Oligocene-Early Miocene (alluvial fan conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles ND-63 / ND-64 / SP-42 / SP-8 / SP-42 / ND-80 / SP-8 / SP-40 / ND-64 / TR-56 / SP-42 / TR-58 / SP-40 / SP-40 / SP-42 / SP-42 / HL-25 / ND-161 / ND-80 / ND-63 / ND-90
Available boreholes ESTOPIÑAN
Additional comments Evaporites outcrop in both flanks of the NW-SE trending Estopiñan syncline and in the core of the E-W trending Canelles anticline

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 71
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SORIANA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 132
Municipality #1 Estopiñán del Castillo
Province #1 HUESCA
Company #1 BENITO ARNÓ E HIJOS, SAU (BAEHSAU)
Main minning Products #1 Ophites
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
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Main minning Products #2
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 71
Outcropping area (km2) 58.24826
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 20.4337888
Max. Length (Km) 11.8452658
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.6
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 47
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 20
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 71
Section source Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Santolaria, P., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Rubio, F. M., Soto, R., Calvín, P., …, Casas‐Sainz, A. M., 2020. Structural and geophysical characterization of the western termination of the South Pyrenean triangle zone. Tectonics, 39(8), e2019TC005891. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Salvany, J. M., 1999. Diapirismo triásico antiguo y reciente en el anticlinal de Canelles, Sierras Marginales Catalanas. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 12(2), 149-163. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Salvany, J. M., Bastida, J., 2004. Análisis litoestratigráfico del Keuper surpirenaico central. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 17(1), 3-26. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Santolaria, P., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Rubio, F. M., Soto, R., Calvín, P., …, Casas‐Sainz, A. M., 2020. Structural and geophysical characterization of the western termination of the South Pyrenean triangle zone. Tectonics, 39(8), e2019TC005891. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Chanvry, E., Deschamps, R., Joseph, P., Puigdefàbregas, C., Poyatos-Moré, M., Serra-Kiel, J., …, Teinturier, S., 2018. The influence of intrabasinal tectonics in the stratigraphic evolution of piggyback basin fills: Towards a model from the Tremp-Graus-Ainsa Basin (South-Pyrenean Zone, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 377, 34-62. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Chanvry, E., Deschamps, R., Joseph, P., Puigdefàbregas, C., Poyatos-Moré, M., Serra-Kiel, J., García, D., Teinturier, S., 2018. The influence of intrabasinal tectonics in the stratigraphic evolution of piggyback basin fills: Towards a model from the Tremp-Graus-Ainsa Basin (South-Pyrenean Zone, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 377, 34-62. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Santolaria, P., Ayala, C., Pueyo, E. L., Rubio, F. M., Soto, R., Calvín, P., …, Casas‐Sainz, A. M., 2020. Structural and geophysical characterization of the western termination of the South Pyrenean triangle zone. Tectonics, 39(8), e2019TC005891. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 San José, M. L., Pocoví, J. A., 1982. Nota preliminar sobre la presencia de estructuras fluidales en las ofitas del área de Estopiñán (provincia de Huesca). Acta geológica hispánica, 17(4), 227-233. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Cámara, P., Flinch, J. F., 2017. The southern Pyrenees: a salt-based fold-and-thrust belt. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 395-415). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
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Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Pinto, V., Casas, A., 2014. The Naval diapir (Southern Pyrenees): Geometry of a salt wall associated with thrusting at an oblique ramp. Tectonophysics, 637, 30-44. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 Casas, A., Santolaria, P., Rivero, L., Casas-Sainz, A., Himi, M., Pinto, V., Sendrós, A., 2016. The gravity method: new challenges for delineation diapiric structures in north-east Spain. First Break, 34(8). [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Pérez, C., Lambán, L. J., 2009. Primeros resultados obtenidos sobre el funcionamiento hidrogeológico de la Lagunas de Estaña y su relación con el acuífero de Estopiñán (Huesca, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 120 (3): 443-458. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Salvany, J. M., Bastida, J., 2004. Análisis litoestratigráfico del Keuper surpirenaico central. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 17(1), 3-26. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Muñoz, J. A., Beamud, E., Fernández, O., Arbués, P., Dinarès‐Turell, J., Poblet, J., 2013. The Ainsa Fold and thrust oblique zone of the central Pyrenees: Kinematics of a curved contractional system from paleomagnetic and structural data. Tectonics, 32(5), 1142-1175. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 289-Benabarre. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Muñoz, J. A., Mencos, J., Roca, E., Carrera, N., Gratacós, O., Ferrer, O., Fernández, O., 2018. The structure of the South-Central-Pyrenean fold and thrust belt as constrained by subsurface data. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 439-460. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Santolaria, P., Casas-Sainz, A. M., Soto, R., Casas, A., 2017. Gravity modelling to assess salt tectonics in the western end of the South Pyrenean Central Unit. Journal of the Geological Society, 174(2), 269-288. [link]
Other related references #1 Morellon, M., Valero‐Garces, B. L. A. S., Anselmetti, F., Ariztegui, D., Schnellmann, M., Moreno, A. N. A., …, Corella, J. P., 2009. Late Quaternary deposition and facies model for karstic Lake Estanya (North‐eastern Spain). Sedimentology, 56(5), 1505-1534. [link]
Other related references #2 Sancho-Marcén, C., 1988. El Polje de Saganta (Sierras Exteriores pirenaicas, prov. de Huesca). Cuaternario y Geomorfologıa, 2(1-4), 107-113. [link]
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