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Badolatosa-Benamejí

ID #104
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Other comments Complex tectonic evolution: (1) extensional regime, diapirs pierce the overlying sediments and the salt spreads parallel to the strata forming tongues, (2) compression, tongues are disconnected from the salt feeder constituting allochthonous sheets, (3) allochthonous sheets flow and give rise to the actual structure (see Flinch and Soto, 2017).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 104
Name Badolatosa-Benamejí
Structure type Allochthonous evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Sub-Betic Cordillera
Evaporite unit/s name Keuper Facies and Carcelén Anhydrite
Evaporite unit/s age Carnian-Hettangian (Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Shale-Gypsum-Sandstone-Halite-Anhydrite
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene (siltstones, sandstones, conglomerates) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Pliocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Detached diapir
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Gravel and sand
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Upper Cretaceous (piercing diapirism, early stage) ; Oligocene-Lower Miocene (canopy disconnection, intermediate stage) ; Upper Miocene (salt nappe imbrication and reworking, final stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Margin extension (early stage) ; Alpine compression (intermediate stage) ; Piggyback development in the Guadalquivir Allochthon (final stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Thickness variations / progressive unconformities / thrust faults / overturned flanks / roll-over anticlines / mini-basin development
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (dolostones, limestones, micritic limestones, oolitic limestones and breccias) ; Middle-Upper Jurassic (limestones, marlstones, marly limestones, oolitic limestones) ; Lower Cretaceous (marlstones and marly limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Upper Cretaceous (white marly limestones, limestones, marlstones) ; Oligocene (calcarenites and limestones ) ; Miocene (marlstones and calcareous sandstones)
Available seismic profiles ILIHA X-A / AES84-8 / AES85-74 / S82AB-20 / AES83-3 / RG-23 / AES84-23 / AES83-5 / AES83-6 / AES83-4 / RCO-1 / AES83-2 / S82A-2 / RG-23 / AES83-3 / AES83-6 / RG-18 / AES84-23 / AES83-5 / AES83-4 / AES83-1a
Available boreholes CORDOBILLA-1 / CORDOBILLA-2 / MONTE RINCON-1 (LUCENA-1) / MONTE RINCON-2 (LUCENA-2) / FUENTE DE PIEDRA-7 (LA RATOSA) / FUENTE DE PIEDRA-8 (LA SERAFINA)
Additional comments Complex tectonic evolution: (1) extensional regime, diapirs pierce the overlying sediments and the salt spreads parallel to the strata forming tongues, (2) compression, tongues are disconnected from the salt feeder constituting allochthonous sheets, (3) allochthonous sheets flow and give rise to the actual structure (see Flinch and Soto, 2017).

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 104
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 CASERIA SEGOVIA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 1239
Municipality #1 Benamejí
Province #1 CORDOBA
Company #1 MAVAR OBRAS Y SERVICIOS, S.L.
Main minning Products #1 Gravel and sand
Exploitation name #2 SANTA ROSA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 1168
Municipality #2 Benamejí
Province #2 CORDOBA
Company #2 ARIDOS, DESMONTES Y PERFORACIONES, S.A. (ADEPESA)
Main minning Products #2 Gravel and sand
Exploitation name #3 EL CAMPILLO
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 1261
Municipality #3 Benamejí
Province #3 CORDOBA
Company #3 ARIDOS Y EXCAVACIONES RAYFRAN, S.L.
Main minning Products #3 Gravel and sand

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 104
Outcropping area (km2) 288.03005
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 17.8645366
Max. Length (Km) 46.2660463
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 1.3
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 95
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 10
Deformation stages 3

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 104
Section source Flinch, J. F., Soto, J. I., 2017. Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 417-446). Elsevier. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Flinch, J. F., Soto, J. I., 2017. Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 417-446). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Daudet, M., Mouthereau, F., Brichau, S., Crespo‐Blanc, A., Gautheron, C., Angrand, P., 2020. Tectono‐stratigraphic and thermal evolution of the western Betic flysch: implications for the geodynamics of South Iberian margin and Alboran Domain. Tectonics, 39(7), 6093. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 del Olmo, W. M., 2019. El complejo olistostrómico del Mioceno de la Cuenca del Río Guadalquivir (SO de España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32(2), 3-16. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 del Olmo, W. M., 2018. Episodios de deformación de la Cordillera Bética y su entorno próximo (España): problemas no resueltos. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(1), 49-66. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Pérez-López, A. D., de Galdeano, C. S., 1994. Tectónica de los materiales triásicos en el sector central de la Zona Subbética (Cordillera Bética). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 7(1), 141-153. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Pérez-Valera, F., Sánchez-Gómez, M., Pérez-López, A., 2020. Comentario al artículo «El complejo olistostrómico del Mioceno de la cuenca del río Guadalquivir (SO de España)”. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 33(2), 63-68. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Daudet, M., Mouthereau, F., Brichau, S., Crespo‐Blanc, A., Gautheron, C., Angrand, P., 2020. Tectono‐stratigraphic and thermal evolution of the western Betic flysch: implications for the geodynamics of South Iberian margin and Alboran Domain. Tectonics, 39(7), 6093. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Flinch, J. F., Soto, J. I., 2017. Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 417-446). Elsevier. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Flinch, J. F., Soto, J. I., 2015. Passive-Margin Allochthonous Salt Canopies Emplaced within an Alpine Fold-and-Thrust Belt: Example from the Betic Cordillera of Spain. In AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 Diaz, J., Gallart Muset, J., Córdoba, D., Senos, L., Matias, L., Suriñach, E., …, Maguire, P., 2020. The ILIHA deep seismic sounding experiment (Iberian LIthosphere Heterogeneity and Anisotropy). DigitalCSIC – SEISDARE data repository. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Flinch, J. F., Soto, J. I., 2017. Allochthonous Triassic and Salt Tectonic Processes in the Betic-Rif Orogenic Arc. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 417-446). Elsevier. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 García, R., Jiménez Bonilla, A., Díaz-Azpiroz, M., Pérez Valera, F., Balanyá, J.C. and Expósito, I., 2016. Kinematics and geomorphology of the Algodonales – Badolatosa shear zone at the fold-and-thrust belt of the western Subbetics. Geo-Temas, 16, 547-550. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3  Rodríguez-Estrella, T., 1983: Neotectónica relacionada con las estructuras diapíricas en el Sureste de la Península Ibérica.- Tecniterrae, 51, 14–30. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Azpiroz, M. D., Almansa, R. A., Andrades, J. R. S., Bonilla, A. J., 2020. Shape preferred orientation of dolostone bodies of a Triassic broken formation at the western External Betics. Geogaceta, 67, 11-14. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Pérez-López, A., Sanz de Galdeano, C., 1994. Tectónica de los materiales triásicos en el sector central de la Zona Subbética (Cordillera Bética). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 7, 141–153. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Flinch, J. F., Bally, A. W., Wu, S., 1996. Emplacement of a passive-margin evaporitic allochthon in the Betic Cordillera of Spain. Geology, 24(1), 67-70. [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 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 Calaforra, J.M., Pulido-Bosch, A., 1993. The hydrochemistry and morphology of the triassic gypsum in the Salinas-Fuente Camacho Area (Granada). In: Pulido-Bosch, A. (ed.) Some Spanish Karstic Aquifers. University of Granada, pp. 387–389, Granada. [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 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 1006-Benamejí. [link] and 988-Puente-Genil. [link] and 1007-Rute. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Permanyer, A., Jorge, R., Baudino, R., Gibert, L., 2016. Organic-rich shales from internal Betic basins (SE Spain): potential source rocks analogs for the pre-Messinian Salt play in the western Mediterranean. Geologica Acta, 14(4), 443-460. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Azpiroz, M. D., Almansa, R. A., Andrades, J. R. S., Bonilla, A. J., 2020. Shape preferred orientation of dolostone bodies of a Triassic broken formation at the western External Betics. Geogaceta, 67, 11-14. [link]
Other related references #1 Carrasco, F., Durán, J.J., Calaforra, J.M., 2007. El Trías de Antequera. In: Durán, J.J. (ed) Atlas hidrogeológico de la provincia de Málaga. Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Diputación de Málaga, pp. 206–210, Madrid. [link]
Other related references #2 n.a.
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Other related references #4 n.a.