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Calatayud

ID #125
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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 Hydration diapirism proposed by Hoyos et al. (1996) but discarded by Ortí and Rosell (2000). Sharp transition between the lower and upper evaporite units, attributed by Ortí and Rosell (2000) to the structural control in the evolution of the basin and/or to a climatic change to less arid conditions.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 125
Name Calatayud
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Undeformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Calatayud basin
Evaporite unit/s name Calatayud Gypsum Lower and Intermediate Units
Evaporite unit/s age Lower-Middle Miocene
Evaporite unit/s era Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Continental
Evaporite unit/s composition Nodular to laminated gypsum-Laminated gypsiferous lutite-Bioturbated gypsum with associated nodules and meganodules-Carbonates-Marlstones-Sepiolite
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Middle to Upper Miocene (Upper part of the Intermediate Unit, limestones and marlstones) ; Upper Miocene (Upper Unit, limestones, sandstones and shales) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Middle Miocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? N
Mining products Gypsum
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? N
Age of evaporite flow –
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms –
Flow-linked structures? –
Halokinetic structures –
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) –
Syn-kinematic unit/s –
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes V-08-2 / V-08-1 / FUENTES DE JILOCA / MALUENDA-1 (SINDICATO DE RIEGOS) / MALUENDA-2 / VILLALBA DE PEREJILES / CALATAYUD (MARIVELLA-CALATAYUD)
Additional comments Hydration diapirism proposed by Hoyos et al. (1996) but discarded by Ortí and Rosell (2000). Sharp transition between the lower and upper evaporite units, attributed by Ortí and Rosell (2000) to structural control in the evolution of the
basin and/or to a climatic change to less arid
conditions

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 125
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 LA SOLEDAD
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 2510
Municipality #1 Fuentes de Jiloca
Province #1 ZARAGOZA
Company #1 JILOCA STONE, S.A.
Main minning Products #1 Gyupsum
Exploitation name #2 JESUS DEL MONTE
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 210
Municipality #2 Calatayud
Province #2 ZARAGOZA
Company #2 ARIDOS Y HORMIGONES CORTES, S.L
Main minning Products #2 Gravel and sand
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
Province #3
Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 125
Outcropping area (km2) 110.46113
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 23.7235493
Max. Length (Km) 15.5699691
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.3
Max. Deformation age (Ma) –
Min. Deformation age (Ma) –
Deformation stages 0

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 125
Section source Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 1998. Unidades evaporíticas de la Cuenca de Calatayud (Mioceno inferior-medio, Zaragoza). Geogaceta, 23, 111-114. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 2000. Evaporative systems and diagenetic patterns in the Calatayud Basin (Miocene, central Spain). Sedimentology, 47(3), 665-685. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Aziz, H. A., Hilgen, F., Krijgsman, W., Sanz, E., Calvo, J. P., 2000. Astronomical forcing of sedimentary cycles in the middle to late Miocene continental Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 177(1-2), 9-22. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Aziz, H. A., Sanz‐Rubio, E., Calvo, J. P., Hilgen, F. J., Krijgsman, W., 2003. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a middle Miocene alluvial fan to cyclic shallow lacustrine depositional system in the Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Sedimentology, 50(2), 211-236. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Sanz Rubio, E., Rodríguez Aranda, J. P., Calvo Sorando, J. P., 2002. Petrología y geoquímica isotópica de los depósitos de magnesita de la cuenca de Calatayud (provincia de Zaragoza). Interpretación paleoambiental. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 15(1-2), 113-127. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Sanz-Rubio, E., Sánchez-Moral, S., Cañaveras, J. C., Abdul-Aziz, H., Calvo Sorando, J. P., Cuezva, S., …, Van Dam, J., 2003. Síntesis de la cronoestratigrafía y evolución sedimentaria de los sistemas lacustres evaporíticos y carbonatados neógenos de la Cuenca de Calatayud-Montalbán. Estudios Geológicos, 59(1-4), 83-105. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 1998. Unidades evaporíticas de la Cuenca de Calatayud (Mioceno inferior-medio, Zaragoza). Geogaceta, 23, 111-114. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 1998. Unidades evaporíticas de la Cuenca de Calatayud (Mioceno inferior-medio, Zaragoza). Geogaceta, 23, 111-114. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Gutiérrez, F., 1996. Gypsum karstification induced subsidence: effects on alluvial systems and derived geohazards (Calatayud Graben, Iberian Range, Spain). Geomorphology, 16(4), 277-293. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Casas, A. M., Casas, A., Pérez, A., Tena, S., Barrier, L., Gapais, D., Nalpas, T., 2000. Syn-tectonic sedimentation and thrust-and-fold kinematics at the intra-mountain Montalbán Basin (northern Iberian Chain, Spain). Geodinamica Acta, 13(1), 1-17. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Sanz Rubio, E., Hoyos, M., Cañaveras, J. C., Sánchez Moral, S., 1995. Estructuras pseudoanticlinales inducidas por fluidificación en la Unidad Intermedia de la cuenca de Calatayud. Geogaceta, 18, 59-62. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Sanz-Rubio, E., Sánchez-Moral, S., Cañaveras, J. C., Calvo, J. P., Rouchy, J. M., 2001. Calcitization of Mg–Ca carbonate and Ca sulphate deposits in a continental Tertiary basin (Calatayud Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 140(1-2), 123-142. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Hoyos, M., Doblas, M., Sánchez-Moral, S., Cañaveras, J. C., Ordoñez, S., Sesé, C., …, Mahecha, V., 1996. Hydration diapirism: a climate-related initiation of evaporite mounds in two continental Neogene basins of central Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 100(1), 49-63. [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 Casas, A. M., Casas, A., Pérez, A., Tena, S., Barrier, L., Gapais, D., Nalpas, T., 2000. Syn-tectonic sedimentation and thrust-and-fold kinematics at the intra-mountain Montalbán Basin (northern Iberian Chain, Spain). Geodinamica Acta, 13(1), 1-17. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 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) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Sanz Rubio, E., Rodríguez Aranda, J. P., Calvo Sorando, J. P., 2002. Petrología y geoquímica isotópica de los depósitos de magnesita de la cuenca de Calatayud (provincia de Zaragoza). Interpretación paleoambiental. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 15(1-2), 113-127. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Aziz, H. A., Sanz‐Rubio, E., Calvo, J. P., Hilgen, F. J., Krijgsman, W., 2003. Palaeoenvironmental reconstruction of a middle Miocene alluvial fan to cyclic shallow lacustrine depositional system in the Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Sedimentology, 50(2), 211-236. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Fallick, A. E., Utrilla, R., 1994. Yesos de Calatayud: Aplicación del estudio de facies y geoquímica de sulfatos al conocimiento de un sistema evaporítico. Geogaceta, 15, 74-77. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 Sanz-Rubio, E., Sánchez-Moral, S., Cañaveras, J. C., Calvo, J. P., Rouchy, J. M., 2001. Calcitization of Mg–Ca carbonate and Ca sulphate deposits in a continental Tertiary basin (Calatayud Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 140(1-2), 123-142. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Aziz, H. A., Hilgen, F., Krijgsman, W., Sanz, E., Calvo, J. P., 2000. Astronomical forcing of sedimentary cycles in the middle to late Miocene continental Calatayud Basin (NE Spain). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 177(1-2), 9-22. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 409-Calatayud. [link] and 437-Ateca. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Fallick, A. E., Utrilla, R., 1994. Yesos de Calatayud: Aplicación del estudio de facies y geoquímica de sulfatos al conocimiento de un sistema evaporítico. Geogaceta, 15, 74-77. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 1998. Unidades evaporíticas de la Cuenca de Calatayud (Mioceno inferior-medio, Zaragoza). Geogaceta, 23, 111-114. [link]
Other related references #1 Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Salvany, J. M., Inglès, M., 1997. Chert in continental evaporites of the Ebro and Calatayud basins (Spain): distribution and significance. Siliceous Rocks and Culture. Universidad de Granada, Monográfica Arte y Arqueología, 42, 75-89. [link]
Other related references #2 Gutiérrez, F., Cooper, A. H., 2002. Evaporite dissolution subsidence in the historical city of Calatayud, Spain: damage appraisal and prevention. Natural Hazards, 25(3), 259-288. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.