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Villares del Saz

ID #146
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Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed) ,
Other comments Evaporite formation was coeval to the El Hito anticline development.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 146
Name Villares del Saz
Structure type Evaporite-cored anticline
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Tagus Basin
Geological Regional Setting Loranca Sub-Basin
Evaporite unit/s name Villalba de la Sierra Fm.
Evaporite unit/s age Maastrichian-Thanetian (Upper Cretaceous-Paleocene)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic-Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine / Continental
Evaporite unit/s composition Marlstone-Gypsum-Claystonestone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed)  Bartonian-Rupelian (Paleogene Unit, clay, sandstone, lacustrine limestones and evaporites) ; Pliocene and Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Bartonian-Rupelian and Pleistocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt anticline
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow late Cretaceous-Palaeocene (main stage) and late Oligocene-early Miocene (fold-and-thrust system development)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Alpine compression and inversion of Late Permian-Early Triassic extensional faults
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Syncline-Anticline folding / thrust faults / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) –
Syn-kinematic unit/s late Cretaceous-Palaeocene (Villalba de la Sierra Fm., marlstones, gypsum, limestones, sandstones and claystone) ; Upper Oligocene-Early Miocene (Paleogene-Neogene Unit, clay,
sandstone, lacustrine limestones and evaporites)
Available seismic profiles VICANAS 2-2D / VICANAS 3-2D / VICANAS 1-2D / 0557A89U / 8G-ST-28 / 8G-ST-28 / 8G-ST-43 / 8G-ST-28 / 0557A89U
Available boreholes HITO-1
Additional comments Evaporite formation was coeval to the El Hito anticline development.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 146
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
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 146
Outcropping area (km2) 53.14645
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 5.6
Max. Length (Km) 25.6
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.4
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 72
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 18
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 146
Section source Biete, C., Roca, E., Hernaiz-Huerta, P. P., 2012. The Alpine structure of the basement beneath the southern Loranca Basin and its influence in the thin-skinned contractional deformation of the overlying Mesozoic and Cenozoic cover. Geo-Temas, 13, 173. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Piña-Varas, P., Ledo, J., Queralt, P., Roca, E., García-Lobón, J. L., Ibarra, P., Biete, C., 2013. Two-dimensional magnetotelluric characterization of the El Hito Anticline (Loranca Basin, Spain). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 95, 121-134. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Pérez-Hidalgo, J., 1992. La microfauna de los sondeos de ENUSA en la Depresión Intermedia (provincias de Cuenca y Guadalajara). Revista española de micropaleontología, 24(1), 117-140. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 González-Acebrón, L., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Cambra-Moo, O., Carenas, B., Segura, M., 2014. Environmental significance of gypsum-bearing layers at the “Lo Hueco” paleontological site (Upper Cretaceous, Cuenca, Spain): petrography, fluid inclusions, and isotopic relations. Facies, 60(3), 755-771. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Carenas, B., Barroso-Barcenilla, F., Berreteaga, A., Cambra-Moo, O., Coruña, F., González-Acebrón, L., Segura, M., 2011. First overview on gypsum in the new and exceptional “Lo Hueco” fossil site,(Upper Cretaceous, Cuenca, Spain). Gypsum: properties, production and applications, 176-190. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso Barcenilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Domingo Martínez, L., 2015. The biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 41(1), 83-99. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Díaz-Molina, M., Marzo, M., Puigdefábregas, C., 1993. Geometry and lateral accretion patterns in meander loops: examples from the upper Oligocene–lower Miocene, Loranca basin, Spain. In Alluvial sedimentation (Vol. 17, pp. 115-131). International Association of Sedimentologists. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Segura, M., Polo, T., García-Hidalgo, J. F., Gil, J., Carenas, B., García, Á., 2006. The Upper Cretaceous in the Tagus Basin (Central Spain): sequential analysis based on oil-well data and outcrop correlation. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 262(1), 231-244. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Ortega, F., Bardet, N., Barroso Barcenilla, F., Callapez, P. M., Domingo Martínez, L., 2015. The biota of the Upper Cretaceous site of Lo Hueco (Cuenca, Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 41(1), 83-99. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Marzán, I., Martí, D., Torné, M., Ruiz Fernández, M., Carbonell, R., 2013. High resolution seismic characterization of the shallow subsurface of the Loranca Basin (Spain): local 2D transects. DigitalCSIC – SEISDARE data repository. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Valcárcel, M., Soto, R., Beamud, E., Oliva-Urcia, B., Muñoz, J. A., Biete, C., 2016. Integration of palaeomagnetic data, basement-cover relationships and theoretical calculations to characterize the obliquity of the Altomira–Loranca structures (central Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 425(1), 169-188. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Biete, C., Roca, E., Hernaiz-Huerta, P. P., 2012. The Alpine structure of the basement beneath the southern Loranca Basin and its influence in the thin-skinned contractional deformation of the overlying Mesozoic and Cenozoic cover. Geo-Temas, 13, 173. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Piña-Varas, P., Ledo, J., Queralt, P., Roca, E., García-Lobón, J. L., Ibarra, P., Biete, C., 2013. Two-dimensional magnetotelluric characterization of the El Hito Anticline (Loranca Basin, Spain). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 95, 121-134. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Valcárcel, M., 2015. Reconstrucción y restitución 3D del anticlinal de Puerta-Pareja y estudio de su evolución deformacional y cinemática en su contexto regional (cuenca de Loranca y Sierra de Altomira) [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, 285pp. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Valcárcel, M., Soto, R., Beamud, E., Oliva-Urcia, B., Muñoz, J. A., Biete, C., 2016. Integration of palaeomagnetic data, basement-cover relationships and theoretical calculations to characterize the obliquity of the Altomira–Loranca structures (central Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 425(1), 169-188. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Muñoz Martín, A., Vicente Muñoz, G. D., 1998. Cuantificación del acortamiento alpino y estructura en profundidad del extremo sur-occidental de la Cordillera Ibérica (Sierras de Altomira y Bascunana). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 11(3-4), 233-252. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Giner-Robles, J. L., Pérez-López, R., Silva, P. G., Jiménez-Díaz, A., Rodríguez-Pascua, M. A., 2012. Recent tectonic model for the Upper Tagus Basin (central Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 38(1), 113-126. [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., Rubio, F. M., Rey‐Moral, C., Reguera, M. I., Biete, C., 2019. Three‐dimensional geophysical characterization of the La Rambla and Zafra de Záncara anticlines (Loranca Basin, Central Spain). Geophysical Prospecting, 67(3), 580-594. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Piña-Varas, P., Ledo, J., Queralt, P., Roca, E., García-Lobón, J. L., Ibarra, P., Biete, C., 2013. Two-dimensional magnetotelluric characterization of the El Hito Anticline (Loranca Basin, Spain). Journal of Applied Geophysics, 95, 121-134. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 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 (Geochemistry) #1 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Valcárcel, M., Soto, R., Beamud, E., Oliva-Urcia, B., Muñoz, J. A., Biete, C., 2016. Integration of palaeomagnetic data, basement-cover relationships and theoretical calculations to characterize the obliquity of the Altomira–Loranca structures (central Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 425(1), 169-188. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 662-Valverde de Júcar. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Guimerà, J. J., 2018. Structure of an intraplate fold-and-thrust belt: The Iberian Chain. A synthesis. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 427-438. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Biete, C., Roca, E., Hernaiz-Huerta, P. P., 2012. The Alpine structure of the basement beneath the southern Loranca Basin and its influence in the thin-skinned contractional deformation of the overlying Mesozoic and Cenozoic cover. Geo-Temas, 13, 173. [link]
Other related references #1 Calvo Sorando, J. P., Daams, R., Morales, J., López Martínez, N., Agustí, J., Anadón, P., …, Mein, P., 1993. Up-to-date Spanish continental Neogene synthesis and paleoclimatic interpretation. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 6(3-4), 29-40. [link]
Other related references #2 De Vicente, G., Muñoz-Martín, A., 2013. The Madrid Basin and the Central System: A tectonostratigraphic analysis from 2D seismic lines. Tectonophysics, 602, 259-285. [link]
Other related references #3 Herrero, M. J., Escavy, J. I., Schreiber, B. C., 2015. Thenardite after mirabilite deposits as a cool climate indicator in the geological record: lower Miocene of central Spain. Climate of the Past, 11(1), 1-13. [link]
Other related references #4 Suárez, I., Zapatero, M. A., Martínez, R., Marina, M., 2009. Synthesis of the exploration of formations with a potential of CO2 storage: Intermediate Depression and Madrid Basin. Energy Procedia, 1(1), 2709-2715. [link]