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Aguilar-Montilla

ID #056
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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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 Northern termination of the Badolatosa-Benajemí allochthonous salt canopy (ID #104).

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Generic Data

Unique ID 56
Name Aguilar-Montilla
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Guadalquivir Accretionary Complex
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 Shale-Marlstone-Gypsum-Anhydrite
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) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt pillow
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Salt springs, Gem Salt
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Serravallian – Mid Tortonian
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal faults / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic ( marlstones, marly limestones) ; Lower Cretaceous (marlstones, red marlstones, red marly limestones) ; Lower Miocene (bioclastic limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Serravallian – Mid Tortonian (limestones and marls)
Available seismic profiles CO-55 / S82A-2 / S82A-23 / S-83-46 / S-83-46 / RCO-6-1 / CO-28 / CO-55 / RCO-6
Available boreholes
Additional comments Northern termination of the Badolatosa-Benajemí allochthonous salt canopy

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 56
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SAN FRANCISCO
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 11378
Municipality #1 Montilla
Province #1 CORDOBA
Company #1 HIJOS DE CURRO LOPEZ, S.L.
Main minning Products #1 Salt springs, Gem Salt
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
Province #3
Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 56
Outcropping area (km2) 17.91834
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 6.40418866
Max. Length (Km) 10.0141561
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 14
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 9
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 56
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 966 (MONTILLA)
Well / Borehole 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]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Fernandez, M., Berástegui, X., Puig, C., García-Castellanos, D., Jurado, M. J., Torné, M., Banks, C., 1998. Geophysical and geological constraints on the evolution of the Guadalquivir foreland basin, Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 29-48. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Sissingh, W., 2008. Punctuated Neogene tectonics and stratigraphy of the African-Iberian plate-boundary zone: Concurrent development of Betic-Rif basins (southern Spain, northern Morocco). Netherlands Journal of Geosciences/Geologie en Mijnbouw, 87(4), 241-289. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Fernandez, M., Berástegui, X., Puig, C., García-Castellanos, D., Jurado, M. J., Torné, M., Banks, C., 1998. Geophysical and geological constraints on the evolution of the Guadalquivir foreland basin, Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 29-48. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Simon, O. J., 1987. On the Triassic of the Betic Cordilleras (Southern Spain). Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 11, 385-402. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 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) #5 Berástegui, X., Banks, C. J., Puig, C., Taberner, C., Waltham, D., Fernández, M., 1998. Lateral diapiric emplacement of Triassic evaporites at the southern margin of the Guadalquivir Basin, Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 49-68. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Martínez del Olmo, W., 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]
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), e2020TC006093. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Berástegui, X., Banks, C. J., Puig, C., Taberner, C., Waltham, D., Fernández, M., 1998. Lateral diapiric emplacement of Triassic evaporites at the southern margin of the Guadalquivir Basin, Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 49-68. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 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 #3 Martínez del Olmo, W., 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 (Structure) #1 Berástegui, X., Banks, C. J., Puig, C., Taberner, C., Waltham, D., Fernández, M., 1998. Lateral diapiric emplacement of Triassic evaporites at the southern margin of the Guadalquivir Basin, Spain. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 49-68. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Martínez del Olmo, W., 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 (Structure) #3 Frasca, G., Gueydan, F., Brun, J. P., 2015. Structural record of Lower Miocene westward motion of the Alboran Domain in the Western Betics, Spain. Tectonophysics, 657, 1-20. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Garcia‐Castellanos, D., Fernandez, M., Torné, M., 2002. Modeling the evolution of the Guadalquivir foreland basin (southern Spain). Tectonics, 21(3), 9-1. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 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) #6 Marín‐Lechado, C., Pedrera, A., Peláez, J. A., Ruiz‐Constán, A., González‐Ramón, A., Henares, J., 2017. Deformation style and controlling geodynamic processes at the eastern Guadalquivir foreland basin (Southern Spain). Tectonics, 36(6), 1072-1089. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 Frasca, G., Gueydan, F., Brun, J. P., 2015. Structural record of Lower Miocene westward motion of the Alboran Domain in the Western Betics, Spain. Tectonophysics, 657, 1-20. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Garcia‐Castellanos, D., Fernandez, M., Torné, M., 2002. Modeling the evolution of the Guadalquivir foreland basin (southern Spain). Tectonics, 21(3), 9-1. [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 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
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 966-Montilla. [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) Mattei, M., Cifelli, F., Funiciello, F., Rossetti, F., Faccenna, C., 2007. Neogene tectonic evolution of the Betic Chain: insights from paleomagnetic, structural analyses, and laboratory models. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 20(3), 273-285. [link]
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