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Atienza-Sigüenza

ID #114
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General Information

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Evaporite unit/s age
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Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed)
Other comments Cenozoic simultaneous development of "Iberian" (NW-SE) and "Betic" (NE-SW) folds.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 114
Name Atienza-Sigüenza
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Castilian branch (Almanzán Basin)
Evaporite unit/s name Valderromán Fm.
Evaporite unit/s age Carnian-Rhaetian (Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Shale-Sandstone-Gypsum
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Mid-Upper Miocene (sandstones and conglomerates) ; Pliocene (limestones and marly limestones) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Mid Miocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Thrust piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Halite
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Oligocene – Early Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Tectonic inversion and strike-slip displacement of the Somolinos fault
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Triangle zone development / thrust faults / progressive unconformities / thickness variations
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (Cortes de Tajuña and Cuevas Labradas Fms., «carniolas», limestones and dolostones) ; Lower Jurassic (Cerro del Pez and Barahona Fms., limestones, dolostones and grey marlstones) ; Upper Jurassic (Turmiel and Chelva Fms., marlstones, marly limestones, oolitic limestones and laminated limestones) ; Mid Cretaceous (Utrillas Fm., sandstones and claystones) ; Upper Cretaceous (Moral de Hormuez, Caballar and Castrojimeno Fms., limestones, dolostones, marlstones, marly limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Early Miocene (red claystone, shales, sandstones, calcareous brecchias and conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles ILIHA X-A
Available boreholes ATIENZA-4 / ATIENZA-5 / ATIENZA-2 / ATIENZA-3 / ATIENZA-9 / ATIENZA-6 / ATIENZA-7
Additional comments Cenozoic simultaneous development of «Iberian» (NW-SE) and «Betic» (NE-SW) folds

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 114
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Historical (not indexed in the Spanish National Minning Cadastre)
Exploitation name #1 Salinas de Imón
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 n.a.
Municipality #1 Imón
Province #1 Guadalajara
Company #1 n.a.
Main minning Products #1 Halite
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 114
Outcropping area (km2) 245.01341
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 24.0547315
Max. Length (Km) 57.006279
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 34
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 20
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 114
Section source De Vicente, G., Vegas, R., Muñoz-Martín, A., Van Wees, J. D., Casas-Sáinz, A., Sopeña, A., …, Fernández-Lozano, J., 2009. Oblique strain partitioning and transpression on an inverted rift: The Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain. Tectonophysics, 470(3-4), 224-242. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Aracil, E., Hernando, S., 1988. Las facies Keuper al SW de la provincia de Soria. Estudios Geológicos, 44(3-4), 211-217. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Casas-Sainz, A., Cortés-Gracia, M. A., Maestro González, A., 2000. Intraplate deformation and basin formation during the Tertiary within the northern Iberian plate: Origin and evolution of the Almazán Basin. Tectonics, 19(2), 258-289. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Muñoz, A., Ramos, A., Sánchez Moya, Y., Sopeña, A., 1995. Caracterización de las unidades litoestrafigráficas del Triásico en el subsuelo del tercio noroccidental de la Cordillera Ibérica y áreas adyacentes. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 129-171. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Guimerà, J., Mas, R., Alonso, Á., 2004. Intraplate deformation in the NW Iberian Chain: Mesozoic extension and Tertiary contractional inversion. Journal of the Geological Society, 161(2), 291-303. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Muñoz, A., Ramos, A., Sopeña, A., Sánchez Moya, Y., 1992. Electrofacies en el Triásico del subsuelo de la Cuenca de Almazán. Geogaceta, 11, 26-30. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Muñoz, A., Ramos, A., Sánchez Moya, Y., Sopeña, A., 1995. Caracterización de las unidades litoestrafigráficas del Triásico en el subsuelo del tercio noroccidental de la Cordillera Ibérica y áreas adyacentes. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 129-171. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Casas-Sainz, A., Cortés-Gracia, M. A., Maestro González, A., 2000. Intraplate deformation and basin formation during the Tertiary within the northern Iberian plate: Origin and evolution of the Almazán Basin. Tectonics, 19(2), 258-289. [link]
Seismic data availability #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]
Seismic data availability #3 Ruiz-Rivas, C., Lomba-Falcon, L., 2008. Favourable Formations for CO2 Storage in the Almazan Basin. Informes Técnicos Ciemat, 121pp. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 De Vicente, G., 2018. El registro geológico de las deformaciones alpinas en Iberia: Partición de la deformación o fases tectónicas. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(2), 13-22. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 García-Lasanta, C., Oliva-Urcia, B., Román-Berdiel, T., Casas, A. M., Gil-Peña, I., Sánchez-Moya, Y., …, Mattei, M., 2015. Evidence for the Permo-Triassic transtensional rifting in the Iberian Range (NE Spain) according to magnetic fabrics results. Tectonophysics, 651, 216-231. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 De Vicente, G., Vegas, R., Martín, A. M., Silva, P. G., Andriessen, P., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., …, Olaiz, A., 2007. Cenozoic thick-skinned deformation and topography evolution of the Spanish Central System. Global and Planetary Change, 58(1-4), 335-381. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Casas-Sainz, A., Cortés-Gracia, M. A., Maestro González, A., 2000. Intraplate deformation and basin formation during the Tertiary within the northern Iberian plate: Origin and evolution of the Almazán Basin. Tectonics, 19(2), 258-289. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 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]
Available data (Structure) #6 Muñoz, A., Ramos, A., Sánchez Moya, Y., Sopeña, A., 1995. Caracterización de las unidades litoestrafigráficas del Triásico en el subsuelo del tercio noroccidental de la Cordillera Ibérica y áreas adyacentes. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 129-171. [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 Rey Moral, C., Gómez Ortiz, D., & Tejero López, R., 2000. Spectral analysis and gravity modelling of the Almazán basin (Central Spain). Revista de la Sociedad geológica de España, 13(1), 131-142. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 De Vicente, G., Vegas, R., Muñoz-Martín, A., Van Wees, J. D., Casas-Sáinz, A., Sopeña, A., …, Fernández-Lozano, J., 2009. Oblique strain partitioning and transpression on an inverted rift: The Castilian Branch of the Iberian Chain. Tectonophysics, 470(3-4), 224-242. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 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]
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 Pueyo, E. L., Izquierdo-Llavall, E., Rodríguez-Pintó, A., Rey-Moral, C., Oliva-Urcia, B., Casas, A. M., …, García-Lobón, J. L. 2016. Petrophysical properties in the Iberian Range and surrounding areas (NE Spain): 1-density. Journal of Maps, 12(5), 836-844. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 García-Lasanta, C., Oliva-Urcia, B., Román, T., Casas, A., Hirt, A. M., Villalaín, J., …, Sopeña, A., 2012. Paleomagnetism applied to basin geometry reconstruction in the Triassic red beds of the Castilian Branch (Iberian Range, NE Spain). Contributions to Geophysics and Geodesy, Spacial Issue. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 461-Sigüenza. [link] and 434-Barahona. [link] and 433-Atienza. [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) De Vicente, G., 2018. El registro geológico de las deformaciones alpinas en Iberia: Partición de la deformación o fases tectónicas. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(2), 13-22. [link]
Other related references #1 De Vicente, G., Vegas, R., Martín, A. M., Silva, P. G., Andriessen, P., Cloetingh, S. A. P. L., …, Olaiz, A., 2007. Cenozoic thick-skinned deformation and topography evolution of the Spanish Central System. Global and Planetary Change, 58(1-4), 335-381. [link]
Other related references #2 Berrezueta, E., González-Menéndez, L., Breitner, D., Luquot, L., 2013. Pore system changes during experimental CO2 injection into detritic rocks: Studies of potential storage rocks from some sedimentary basins of Spain. International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control, 17, 411-422. [link]
Other related references #3 García-Lasanta, C., Oliva-Urcia, B., Román-Berdiel, T., Casas-Sainz, A., Gil-Peña, I., Sánchez-Moya, Y., Sopeña, A., 2012. Tectonically controlled magnetic fabrics in the Iberian Triassic basin. EGUGA, 8223. [link]
Other related references #4 IGME, 2009. Plan de selección y caracterización de áreas y estructuras favorables para el almacenamiento geológico de CO2 en España. SID IGME database docs, (64.044). [link]