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Benamaurel

ID #105
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General Information

Structure type
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 Isotopic composition (δ34S, δ18O) of gypsum consistent with a Triassic origin of the sulphate (chemical recycling).

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Other maps 2

Generic Data

Unique ID 105
Name Benamaurel
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Undeformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Guadix-Baza Basin
Evaporite unit/s name Benamaurel gypsum unit, Galera gypsum unit and Torre del Salar Gypsum unit
Evaporite unit/s age Plio-Pleistocene
Evaporite unit/s era Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Continental (lacustrine)
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Limestone-Shale-Gravel
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Plio-Pleistocene (Baza Fm., calcareous Mb)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) –
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
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 ESCI Betics 2 / RS-34 / DG-2 / RS-35 / RS-34 / DG-2 / DG-1
Available boreholes CORTES DE BAZA-2 / CORTES DE BAZA-3 / CORTES DE BAZA-1 / CORTES DE BAZA-4 / CORTES DE BAZA-5 / CAMPON VALENTIN / CUBA / HUESCAR-2 / HUESCAR-6 / MEMORIAS / HUESCAR-3 / HUESCAR-4 (CERRO DE LAS ANIMAS-4) / VALENTIN (CASTRIL-1)
Additional comments Isotopic composition (δ34S, δ18O) of gypsum consistent with a Triassic origin of the sulphate (chemical recycling)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 105
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
Municipality #1
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Main minning Products #1
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Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
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Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 105
Outcropping area (km2) 311.89764
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 30.2153153
Max. Length (Km) 17.8068457
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.7
Max. Deformation age (Ma) –
Min. Deformation age (Ma) –
Deformation stages 0

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 105
Section source Gibert, L., Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 2007. Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine evaporites of the Baza Basin (Betic Chain, SE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 200(1-2), 89-116. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Altolaguirre, Y., Bruch, A. A., Gibert, L., 2020. A long Early Pleistocene pollen record from Baza Basin (SE Spain): Major contributions to the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of Southern Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 231, 106199. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Haberland, C., Gibert, L., Jurado, M. J., Stiller, M., Baumann-Wilke, M., Scott, G., Mertz, D. F., 2017. Architecture and tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the intramontane Baza Basin (Bétics, SE-Spain): Constraints from seismic imaging. Tectonophysics, 709, 69-84. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Gibert, L., Scott, G., Martin, R., Gibert, J., 2007. The early to middle Pleistocene boundary in the Baza basin (Spain). Quaternary Science Reviews, 26(17-18), 2067-2089. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Gibert, L., Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 2007. Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine evaporites of the Baza Basin (Betic Chain, SE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 200(1-2), 89-116. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Gibert, L., Ferrandez-Canyadell, C., Scott, G., 2000. Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine sedimentation in the Baza Basin (SE Spain) and its relations with climatic shifts. In The Solar Cycle and Terrestrial Climate, Solar and Space weather, 463, 171. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Alfaro, P., Gibert, L., Moretti, M., García‐Tortosa, F. J., Sanz de Galdeano, C., Galindo‐Zaldívar, J., López‐Garrido, Á. C., 2010. The significance of giant seismites in the Plio‐Pleistocene Baza palaeo‐lake (S Spain). Terra Nova, 22(3), 172-179. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Altolaguirre, Y., Bruch, A. A., Gibert, L., 2020. A long Early Pleistocene pollen record from Baza Basin (SE Spain): Major contributions to the palaeoclimate and palaeovegetation of Southern Europe. Quaternary Science Reviews, 231, 106199. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Haberland, C., Gibert, L., Jurado, M. J., Stiller, M., Baumann-Wilke, M., Scott, G., Mertz, D. F., 2017. Architecture and tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the intramontane Baza Basin (Bétics, SE-Spain): Constraints from seismic imaging. Tectonophysics, 709, 69-84. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Aguilar, J. G., Guerra-Merchán, A., Serrano, F., Palmqvist, P., 2013. Ciclicidad sedimentaria en depósitos lacustres evaporíticos tipo playa-lake del Pleistoceno inferior en la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Cordillera Bética, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 124, 239-251. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Haberland, C., Gibert, L., Jurado, M. J., Stiller, M., Baumann-Wilke, M., Scott, G., Mertz, D. F., 2017. Architecture and tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the intramontane Baza Basin (Bétics, SE-Spain): Constraints from seismic imaging. Tectonophysics, 709, 69-84. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Alfaro, P., Delgado, J., de Galdeano, C. S., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Tortosa, F. J., López-Garrido, A. C., …, Borque, M. J., 2008. The Baza Fault: a major active extensional fault in the central Betic Cordillera (south Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 97(6), 1353-1365. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 García-Dueñas, V., Banda, E., Torné, M., Córdoba, D., Comas, M. C., González-Lodeiro, F., …, Vegas, R., 2019. Seismic Study of the Iberian Crust, ESCI-Betics survey. DigitalCSIC – SEISDARE data repository. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Haberland, C., Gibert, L., Jurado, M. J., Stiller, M., Baumann-Wilke, M., Scott, G., Mertz, D. F., 2017. Architecture and tectono-stratigraphic evolution of the intramontane Baza Basin (Bétics, SE-Spain): Constraints from seismic imaging. Tectonophysics, 709, 69-84. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 García-Tortosa, F. J., Alfaro, P., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., Gibert, L., López-Garrido, A. C., de Galdeano, C. S., Ureña, M., 2008. Geomorphologic evidence of the active Baza fault (Betic Cordillera, south Spain). Geomorphology, 97(3-4), 374-391. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Medina-Cascales, I., Martin-Rojas, I., García-Tortosa, F. J., Peláez, J. A., Alfaro, P., 2020. Geometry and kinematics of the Baza Fault (central Betic Cordillera, South Spain): insights into its seismic potential. Geologica Acta, 1-25. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Gibert, L., Ortí, F., Rosell, L., 2007. Plio-Pleistocene lacustrine evaporites of the Baza Basin (Betic Chain, SE Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 200(1-2), 89-116. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Alfaro, P., Delgado, J., de Galdeano, C. S., Galindo-Zaldívar, J., García-Tortosa, F. J., López-Garrido, A. C., …, Borque, M. J., 2008. The Baza Fault: a major active extensional fault in the central Betic Cordillera (south Spain). International Journal of Earth Sciences, 97(6), 1353-1365. [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 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 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 972-Cullar-Baza. [link] and 950-Huéscar. [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) Aguilar, J. G., Guerra-Merchán, A., Serrano, F., Palmqvist, P., 2013. Ciclicidad sedimentaria en depósitos lacustres evaporíticos tipo playa-lake del Pleistoceno inferior en la cuenca de Guadix-Baza (Cordillera Bética, España). Boletín Geológico y Minero, 124, 239-251. [link]
Other related references #1 Iribarren, L., Vergés, J., Fullea, J., Fernàndez, M., 2003. Balance volumétrico de sedimentos neógenos y cuaternarios en el margen Sud-Ibérico: implicaciones tectónicas. Geotemas, 5, 129-132. [link]
Other related references #2 Ros-Montoya, S., Martínez-Navarro, B., Espigares, M. P., Guerra-Merchán, A., García-Aguilar, J. M., Piñero, P., …, Palmqvist, P., 2017. A new Ruscinian site in Europe: Baza-1 (Baza basin, Andalusia, Spain). Comptes Rendus Palevol, 16(7), 746-761. [link]
Other related references #3 Pérez-Hidalgo, T., Trinidad J., 2003. Pleistocene lacustrine basin of the east domain of Guadix-Baza basin (Granada, Spain): sedimentology, chronostratigraphy and palaeoenvironment. Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), pp. 151-185. [link]
Other related references #4 n.a.