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Cañada-Vellida

ID #093
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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 SE continuation of the Pancrudo (ID #094) salt wall. Halokinesis and growing stages reinterpreted by Vergés et al. (2020) and considered in this work.

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Other maps 2

Generic Data

Unique ID 93
Name Cañada-Vellida
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Maestrat Basin (Galve sub-basin)
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-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) Thrust piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Clay
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Upper Jurassic (early salt mobilization) ; Upper Valanginian-Upper Albian (main stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rifting and alpine compression
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Thickness variations / progressive unconformities / thrust faults / overturned flanks
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Early Jurassic (Cortes de Tajuña and Cuevas Labradas Fm., limestones and dolostones) ; Late Jurassic (Loriguilla and Higueruelas Fms., limestones and sandstones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s  Uppermost Jurassic (Arzobispo Fm., limestones and sandy limestones) ; Hauterivian (El Castellar Fm., limestones and sandstones) ; Barremian (Camarillas, Artoles, Morella and Xert Fms., clays, sandstones, marlstones, limestones) ; Early Aptian (Forcall and Villaroya de los Pinares Fms., marlstones, limestones and nodular limestones) ; Late Aptian (Benassal Fm., marlstone, limestone, nodular limestone) Albian (Escucha and Utrillas Fms., sandstones, claystones and quartz microconglomerates)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes
Additional comments SE continuation of the Pancrudo salt wall. Halokinesis and growing stages reinterpreted by Vergés et al. (2020) and considered in this work.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 93
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Historical (not indexed in the Spanish National Minning Cadastre)
Exploitation name #1 n.a.
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 n.a.
Municipality #1 n.a.
Province #1 n.a.
Company #1 n.a.
Main minning Products #1 Clay
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
Municipality #2
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Company #2
Main minning Products #2
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 93
Outcropping area (km2) 3.61194
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 9.9408137
Max. Length (Km) 3.43630297
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 148
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 100
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 93
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 543 (VILLALUENGO)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Liesa, C. L., Simón, J. L., Casas, A. M., 2018. La tectónica de inversión en una región intraplaca: la Cordillera Ibérica. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(2), 23-50. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Bover-Arnal, T., Moreno-Bedmar, J. A., Frijia, G., Pascual-Cebrian, E., Salas, R., 2016. Chronostratigraphy of the Barremian–Early Albian of the Maestrat Basin (E Iberian Peninsula): integrating strontium-isotope stratigraphy and ammonoid biostratigraphy. Newsletters on Stratigraphy, 49(1), 41-68. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Meléndez, N., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., Meléndez, A., 2009. Lacustrine system evolution during early rifting: el Castellar formation (Galve sub-basin, Central Iberian Chain). Sedimentary Geology, 222(1-2), 64-77. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Aurell, M., Bádenas, B., Gasca, J. M., Canudo, J. I., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., …, Najes, L., 2016. Stratigraphy and evolution of the Galve sub-basin (Spain) in the middle Tithonian–early Barremian: implications for the setting and age of some dinosaur fossil sites. Cretaceous Research, 65, 138-162. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Nebot, M., Guimera, J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta, 14(2). 0155-177. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Salas, R., Guimerà, J., 1996. Rasgos estructurales principales de la cuenca cretácica inferior del Maestrazgo (Cordillera Ibérica oriental). Geogaceta, 20(7), 1704-1706. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Liesa, C. L., Simón, J. L., Casas, A. M., 2018. La tectónica de inversión en una región intraplaca: la Cordillera Ibérica. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 31(2), 23-50. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Nebot, M., Guimera, J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta, 14(2). 0155-177. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Nebot, M., Guimerà, J., 2018. Kinematic evolution of a fold-and-thrust belt developed during basin inversion: the Mesozoic Maestrat basin, E Iberian Chain. Geological Magazine, 155(3), 630-640. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Simón, J. L., Liesa, C. L., 2011. Incremental slip history of a thrust: diverse transport directions and internal folding of the Utrillas thrust sheet (NE Iberian Chain, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 349(1), 77-97. [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., 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 543-Villarluengo. [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) Vergés, J., Poprawski, Y., Almar, Y., Drzewiecki, P. A., Moragas, M., Bover‐Arnal, T., …, Hunt, D., 2020. Tectono‐Sedimentary Evolution of Jurassic‐Cretaceous diapiric structures: Miravete anticline, Maestrat Basin, Spain. Basin Research, 1-55. [link]
Other related references #1 Navarrete, R., Liesa, C. L., Castanera, D., Soria, A. R., Rodríguez-López, J. P., Canudo, J. I., 2014. A thick Tethyan multi-bed tsunami deposit preserving a dinosaur megatracksite within a coastal lagoon (Barremian, eastern Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 313, 105-127. [link]
Other related references #2 Peropadre, C., Liesa, C. L., Meléndez, N., 2013. High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 294, 233-250. [link]
Other related references #3 Navarrete, R., Rodríguez-López, J. P., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., Fernanda de Mesquita, L. V., 2013. Changing physiography of rift basins as a control on the evolution of mixed siliciclastic–carbonate back-barrier systems (Barremian Iberian Basin, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 289, 40-61. [link]
Other related references #4 Simón, J. L., 2004. Superposed buckle folding in the eastern Iberian Chain, Spain. Journal of Structural Geology, 26(8), 1447-1464. [link]