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El Guix

ID #107
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General Information

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Evaporite unit/s origin
Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
Classif. (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed) ,
Other comments Unprecise growth age of the Cardona, Suria and El Guix anticlines because of the absence of related syntectonic sediments.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 107
Name El Guix
Structure type Evaporite-cored anticline
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Buried
Geological setting Ebro Basin
Geological Regional Setting Catalan Potash sub-basin
Evaporite unit/s name Cardona Fm.
Evaporite unit/s age Priabonian (Eocene)
Evaporite unit/s era Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Halite-Anhydrite-Carnallite-Sylvite-Shale-Marlstones
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) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt anticline
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start Roman Empire
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Gypsum
Mining sub-products Halite
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Lower Oligocene (early stage) ; Quaternary (reactivation stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Moderate folding of the overlying units (early stage) ; Quaternary fault activity (reactivation stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Triangle zone development / thrust faults
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Oligocene (Barbastro and Súria Fms., marlstones, sandstones and shales) ; Oligocene (Castelltallat Fm., limestones, marly limestones, marlstones) ; Upper Oligocene (Solsona Fm., sandstones, red clays, microconglomerates)
Syn-kinematic unit/s –
Available seismic profiles 60
Available boreholes Llardella / Marbà / Alberto shaft / Cardona
Additional comments Unprecise growth age of the Cardona, Suria and El Guix anticlines because of the absence of related syntectonic sediments.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 107
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 Gypsum
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
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 107
Outcropping area (km2) Buried
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) 4.67166
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) 0.8
Max. Width (Km) 5.42209856
Max. Length (Km) 1.26582184
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.4
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 32
Min. Deformation age (Ma) Active
Deformation stages 2

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 107
Section source Sans, M., 2003. From thrust tectonics to diapirism. The role of evaporites in the kinematic evolution of the eastern South Pyrenean front. Geologica Acta, 1(3), 239-260. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Private access
Well / Borehole availability #2 Private access
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Del Santo, G., García-Sansegundo, J., Sarasa, L., Torrebadella, J., 2000. Estratigrafía y estructura del Terciario en el sector oriental de la cuenca del Ebro entre Solsona y Manresa (NE de España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(2), 265-278. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Sáez, A., 1987. Estratigrafía y sedimentología de las formaciones lacustres del tránsito Eoceno Oligoceno del NE de la cuenca del Ebro [Ph.D. thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 245 p. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Vergés, J., Burbank, D., 1996. Eocene-Oligocene thrusting and basin configuration in the eastern and central Pyrenees (Spain). In P. Friend & C. Dabrio (Eds.), Tertiary Basins of Spain: The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics (World and Regional Geology, pp. 120-133). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Burbank, D. W., Puigdefàbregas, C. A. I., and Munoz, J. A., 1992. The chronology of the Eocene tectonic and stratigraphic development of the eastern Pyrenean foreland basin, northeast Spain. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 104(9), 1101-1120. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Cruset, D., Cantarero, I., Travé, A., Vergés, J., John, C. M., 2016. Crestal graben fluid evolution during growth of the Puig-reig anticline (South Pyrenean fold and thrust belt). Journal of Geodynamics, 101, 30-50. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Sans, M., 2003. From thrust tectonics to diapirism. The role of evaporites in the kinematic evolution of the eastern South Pyrenean front. Geologica Acta, 1(3), 239-260. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Vergés, J., Fernàndez, M., Martìnez, A., 2002. The Pyrenean orogen: pre-, syn-, and post-collisional evolution. Journal of the Virtual Explorer, 8, 55-74. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Sans, M., 2003. From thrust tectonics to diapirism. The role of evaporites in the kinematic evolution of the eastern South Pyrenean front. Geologica Acta, 1(3), 239-260. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Sans, M., Vergés, J., Gomis, E., Parés, J. M., Schiattarella, M., Travé, A., …, Doulcet, A., 2003. Layer parallel shortening in salt-detached folds: constraint on cross-section restoration. Tectonophysics, 372(1-2), 85-104. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Carola, E., Ferrer, O., Vidal-Royo, O., Muñoz, J. A., 2017. Interpretation of salt-cored frontal structures in the Southern Pyrenees guided by analog modeling, surface and subsurface data. Interpretation, 5(1), SD39-SD54. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Travé, A., Calvet, F., Sans, M., Vergés, J., Thirlwall, M., 2000. Fluid history related to the Alpine compression at the margin of the south-Pyrenean Foreland basin: the El Guix anticline. Tectonophysics, 321(1), 73-102. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Vergés, J., Burbank, D., 1996. Eocene-Oligocene thrusting and basin configuration in the eastern and central Pyrenees (Spain). In P. Friend & C. Dabrio (Eds.), Tertiary Basins of Spain: The Stratigraphic Record of Crustal Kinematics (World and Regional Geology, pp. 120-133). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Del Santo, G., García-Sansegundo, J., Sarasa, L., Torrebadella, J., 2000. Estratigrafía y estructura del Terciario en el sector oriental de la cuenca del Ebro entre Solsona y Manresa (NE de España). Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13(2), 265-278. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 Sans, M., 2003. From thrust tectonics to diapirism. The role of evaporites in the kinematic evolution of the eastern South Pyrenean front. Geologica Acta, 1(3), 239-260. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 Sans, M., and Koyi, H. A., 2001. Modeling the role of erosion in diapir development in contractional settings. Tectonic Modeling: A Volume in Honor of Hans Ramberg, 111-122. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 Koyi, H. A., and Sans, M., 2006. Deformation transfer in viscous detachments: comparison of sandbox models to the South Pyrenean Triangle Zone. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 253(1), 117-134. [link]
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 Travé, A., Calvet, F., Sans, M., Vergés, J., Thirlwall, M., 2000. Fluid history related to the Alpine compression at the margin of the south-Pyrenean Foreland basin: the El Guix anticline. Tectonophysics, 321(1), 73-102. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Pueyo, J.J., 1975. Estudio petrológico y geoquímico de los yacimientos potásicos de Cardona, Súria, Sallent (Barcelona, España) [Ph.D. thesis]: University of Barcelona, 300pp. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 Pueyo, J. J. and San Miguel, A., 1971. Características petrológicas de las sales sódicas, potásicas y magnésica de la Cuenca Potásica Catalana». Rev. Inst. Inv. Geol. Dip, Prov. Barcelona, 29, 23-49. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 Cendón, D. I., Ayora, C., Pueyo, J. J., Taberner, C., 2003. The geochemical evolution of the Catalan potash subbasin, South Pyrenean foreland basin (Spain). Chemical Geology, 200(3-4), 339-357. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Sans, M., Vergés, J., Gomis, E., Parés, J. M., Schiattarella, M., Travé, A., …, Doulcet, A., 2003. Layer parallel shortening in salt-detached folds: constraint on cross-section restoration. Tectonophysics, 372(1-2), 85-104. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Miralles, L., Sans, M., Galı́, S., Santanach, P., 2001. 3-D rock salt fabrics in a shear zone (Súria Anticline, South-Pyrenees). Journal of Structural Geology, 23(4), 675-691. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 331-Puigreig. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Sans, M., 2003. From thrust tectonics to diapirism. The role of evaporites in the kinematic evolution of the eastern South Pyrenean front. Geologica Acta, 1(3), 239-260. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Parés, J. M., Anastasio, D., 2018. The extent of penetrative Pyrenean deformation in the Ebro foreland Basin: Magnetic fabric data from the eastern sector. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 375-390. [link]
Other related references #1 Lanaja, J. M., R. Querol, A. Navarro, 1987. Contribución de la Exploración Petrolífera al Conocimiento de la Geología de España, pp. 1–465, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid. [link]
Other related references #2 Mottershead, D. N., Duane, W. J., Inkpen, R. J., and Wright, J. S., 2008. An investigation of the geometric controls on the morphological evolution of small-scale salt terrains, Cardona, Spain. Environmental geology, 53(5), 1091-1098. [link]
Other related references #3 Rosell i Ortiz, L. and Pueyo Mur, J. J., 1984. Características geoquímicas de la formación de sales potásicas de Navarra (Eoceno superior). Comparación con la cuenca potásica catalana. Acta Geologica Hispanica, 19, 81-95. [link]
Other related references #4 Parés, J. M., Anastasio, D., 2018. The extent of penetrative Pyrenean deformation in the Ebro foreland Basin: Magnetic fabric data from the eastern sector. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 375-390. [link]