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Gijón-Villaviciosa

ID #132
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Other comments The Asturian basin is considered the westwards continuation of the Basque-Cantabrian basin. Diapirism in the Asturian basin have been only identified offshore, whereas in onshore evaporites are only related to extensional faults and the Mesozoic cover is undetached. Anhydrite found in the sub-surface (see Manjón and Gutiérrez-Claverol, 1991).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 132
Name Gijón-Villaviciosa
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Massif
Geological Regional Setting Asturian Basin
Evaporite unit/s name Middle Muschelkalk and Keuper Facies
Evaporite unit/s age Upper Anisian and Carnian-Rhaetian (Middle-Upper Triassic)
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Marine
Evaporite unit/s composition Shales-Gypsum-Red Claystonestone -Anhydrite
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Cretaceous (Barremian-Albian, Carbonatic conglomerates, limestones, limestones, sandstones and shales) ; Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian-Santonian, limestones, dolostones, marlstones and marly limestones) ; Paleogene (conglomerates, marlstones and sandstones) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Lower Cretaceous-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Fluorspar
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Late Jurassic (Kimmeridgian?)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Extensional faulting processes which preceded the opening of the Bay of Biscay
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal faulting / Fractures / Basin compartmentalization / Thickness variations
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (limestones, dolostones and black shales) ; Late Lower Jurassic (limestones, marlstones and shales) ; Middle Jurassic (Conglomerates and sandstones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Late Jurassic (limestones, marly limestones, claystones and sandstones)
Available seismic profiles MARCONI WA / C_6 / AS-85-02 / AS-85-02V / C_4 / C_2 / C_7 / C_1 / C_2-1 / AS-87-02V / AS-85-02V / AS-85-02 / AS-88-02 / AS-88-02 / AS-88-01 / AS-88-03 / AS-85-02 / AS-88-01 / AS-87-01V / AS-87-01V / AS-88-03
Available boreholes CALDONES-1 / CG-18 (CARBAYERA DE GRANDA) / LF-20 (LOS FRANCESES) / ST-22 (COVADONGA) / BG-19 (BARNIELLA GRANDA) / FERROÑES-1 / SD-4 (CABUERNES-GIJON) / SP-21 (LA PONTONA) / SO.7A3-1 / FERROÑES-2 / AV-24 (ARROYO VILORTEO) / BERANES-2 / CV-25 (CANTAVIEYO) / LLANERA-5 / LLANERA-6
Additional comments The Asturian basin is considered the westwards continuation of the Basque-Cantabrian basin. Diapirism in the Asturian basin have been only identified offshore, whereas in onshore evaporites are only related to extensional faults and the Mesozoic cover is undetached. Anhydrite found in the sub-surface (see Manjón and Gutiérrez-Claverol, 1991).

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 132
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 MINA EMILIO
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 24417
Municipality #1 Colunga
Province #1 ASTURIAS
Company #1 MINERALES Y PRODUCTOS DERIVADOS, S.A
Main minning Products #1 Fluorspar
Exploitation name #2 CASTAÑERA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 80010
Municipality #2 Sariego
Province #2 ASTURIAS
Company #2 CANTERA CASTAÑERA, S.A.
Main minning Products #2 Limestone (other uses), Fluorspar, Dolostone
Exploitation name #3 MINA ANA, AGUSTINA, LEONOR Y OTRAS
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 17607
Municipality #3 Ribadesella
Province #3 ASTURIAS
Company #3 MINERALES Y PRODUCTOS DERIVADOS, S.A
Main minning Products #3 Fluorspar

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 132
Outcropping area (km2) 103.9406
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 11.235152
Max. Length (Km) 60.9493532
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.6
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 157
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 152
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 132
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 30 (VILLAVICIOSA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 López-Gómez, J., Martín-González, F., Heredia, N., de la Horra, R., Barrenechea, J. F., Cadenas, P., …, Gand, G., 2019. New lithostratigraphy for the Cantabrian Mountains: A common tectono-stratigraphic evolution for the onset of the Alpine cycle in the W Pyrenean realm, N Spain. Earth-Science Reviews, 188, 249-271. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Barrón López, E., Gómez Fernández, J. J., Goy, A., Pieren Pidal, A. P., 2005. Asociaciones palinológicas del tránsito Rhaetiense-Hettangiense en Asturias (España). Geotemas, 8, 133-136. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Luque Cabal, C., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., Pando, L., 2011. Contribución de la geología minera al conocimiento de la cuenca permotriásica asturiana. Trabajos De Geología, 30(30). [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Claverol, M. G., Fernández, B. G., Casares, E. M., García-Ramos, J. C., 2004. Litoestratigráfica del sector occidental de la cuenca cretácica de Asturias. Trabajos de Geología, (24), 43-80. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Manjón, M., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., 1991. Nuevas precisiones sobre los depósitos de sulfatos de los alrededores de Gijón (Asturias). Geogaceta, 9, 87-89. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 López-Gómez, J., Martín-González, F., Heredia, N., de la Horra, R., Barrenechea, J. F., Cadenas, P., …, Gand, G., 2019. New lithostratigraphy for the Cantabrian Mountains: A common tectono-stratigraphic evolution for the onset of the Alpine cycle in the W Pyrenean realm, N Spain. Earth-Science Reviews, 188, 249-271. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Martínez García, E., Coquel, R., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., Quiroga, J. L.,  . Edad del» tramo de transición» entre el Pérmico y el Jurásico en el área de Gijón (Asturias, NW de España). Geogaceta, 24, 215-218. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Lepvrier, C., Martínez-García, E., 1990. Fault development and stress evolution of the post-Hercynian Asturian Basin (Asturias and Cantabria, northwestern Spain). Tectonophysics, 184(3-4), 345-356. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Luque Cabal, C., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., Pando, L., 2011. Contribución de la geología minera al conocimiento de la cuenca permotriásica asturiana. Trabajos De Geología, 30(30). [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Pieren Pidal, A. P., Areces, J. L., Toraño, J., Martínez García, E., 1995. Estratigrafia y estructura de los materiales permotriásicos del sector Gijón-La Collada (Asturias). Cuadernos de geología ibérica, (19), 309-335. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Gallart Muset, J., Pulgar, J. A., Muñoz, J. A., Diaz, J., Ruiz Fernández, M., 2020. Litospheric Structure of the North Iberian Margin: MARCONI-WA reflection profiles. DigitalCSIC – SEISDARE data repository. [link]
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Luque Cabal, C., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., Pando, L., 2011. Contribución de la geología minera al conocimiento de la cuenca permotriásica asturiana. Trabajos De Geología, 30(30). [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 López-Gómez, J., Martín-González, F., Heredia, N., de la Horra, R., Barrenechea, J. F., Cadenas, P., …, Gand, G., 2019. New lithostratigraphy for the Cantabrian Mountains: A common tectono-stratigraphic evolution for the onset of the Alpine cycle in the W Pyrenean realm, N Spain. Earth-Science Reviews, 188, 249-271. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Patac, I., 1932. ¿ Gijón, cuenca potásica?: estudio de un sondeo en Pinzales. Obras Monográficas, Madrid. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Lepvrier, C., Martínez-García, E., 1990. Fault development and stress evolution of the post-Hercynian Asturian Basin (Asturias and Cantabria, northwestern Spain). Tectonophysics, 184(3-4), 345-356. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Carola, E., Tavani, S., Ferrer, O., Granado, P., Quintà, A., Butillé, M., Muñoz, J. A., 2013. Along-strike extrusion at the transition between thin-and thick-skinned domains in the Pyrenean Orogen (northern Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 377(1), 119-140. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Pieren Pidal, A. P., Areces, J. L., Toraño, J., Martínez García, E., 1995. Estratigrafia y estructura de los materiales permotriásicos del sector Gijón-La Collada (Asturias). Cuadernos de geología ibérica, (19), 309-335. [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 14-Gijón. [link] and 29-Oviedo. [link] and 30-Villaviciosa. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Alosno, J. L., Marcos, A., Suárez, A., 2009. Paleogeographic inversion resulting from large out of sequence breaching thrusts: The León Fault (Cantabrian Zone, NW Iberia). A new picture of the external Variscan Thrust Belt in the Ibero-Armorican Arc. Geologica acta, 7(4), 0451-473. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Luque Cabal, C., Gutiérrez Claverol, M., Pando, L., 2011. Contribución de la geología minera al conocimiento de la cuenca permotriásica asturiana. Trabajos De Geología, 30(30). [link]
Other related references #1 Cadenas, P., Fernández‐Viejo, G., 2017. The Asturian Basin within the North Iberian margin (Bay of Biscay): seismic characterisation of its geometry and its Mesozoic and Cenozoic cover. Basin Research, 29(4), 521-541. [link]
Other related references #2 Fernández, B. G., Asensio, M. M., Casares, E. M., Claverol, M. G., 2006. Propuesta de declaración de Puntos de Interés Hidrogeológico en los acuíferos jurásicos de Gijón-Villaviciosa (Asturias): nacimiento del río España, nacimiento del río Peña de Francia, cueva del Lloviu y fuente de La Ruxidora. Trabajos de Geología, 26, 141-146. [link]
Other related references #3 Claverol, M. G., Gallastegui, J., 2002. Prospección de hidrocarburos en la plataforma continental de Asturias. Trabajos de Geología, 23, 2-3. [link]
Other related references #4 Zamora, G., Fleming, M., Gallastegui, J., 2017. Salt tectonics within the offshore Asturian Basin: North Iberian margin. In Permo-Triassic salt provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic margins (pp. 353-368). Elsevier. [link]