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Illueca

ID #131
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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Outcropping/buried
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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 Triassic (Keuper) rocks in the hanging wall thrust onto Upper Cretaceous rocks in the footwall (see Guimerà et al., 2004).

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Regional Stratigraphy

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Other maps 1

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Generic Data

Unique ID 131
Name Illueca
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Aragonese Branch
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 Gypsum-Claystonestones-Limestones-Marlstoney Limestones
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Miocene (lacustrine limestones and marlstones) ; Pliocene (fluvial deposits) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Miocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Thrust piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986)
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Fe-oxides
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Late Eocene-Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Alpine compression
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Fractures / Anticline-Syncline folding / Thrust faults
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Upper Triassic-Lower Jurassic (Cortes de Tajuña and Imón Fms., dolostones, «carniolas» and limestones) ; Lower Jurassic-Middle Jurassic (limestones, marlstones, marly limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Lower-Middle Miocene (red mudstones, conglomerates, and sandstones)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes –
Additional comments Triassic (Keuper) rocks in the hanging wall thrust onto Upper Cretaceous rocks in the footwall (see Guimerà et al., 2004)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 131
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SANTA ROSA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 2092
Municipality #1 Tierga
Province #1 ZARAGOZA
Company #1 PROMINDSA
Main minning Products #1 Fe-oxides
Exploitation name #2 SAN FELICES
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 2821
Municipality #2 Morés
Province #2 ZARAGOZA
Company #2 DOLOMIAS DE ARAGON, S.L
Main minning Products #2 Dolostone
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
Province #3
Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 131
Outcropping area (km2) 33.78671
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 30.0818367
Max. Length (Km) 7.89758943
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.2
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 40
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 15
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 131
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 381 (ILLUECA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 Muñoz Recio, A., 1993. Análisis del Pérmico y Triásico en el subsuelo del tercio noroccidental de la Cordillera Ibérica y áreas adyacentes [Ph.D. Thesis]: Universidad Complutense de Madrid, 382pp. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 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]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Bueno, N. S., Abad, C. A., Imaz, A. G., 2019. Sedimentación fluvial y lacustre sintectónica ligada a un sinclinal de “buttressing” paralelo a una falla en el sector de Nigüella (NW Cordillera Ibérica). Estudios Geológicos, 75(1), 089. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 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) #3 Arribas, J., 1985. Base litoestratigráfica de las facies Buntsandstein y Muschelkalk en la rama aragonesa de la Cordillera Ibérica (zona norte). Estudios Geológicos, 41(1-2), 47–58. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Arche, A., López-Gómez, J., Marzo, M. Vargas H., 2004. The siliciclastic Permian-Triassic deposits in Central and Northeastern Iberian Peninsula (Iberian, Ebro and Catalan Basins): A proposal for correlation. Geologica Acta, 2(4), 305-320. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Diez, J. B., Bourquin, S., Broutin, J., Ferrer, J., 2007. The Iberian Permian Triassic ‘Buntsandstein’of the Aragonian Branch of the Iberian range (Spain) in the West-European sequence stratigraphical framework: a combined palynological and sedimentological approach. Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 178(3), 179-195. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Mas, R., Benito, M. I., Arribas, J., Serrano, A., Guimerà, J., Alonso, A., …, Trip, G. F., 2003. The Cameros Basin: From late Jurassic-early Cretaceous Extension to Tertiary contractional inversion-implications of hydrocarbon exploration. In AAPG International Conference and Exhibition (pp. 21-24). Geological Field Trip. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 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 (Structure) #2 Bueno, N. S., Abad, C. A., Imaz, A. G., 2019. Sedimentación fluvial y lacustre sintectónica ligada a un sinclinal de “buttressing” paralelo a una falla en el sector de Nigüella (NW Cordillera Ibérica). Estudios Geológicos, 75(1), 089. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Guimerà, J., 2018. Structure of an intraplate fold-and-thrust belt: The Iberian Chain. A synthesis. Geologica Acta, 16(4), 427-438. [link]
Available data (Structure) #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 (Structure) #5 Mas, R., Benito, M. I., Arribas, J., Serrano, A., Guimerà, J., Alonso, A., …, Trip, G. F., 2003. The Cameros Basin: From late Jurassic-early Cretaceous Extension to Tertiary contractional inversion-implications of hydrocarbon exploration. In AAPG International Conference and Exhibition (pp. 21-24). Geological Field Trip. [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 381-Illueca. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) 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]
Other Maps #2 (source) 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]
Other related references #1 Arribas M., Ochoa, M., Mas, J. R., González L., 2007. Sandstone petrofacies in the northwestern sector of the Iberian Basin. Journal of iberian geology, 33, 191-206. [link]
Other related references #2 Casas Sainz, A. M., Calvin, P., Pueyo, Ó., Pocoví, A., Marcén, M., Simón, J. L., …, Revuelto, C., 2017. El embalse de Mularroya (Zaragoza): problemas geológicos de una obra en avanzado estado de construcción. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 30, 51-64. [link]
Other related references #3 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]
Other related references #4 Gand, G., De La Horra, R., Galán-Abellán, B., López-Gómez, J., Barrenechea, J. F., Arche, A., Benito, M. I., 2010. New ichnites from the Middle Triassic of the Iberian Ranges (Spain): paleoenvironmental and paleogeographical implications. Historical Biology, 22(1-3), 40-56. [link]