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Jumilla

ID #006
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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 The onset of diapirism is unknown. Also known as "El Morrón".

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Generic Data

Unique ID 06
Name Jumilla (Morrón)
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Betic System
Geological Regional Setting Pre-Betic Cordillera
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 Halite-Claystone-Carbonate-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) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt stock
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start –
Mining activity end –
Mining galleries? –
Mining products Gem Salt, Common salt
Mining sub-products –
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Active now
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Miocene subsalt extension, Jumilla fault and Quaternary fault activity
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Normal faults / radial joints / Progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Jurassic-Cretaceous carbonate cover
Syn-kinematic unit/s Miocene to Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Available seismic profiles RV-62-EXT / RV-62EXT / RV-62EXT / RV-62EXT / RV-58EXT / RV-58EXT / RV-58EXT-N / RV-58 / RV-76 / RV-76 / RV-62EXT / RV-76 / RV-62EXT / RV-76 / RV-62-EXT / RV-62EXT
Available boreholes S-02 (SIERRA DEL MOLAR) / S-05 (MOLAR DEL CASTILLO) / S-02 (SIERRA DEL MOLAR) / S-05 (MOLAR DEL CASTILLO) / PORTICHUELO, EL (JUMILLA-4) / PUNTILLAS, LAS / LOMA DE HELLIN / SANTA ANA / SOMBLANCA-1 (OMBLANCA-1) / SOMBLANCA-1 BIS (OMBLANCA-1 BIS) / VEREDA DEL CERCO-2 / VEREDA DEL CERCO-1 (JUMILLA-5) / CAÑADA DEL JUDIO (JUMILLA-1) / ESCARABAJA, LA / ESTRECHO PORTICHUELO (JUMILLA-3)
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Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 6
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SALERO DEL PRINCIPAL
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 21613
Municipality #1 Jumilla
Province #1 MURCIA
Company #1 CRUZ NAVARRO PASCUAL
Main minning Products #1 Gem Salt, Common salt
Exploitation name #2 LOMA DE HELLIN
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 1175
Municipality #2 Jumilla
Province #2 MURCIA
Company #2 CANTERAS Y RECICLADOS, SL
Main minning Products #2 Limestone (other uses)
Exploitation name #3 NOBLEZA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 21594
Municipality #3 Jumilla
Province #3 MURCIA
Company #3 PASCUAL TOMAS LOPEZ
Main minning Products #3 Ornamental limestone

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 6
Outcropping area (km2) 3.29958
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 3.8
Max. Length (Km) 2.1
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.6
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 23
Min. Deformation age (Ma) Active
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 6
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 869 (JUMILLA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 Escosa, F.O., Roca, E., Ferrer, O., 2018. Testing thin-skinned inversion of a prerift salt-bearing passive margin (Eastern Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 109, 55-73. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Escosa, F.O., Roca, E., Ferrer, O., 2018. Testing thin-skinned inversion of a prerift salt-bearing passive margin (Eastern Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 109, 55-73. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Guerrera, F., Mancheño, M.A., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., Serrano, F., 2014. Paleogene evolution of the external betic zone and geodynamic implications. Geologica Acta, 12, 170–192. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Arche, A., López-Gómez, J., García-Hidalgo, J. F., 2002. Control climático y eustático en depósitos del Carniense (Triásico Superior) del SE de la Peninsula Iberica. Journal of Iberian Geology, 28, 13-30. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Vilas, L., Martín-Chivelet, J., Arias, C., 2003. Integration of subsidence and sequence stratigraphic analyses in the Cretaceous carbonate platforms of the Prebetic (Jumilla-Yecla Region), Spain. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 200, 107-129. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Rodríguez-Estrella, T., 1977. Síntesis geológica del Prebético de la provincia de Alicante. Boletín del Instituto Geológico y Minero de España 88, 183–214 and 273–299. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Mancheño, M.A., Rodriguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Geología de los diapiros triásicos del nordeste de la provincia de Murcia. Estudios geológicos, 41, 189-200. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Escosa, F.O., Roca, E., Ferrer, O., 2018. Testing thin-skinned inversion of a prerift salt-bearing passive margin (Eastern Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 109, 55-73. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Escosa, F.O., Roca, E., Ferrer, O., 2018. Testing thin-skinned inversion of a prerift salt-bearing passive margin (Eastern Prebetic Zone, SE Iberia). Journal of Structural Geology, 109, 55-73. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Navarro-Hervás, F., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Características morfoestructurales de los diapiros triásicos de Hellín, Ontur, la Celia, Jumilla, La Rosa y Pinoso, en las provincias de Albacete, Murcia y Alicante. Papeles de geografía, 10, 49-69. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Guerrera, F., Mancheño, M.A., Martín-Martín, M., Raffaelli, G., Rodríguez-Estrella, T., Serrano, F., 2014. Paleogene evolution of the external betic zone and geodynamic implications. Geologica Acta, 12, 170–192. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Roca, E., Sans, M., Koyi, H.A., 2006. Polyphase deformation of diapiric areas in models and in the eastern Prebetics (Spain). AAPG Bulletin, 90, 115-136. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Mancheño, M.A., Rodriguez-Estrella, T., 1985. Geología de los diapiros triásicos del nordeste de la provincia de Murcia. Estudios geológicos, 41, 189-200. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #1 Roca, E., Sans, M., Koyi, H.A., 2006. Polyphase deformation of diapiric areas in models and in the eastern Prebetics (Spain). AAPG Bulletin, 90, 115-136. [link]
Available data (Analogue modelling) #2 n.a.
Available data (Analogue modelling) #3 n.a.
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #1 Castaño-Fernández, S., 1993. La estructura cortical del area de unión de las cordilleras Ibérica y Béticas. Interpretación geotectónica basada en datos gravimétricos. PhD thesis, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 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) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Ortí, F., García-Veigas, J., Rossell, L., Jurado, M. J., Utrilla, R., 1996. Formaciones salinas de las cuencas triásicas en la Península Ibérica: Caracterización Petrológica y Geoquímica. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 20, 13-35. [link]
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 869-Jumilla. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Escosa, F. O., Ferrer, O., Roca, E., 2018. Geology of the Eastern Prebetic Zone at the Jumilla region (SE Iberia). Journal of Maps, 14(2), 77-86. [link]
Other related references #1 Rodríguez-Estrella, T., 1983. Neotectónica relacionada con las estructuras diapíricas en el Sureste de la Península Ibérica. Tecniterrae, 9, 14-30.
Other related references #2 Ortí, F. C., 1990. El domo de Pinoso, La sal del domo de La Rosa y el domo de Jumilla Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y Cadenas periféricas, y de la zona de Levante. Ortí y Salvany (Eds.) ENRESA-GPPG. Barcelona: 289-291.
Other related references #3 Ortí, F. C., 1974. El Keuper del Levante español. Estudios Geológicos, 30, 7- 46. [link]
Other related references #4 Ortí, F. C., 1987. Aspectos sedimentológicos de las evaporitas del Triásico y del Liásico inferior en el Este de la Península Ibérica. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica 11, 837-858. [link]