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Montblanc-Vimbodí

ID #119
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General Information

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Other comments Not evaporite flow occurred but the sedimentation was coeval to Paleogene compression and development of NNW-verging folds and thrusts. Diagenetic cycle consisting of deposition of primary gypsum; transformation of this gypsum into anhydrite during burial; and anhydrite hydration into secondary gypsum during final exhumation defined by Ortí et al. (2007). Gypsiferous lithofacies are currently preserved as secondary gypsum.

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Generic Data

Unique ID 119
Name Montblanc-Vimbodí
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Undeformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Ebro Basin
Geological Regional Setting Barberà Sector
Evaporite unit/s name Valledeperes Fm. (Vilaverd gypsum and Lilla gypsum) / Pira Fm. (La Guàrdia gypsum, Pira Gypsum, Els Prats Gypsum and Sarral Gypsum) / Rauric Fm. (Rocafort Gypsum) / Santa Coloma Fm. (Aguiló Gypsum) / Talavera Fm. (Talavera Gypsum)
Evaporite unit/s age Bartonian-Stampian (Paleogene)
Evaporite unit/s era Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Continental (lacustrine)
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum / Claystonestone / Marlstone / Gypsarenites / Anhydrite / Sandstone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Miocene (conglomerates and red claystones) ; 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) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? N
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Evaporite flow? N
Age of evaporite flow –
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms –
Flow-linked structures? –
Halokinetic structures –
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) –
Syn-kinematic unit/s –
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes HOMBRIO DE LA MARCA-1 / MOMBRIO DE LA MARCA-1 / MONTBLANC-1
Additional comments Not evaporite flow occurred but the sedimentation was coeval to Paleogene compression and development of NNW-verging folds and thrusts. Diagenetic cycle consisting of deposition of primary gypsum; transformation of this gypsum into anhydrite during burial; and anhydrite hydration into secondary gypsum during final exhumation defined by Ortí et al. (2007). Gypsiferous lithofacies are currently preserved as secondary gypsum.

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 119
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 119
Outcropping area (km2) 43.83918
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 25.3666462
Max. Length (Km) 5.61570157
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.6
Max. Deformation age (Ma) –
Min. Deformation age (Ma) –
Deformation stages 0

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 119
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 418 (MONTBLANCH)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Ingles, M., Playa, E., 2007. Depositional models of lacustrine evaporites in the SE margin of the Ebro Basin (Paleogene, NE Spain). Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal, 5(1), 19-34. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Sanjuan, J., Martín-Closas, C., Costa, E., Barberà, X., Garcés, M., 2014. Calibration of Eocene-Oligocene charophyte biozones in the Eastern Ebro Basin (Catalonia, Spain). Stratigraphy, 11(1), 61-81. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Colldeforns, B., Anadón, P., Cabrera, L., 1994. Nuevos datos sobre la litoestratigrafía del Eoceno-Oligoceno inferior de la zona suroriental de la Cuenca del Ebro (sector de Pontils-Montblanc, provincias de Tarragona y Barcelona). Geogaceta, 16, 98-101. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Colldeforns, B., Anadón, P., Cabrera, L., 1994. Litoestratigrafía del Eoceno superior-Oligoceno inferior de la zona oriental de la cuenca del Ebro. Sector de Igualada-Santa Coloma de Queralt. Geogaceta, 15, 55-58. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Colombo, F., 1986. Estratigrafía y Sedimentología del borde meridional occidental de los Catalánides (prov. de Tarragona, España). Cuadernos de geología ibérica, 10, 55-116. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Costa, E., Garces, M., López‐Blanco, M., Beamud, E., Gómez‐Paccard, M., Larrasoaña, J. C., 2010. Closing and continentalization of the South Pyrenean foreland basin (NE Spain): magnetochronological constraints. Basin Research, 22(6), 904-917. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Ingles, M., Playa, E., 2007. Depositional models of lacustrine evaporites in the SE margin of the Ebro Basin (Paleogene, NE Spain). Geologica Acta: an international earth science journal, 5(1), 19-34. [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., Marzo, M., Santaeulària, T., Serra-Kiel, J., Burbank, D. W., Muñoz, J. A., Giménez-Montsant, J., 1998. Quantified vertical motions and tectonic evolution of the SE Pyrenean foreland basin. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 134(1), 107-134. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Anadón, P., Cabrera, L., GuimerÀ, J. and Santanach, P., 1985. Paleogene strike-slip deformation and sedimentation along the southeastern margin of the Ebro basin. In: K. T. Biddle and N. Christie-Blick (Editors), Strike-Slip Deformation, Basin Formation and Sedimentation. Soc. Econ. Palaeontol. Mineral. Spec. Publ., 37: 303-318. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Anadón, P., Cabrera, L., Colombo, F., Marzo, M. y Riba, O., 1986. Syntectonic intradeforrnational unconformities in alluvial fan deposits, Eastern Ebro Basin margins (NE Spain). In Ph. Allen and P. Hornewood (eds.): Foreland basins. Spec. Publ. I.A.S., 8: 33-45. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #5 n.a.
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 Guinea, A., Playà, E., Rivero, L., Himi, M., 2010. Electrical resistivity tomography and induced polarization techniques applied to the identification of gypsum rocks. Near Surface Geophysics, 8(3), 249-257. [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 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Costa, E., 2011. Paleogene Chronostratigraphy of the SE Margin of the Ebro Basin: Biochronological and Tectonosedimentary Evolution Implications [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, 271p. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 Costa, E., Garces, M., López‐Blanco, M., Beamud, E., Gómez‐Paccard, M., Larrasoaña, J. C., 2010. Closing and continentalization of the South Pyrenean foreland basin (NE Spain): magnetochronological constraints. Basin Research, 22(6), 904-917. [link]
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 418-Montclanch. [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) Ortí, F., Rosell, L., Ingles, M., Playa, E., 2007. Depositional models of lacustrine evaporites in the SE margin of the Ebro Basin (Paleogene, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 5(1), 19-34. [link]
Other related references #1 Barberà, X., 1990. Magnetostratigrafia de l’oligocé del sector sud-orietnal de la conca de l’ebre implicacions magnetobiocronólogiques i següencials [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, 247p. [link]
Other related references #2 Colombo, F., 1980. Estratigrafía y sedimentología del Terciario Inferior continental de los Catalánides [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, 116p. [link]
Other related references #3 Costa, E., 2011. Paleogene Chronostratigraphy of the SE Margin of the Ebro Basin: Biochronological and Tectonosedimentary Evolution Implications [Ph.D. thesis]: Universitat de Barcelona, 271p. [link]
Other related references #4 n.a.