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Pondra

ID #053
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General Information

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Other comments Also known as "Ramales". The diapiric material was suggested as the most probable origin for the magnesium of the hydrothermal fluids involved in the dolomitization process (leaching of claystones, evaporites and diorites; see Grandia et al. 2003; López-Horgue et al. 2010).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 53
Name Pondra (Ramales)
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Basque-Cantabrian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Cantabrian Block
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 Gypsum-Halite-Anhydrite-Claystone
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 wall
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start 1579
Mining activity end 1751
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Pb-Zn
Mining sub-products F
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Albian
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Ramales fault, Karrantza anticline
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Synsedimentary anticlinal folding (Breñas flexure) and local inversion
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (dolomitic brecchias, limestones and marls) ; Berriasian (basal conglomerates, lutites, marls, calcarenites and sandstones) ; Valanginian-Barremian (lutites, sandstones and pebbly sandstones) ; Aptian (rudist limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Early Albian (limestone breccias, calcarenites, sandstones, marls and lutites) / Middle Albian (sandstones, lutites and marls) / Late Albian (sandstones and lutites)
Available seismic profiles LN_6 / LN_7 / LN_7 / LN_5 / LN_6 / 32 / LN_4 / LN_3 /
Available boreholes ANCILLO-1 / DDH-4B / DDH-4D / DDH-3A / DDH-3B / DDH-5C / DDH-5D / DDH-5A / DDH-5B / DDH-A3 / DDH-A4 / DDH-5E / DDH-A1 / DH-05 / DH-06
Additional comments The diapiric material was suggested as the most probable origin for the magnesium of the hydrothermal fluids involved in the dolomitization process (leaching of claystones, evaporites and diorites; see Grandia et al. 2003; López-Horgue et al. 2010).

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 53
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.
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Company #1 n.a.
Main minning Products #1 Pb-Zn
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 53
Outcropping area (km2) 8.32045
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 5.07021258
Max. Length (Km) 7.33794533
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.4
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 113
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 100
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 53
Section source López-Horgue, M. A., Iriarte, E., Schröder, S., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Caline, B., Corneyllie, H., Frémont, J., Sudrie, M., Zerti, S., 2010. Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(5), 1069-1092. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 López-Horgue, M. A., Iriarte, E., Schröder, S., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Caline, B., Corneyllie, H., Frémont, J., Sudrie, M., Zerti, S., 2010. Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(5), 1069-1092. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 López-Horgue, M. A., Owen, H. G., Aranburu, A., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., García-Mondéjar, J., 2009. Early late Albian (Cretaceous) of the central region of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, northern Spain: biostratigraphy based on ammonites and orbitolinids. Cretaceous Research, 30(2), 385-400. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Badillo, J. M., 1982. Estudio geológico del sector de Ramales de la Victoria (Provincia de Santander). Kobie, 12, 139-166. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 López-Horgue, M. A., 2000. El Aptiense-Albiense de Karrantza-Lanestona (Bizkaia y Cantabria) [Ph.D. thesis]: Universidad del Paıs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Unpublished, 264pp. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 López Horgue, M. A., Aranburu Artano, A., Fernández Mendiola, P. Á., García Mondéjar, J., 2001. Facies estuarinas en el Albiense superior de Cabo Quintres (Cantabria, región Vasco-Cantábrica occidental). Geogaceta, 30, 75-78. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 García‐Mondéjar, J., López‐Horgue, M. A., Aranburu, A., Fernández‐Mendiola, P. A., 2005. Pulsating subsidence during a rift episode: stratigraphic and tectonic consequences (Aptian–Albian, northern Spain). Terra Nova, 17(6), 517-525. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Pedrera, A., García‐Senz, J., Ayala, C., Ruiz‐Constán, A., Rodríguez‐Fernández, L. R., Robador, A., González Menéndez, L., 2017. Reconstruction of the exhumed mantle across the North Iberian Margin by crustal‐scale 3‐D gravity inversion and geological cross section. Tectonics, 36, 3155-3177. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 López-Horgue, M. A., Iriarte, E., Schröder, S., Fernández-Mendiola, P. A., Caline, B., Corneyllie, H., Frémont, J., Sudrie, M., Zerti, S., 2010. Structurally controlled hydrothermal dolomites in Albian carbonates of the Asón valley, Basque Cantabrian Basin, Northern Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(5), 1069-1092. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Iriarte, E., Lopez-Horgue, M. A., Schroeder, S., Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370(1), 207-227. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 López-Horgue, M. A., 2000. El Aptiense-Albiense de Karrantza-Lanestona (Bizkaia y Cantabria) [Ph.D. thesis]: Universidad del Paıs Vasco/Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea. Unpublished, 264pp. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 García‐Mondéjar, J., López‐Horgue, M. A., Aranburu, A., Fernández‐Mendiola, P. A., 2005. Pulsating subsidence during a rift episode: stratigraphic and tectonic consequences (Aptian–Albian, northern Spain). Terra Nova, 17(6), 517-525. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Gómez, M., Vergés, J., Riaza, C., 2002. Inversion tectonics of the northern margin of the Basque Cantabrian Basin. Bulletin de la Société géologique de France, 173(5), 449-459. [link]
Available data (Structure) #6 Cámara, P., 2017. Salt and Strike-Slip Tectonics as Main Drivers in the Structural Evolution of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin, Spain. In Permo-Triassic Salt Provinces of Europe, North Africa and the Atlantic Margins (pp. 371-393). Elsevier. [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 Iribar, V., Ábalos, B. 2011. The geochemical and isotopic record of evaporite recycling in spas and salterns of the Basque Cantabrian basin, Spain. Applied geochemistry, 26, 1315-1329. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 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) #3 Béziat, D., Joron, J.L., Monchoux, P., Treuil, M., Walgenwitz, F., 1991. Geodynamic implications of geochemical data for the Pyrenean ophites (Spain-France). Chemical Geology, 89, 243-262. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 Llamas, B., Castañeda, M. C., Laín, C., Pous, J., 2017. Study of the Basque–Cantabrian basin as a suitable region for the implementation of an energy storage system based on compressed air energy storage (CAES). Environmental Earth Sciences, 76(5), 204. [link]
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 60-Valmaseda. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Perona, J., 2016. Mineralizaciones de Pb-Zn asociadas a los diapiros de Murguía y Orduña (Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica) [PhD thesis]: Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, 281 pp. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Iriarte, E., Lopez-Horgue, M. A., Schroeder, S., Caline, B., 2012. Interplay between fracturing and hydrothermal fluid flow in the Asón Valley hydrothermal dolomites (Basque–Cantabrian Basin, Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 370(1), 207-227. [link]
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