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Salinas del Rosío

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Other comments NW-SE orientation with a southern salt glacier

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Generic Data

Unique ID 18
Name Salinas del Rosio
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Basque-Cantabrian Basin
Geological Regional Setting Navarra-Álava trough
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-Ophites
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) Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Ductile piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt pillow
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start Roman Empire
Mining activity end 19th century
Mining galleries? N
Mining products Salt springs, Gem salt
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Berriasian – Upper Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Mesozoic extensional regime in the Basque–Cantabrian Basin (early stage) and Alpine compression (late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Syncline-Anticline folding / Normal Faults / Reverse faults / Progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Lower Jurassic (dolomitic brecchias, limestones and marls)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Albo-Cenomanian (Valmaseda Fm.) / Cenomanian (marls and limestones) / Turonian (Gárate limestones Fm.) / Middle-Upper Turonian (Zuazo marls Fm.) / Lower Coniacian (Subijana limestones) / Palaeocene-Eocene (limestones, clays and marls) / Miocene (sandstones and conglomerates)
Available seismic profiles PR-29 / P-7-1 / 1 / PR-30 / PR-51 / 44200 / PR-40 / PR-32-P / 44207 / 70 / PR-54 / 69 / PR-37 / PR-32 / 44204 / PR-49 / PR-56 / PR-40 / PR-32-P / PR-31 / PR-30
Available boreholes (Private Access): Retuerta-1 / Ribero-2 / Trespaderne-1
Additional comments Seismic profiles interpretations available at Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. https://www.essoar.org/doi/abs/10.1002/essoar.10500041.1

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 18
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 LA NORIA I
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 3785
Municipality #1 Medina de Pomar
Province #1 BURGOS
Company #1 SALINERA LA NORIA, S.A.
Main minning Products #1 Salt springs, Gem salt
Exploitation name #2
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2
Municipality #2
Province #2
Company #2
Main minning Products #2
Exploitation name #3
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3
Municipality #3
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Company #3
Main minning Products #3

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 18
Outcropping area (km2) 36.135
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 12.9
Max. Length (Km) 5.9
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 5.5
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 129
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 11
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

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Section source Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Hernaiz-Huerta, P.P., Pond, S., 2000. Las estructuras del diapiro de Salinas de Rosío y del Alto de San Pedro-Iglesias y sus implicaciones en la evolución tectónica de la transversal Burgalesa de la Cordillera Vascocantábrica-Cuenca del Duero. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13, 3-4. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Hernaiz-Huerta, P.P., Pond, S., 2000. Las estructuras del diapiro de Salinas de Rosío y del Alto de San Pedro-Iglesias y sus implicaciones en la evolución tectónica de la transversal Burgalesa de la Cordillera Vascocantábrica-Cuenca del Duero. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13, 3-4. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Robles, S., 2014. Evolución geológica de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica. Geología de la Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica. Bilbao: Servicio editorial de la Universidad del País Vasco, 9-104. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Serrano, A., Martínez del Olmo, W., 1990. Tectónica salina en el Dominio Cántabro-Navarro: evolución, edad y origen de las estructuras salinas Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y cadenas periféricas, y de la zona de Levante: Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos Sociedad Anónima and Universitat de Barcelona, ENRESA-UB, 39-53. Unpublished.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Nettleton, L.L., 1968. Gravity anomalies over salt diapirs, northern Spain. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 88, 75–82. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Bodego, A., Iriarte, E., López-Horgue, M. A., Álvarez, I., 2018. Rift-margin extensional forced folds and salt tectonics in the eastern Basque-Cantabrian rift basin (western Pyrenees). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 91, 667-682. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Hernaiz-Huerta, P.P., Pond, S., 2000. Las estructuras del diapiro de Salinas de Rosío y del Alto de San Pedro-Iglesias y sus implicaciones en la evolución tectónica de la transversal Burgalesa de la Cordillera Vascocantábrica-Cuenca del Duero. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13, 3-4. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 Serrano, A., Martínez del Olmo, W., 1990. Tectónica salina en el Dominio Cántabro-Navarro: evolución, edad y origen de las estructuras salinas Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y cadenas periféricas, y de la zona de Levante: Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos Sociedad Anónima and Universitat de Barcelona, ENRESA-UB, 39-53. Unpublished.
Seismic data availability #3 Hernaiz-Huerta, P.P., Pond, S., 2000. Las estructuras del diapiro de Salinas de Rosío y del Alto de San Pedro-Iglesias y sus implicaciones en la evolución tectónica de la transversal Burgalesa de la Cordillera Vascocantábrica-Cuenca del Duero. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13, 3-4. [link]
Available data (Structure) #1 Hernaiz-Huerta, P.P., Pond, S., 2000. Las estructuras del diapiro de Salinas de Rosío y del Alto de San Pedro-Iglesias y sus implicaciones en la evolución tectónica de la transversal Burgalesa de la Cordillera Vascocantábrica-Cuenca del Duero. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 13, 3-4. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Poprawski, Y., Basile, C., 2018. Long-lasting diapir growth history in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Northern Spain): a review. Conference poster, Advances in Salt Tectonics: Observations, Applications, and Perspective: In Honor of Martin P.A. Jackson. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Serrano, A., Martínez del Olmo, W., 1990. Tectónica salina en el Dominio Cántabro-Navarro: evolución, edad y origen de las estructuras salinas Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y cadenas periféricas, y de la zona de Levante: Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radioactivos Sociedad Anónima and Universitat de Barcelona, ENRESA-UB, 39-53. Unpublished.
Available data (Structure) #4 Ábalos, B., 2016. Geologic map of the Basque-Cantabrian Basin and a new tectonic interpretation of the Basque Arc. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 105, 2327-2354. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 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]
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 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]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 Nettleton, L.L., 1968. Gravity anomalies over salt diapirs, northern Spain. Geological Society of America Special Papers, 88, 75–82. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #3 Pinto, V., Casas, A., Rivero, L., Torne, M., 2005. 3D gravity modeling of the Triassic salt diapirs of the Cubeta Alavesa (northern Spain). Tectonophysics, 405, 65-75. [link]
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 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) #3 Reitner, J., 1986. A comparative study of the diagenesis in diapir-influenced reef atolls and a fault block reef platform in the Late Albian of the Vasco-Cantabrian Basin (Northern Spain). In Reef diagenesis (pp. 186-209). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. [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 85-Villasana de Mena. [link] / 110-Medina del Pomar. [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) Berreteaga, A., Pereda-Suberbiola, X., Floquet, M., Olivares, M., Etxebarria, N., Iriarte, E., …, Astibia, H., 2008. Datos sedimentológicos y tafonómicos de enclaves finicretácicos con fósiles de vertebrados de la Formación Sobrepeña (Burgos, Región Vasco-Cantábrica): Geo. Temas, 10, 1277-1280. [link]
Other related references #1 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]
Other related references #2 Taviani, S., Muñoz, J.A., 2012. Mesozoic rifting in the Basque-Cantabrian basin (Spain): Inherited faults, transversal structures, and stress perturbation. Terra Nova, 24, 70–76. [link]
Other related references #3 López-Horgue, M.A., Hernández, J.M., 2003. La cuenca terciaria continental del Diapiro de Murguía: la Formación Izarra (Oligoceno superior-Mioceno inferior, Cuenca Vasco-Cantábrica). Geogaceta, 33, 123–126. [link]
Other related references #4 Cámara, P., 2020. Inverted turtle salt anticlines in the eastern basque-cantabrian basin, Spain. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 104358. [link]