General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
Geological Setting ,
Outcropping/buried
Evaporite unit/s name
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) ,
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Location

Location

Map (detail)

Location
Location

Geological map

Location

Cross section

Location

Structure type (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)

Location

Regional Stratigraphy

Location

Other maps 1

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Other maps 2

Generic Data

Unique ID 76
Name Sax-Villena
Structure type Evaporite body
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 Gypsum-Shale-Anhydrite-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) Pleistocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) Passive piercement
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) Salt wall
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Salt springs, Common salt
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Upper Cretaceous-Paleogene (main stage?) ; Late Miocene – Pliocene (reactivation late stage)
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Regional extension (main stage?) and strike-slip faulting (reactivation late stage)
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) n.a.
Syn-kinematic unit/s n.a.
Available seismic profiles RV-79 / RV-79 / RV-79 / RV-60 / RV-60 / RV-79 / RV-79 / RV-79 / RV-60 / RV-8 / RV-80 / RV-79 / RV-60 / RV-80 / RV-60 / RV-80 / RV-60 / RV-60 / RV-79 / RV-80 / RV-79
Available boreholes BOQUERA-1D (BOQUERA-2) / BOQUERON II / BOQUERA-1 / ALORINES-4 / BARRANCO DE LOS PUENTES / ESTALLADOR / CUBICO, EL (LA VIRGEN) / BOQUERON-1D / BOQUERON-2D / BARRANCO DE LOS PUENTES-2 (PUENTES-3) / CANTALAR / ALORINES-1 / ALORINES-2 / BARRANCO DE LOS PUENTES-3 / CASTILLEJOS-2
Additional comments

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 76
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 SALERO NUEVO
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 2242
Municipality #1 Villena
Province #1 ALICANTE
Company #1 NURIA SARDÁ I CORTÉS, S.L.
Main minning Products #1 Salt springs, Common salt
Exploitation name #2 SALERO VIEJO
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 2162
Municipality #2 Villena
Province #2 ALICANTE
Company #2 NURIA SARDÁ I CORTÉS, S.L.
Main minning Products #2 Salt springs, Common salt
Exploitation name #3 SALINA CARMEN
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 2244
Municipality #3 Villena
Province #3 ALICANTE
Company #3 VICENTE Y RAFAEL BERNABEU COLOMA
Main minning Products #3 Salt springs, Gem Salt, Common salt

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 76
Outcropping area (km2) 39.0032
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 17.5342917
Max. Length (Km) 6.96635693
Max. Evaporites thickness (km)
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 86
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 7
Deformation stages

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 76
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 845 (YECLA)
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Castaño, S., Carbó, A., 1995. Los afloramientos triásicos de la zona de confluencia de las Cordilleras Ibérica y Bética. Aportes de la gravimetría a su interpretación. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 235-248. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Ortí, F., Pueyo, J. J., 1983. Origen marino de la sal triásica del domo de Pinoso (Alicante, España). Acta geológica hispánica, 18(2), 139-145. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 del Olmo, W. M., Verdú, G. L., Alba, J. S., 1986. La estructuración diapirica del Sector Prebético. Geogaceta, (1), 43-44. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 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) #6 Martín-Chivelet, J., López-Gómez, J., Aguado, R., Arias, C., Arribas, J., Arribas, M. E., … , Casas-Sainz, A., 2019. The Late Jurassic–Early Cretaceous Rifting. In (Quesada C., Oliveira J., eds.): The Geology of Iberia: A Geodynamic Approach. Regional Geology Reviews. Springer, Cham. [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 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 del Olmo, W. M., Verdú, G. L., Alba, J. S., 1986. La estructuración diapirica del Sector Prebético. Geogaceta, (1), 43-44. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 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) #4 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]
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 Castaño, S., Carbó, A., 1995. Los afloramientos triásicos de la zona de confluencia de las Cordilleras Ibérica y Bética. Aportes de la gravimetría a su interpretación. Cuadernos de Geología Ibérica, 19, 235-248. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 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) #3 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 (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 845-Yecla. [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) Martín-Martín, M., Guerrera, F., Tramontana, M., 2020. Tectono-Sedimentary Evolution of the Cenozoic Basins in the Eastern External Betic Zone (SE Spain). Geosciences, 10(10), 394. [link]
Other related references #1 n.a.
Other related references #2 n.a.
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.