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Villahermosa del Rio

ID #078
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General Information

Structure type
Deformed/Undeformed
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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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Regional Stratigraphy

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Generic Data

Unique ID 78
Name Villahermosa del Rio
Structure type Evaporite diapir
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Iberian Range
Geological Regional Setting Maestrat Basin
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-Marlstone
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 pillow
Mining activity? N
Mining activity start
Mining activity end
Mining galleries?
Mining products
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow  Barremian-Upper Albian
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous rift
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Listric faulting / thickness variations / joints / progressive unconformities
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Middle Jurassic (limestones, dolostones) ; Upper Jurassic (marlstones, limestones, dolostones) ; Valanginian-Barremian (Weald Facies, shales, claystones, sandstones, marly limestones, limestones)
Syn-kinematic unit/s Barremian (sandstones, limestones) ; Lower Aptian (limestones, dolostones) ; Upper Aptian (marlstones, marly limestones) ; Lower Albian (claystones, sandstones) ; Upper Albian (limestones, marlstones, marly limestones)
Available seismic profiles
Available boreholes SOROLLA
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Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 78
Minning exploitations within <2km? N
Historical/Active
Exploitation name #1
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1
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Main minning Products #1
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Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 78
Outcropping area (km2) 18.63658
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 5.41252428
Max. Length (Km) 5.13346104
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.8
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 130
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 100
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 78
Section source Canérot, J., 1991. Comparative study of the eastern Iberides (Spain) and the western Pyrenees (France) Mesozoic basins. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 87(1-4), 1-28. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 n.a.
Well / Borehole availability #2 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Canérot, J., 1991. Comparative study of the eastern Iberides (Spain) and the western Pyrenees (France) Mesozoic basins. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 87(1-4), 1-28. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Aurell, M., Bádenas, B., Gasca, J. M., Canudo, J. I., Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., …, Najes, L., 2016. Stratigraphy and evolution of the Galve sub-basin (Spain) in the middle Tithonian–early Barremian: implications for the setting and age of some dinosaur fossil sites. Cretaceous Research, 65, 138-162. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., Meléndez, N., Meléndez, A., 2006. Extensional fault control on the sedimentation patterns in a continental rift basin: El Castellar Formation, Galve sub-basin, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 163(3), 487-498. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Campos-Soto, S., Caus Gracia, E., Bucur, I. I., Benito Moreno, M. I., Suárez González, P., Quijada, I. E., …, Mas Mayoral, J. R., 2016. Registro de una transgresión marina en torno al tránsito Jurásico-Cretácico al oeste de la sub-cuenca de Penyagolosa (Teruel). Geotemas, 16(1), 121-124. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Roca, E., Guimerà, J., Salas, R., 1994. Mesozoic extensional tectonics in the southeast Iberian Chain. Geological Magazine, 131(2), 155-168. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 Nebot, M., Guimera, J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta, 14(2). 0155-177. [link]
Regional Stratigraphy Nebot, M., Guimera, J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta, 14(2). 0155-177. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 n.a.
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Canérot, J., 1991. Comparative study of the eastern Iberides (Spain) and the western Pyrenees (France) Mesozoic basins. Palaeogeography, palaeoclimatology, palaeoecology, 87(1-4), 1-28. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Canerot, J., 1989. Distensions mésozoïques et halocinèse dans les Iberides (Espagne). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 5, 905-912. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Liesa, C. L., Soria, A. R., Meléndez, N., Meléndez, A., 2006. Extensional fault control on the sedimentation patterns in a continental rift basin: El Castellar Formation, Galve sub-basin, Spain. Journal of the Geological Society, 163(3), 487-498. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Roca, E., Guimerà, J., Salas, R., 1994. Mesozoic extensional tectonics in the southeast Iberian Chain. Geological Magazine, 131(2), 155-168. [link]
Available data (Structure) #5 Nebot, M., Guimera, J., 2016. Structure of an inverted basin from subsurface and field data: the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous Maestrat Basin (Iberian Chain). Geologica Acta, 14(2). 0155-177. [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 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 n.a.
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 592-Villahermosa del Río. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Salas, R., Guimerà, J., Mas, R., Martín-Closas, C., Meléndez, A., Alonso, A., 2001. Evolution of the Mesozoic central Iberian Rift System and its Cainozoic inversion (Iberian chain). Peri-Tethys Memoir, 6, 145-185. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Canerot, J., 1989. Distensions mésozoïques et halocinèse dans les Iberides (Espagne). Bulletin de la Société Géologique de France, 5, 905-912. [link]
Other related references #1 Acedo, A., Galindos, M., Pastor, M., Segura, R., Amores, S., Melgarejo, J. C., 2013. Ag-Hg vein deposits hosted by Triasic dolostones from the Mina de la Guerra Antigua, Villahermosa del Rio (Castelló, Spain). Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposots (SGA), Uppsala 2013 Abstracts, A309. [link]
Other related references #2 Salas, R., Guimerà, J., Mas, R., Martín-Closas, C., Meléndez, A., Alonso, A., 2001. Evolution of the Mesozoic central Iberian Rift System and its Cainozoic inversion (Iberian chain). Peri-Tethys Memoir, 6, 145-185. [link]
Other related references #3 Peropadre, C., Liesa, C. L., Meléndez, N., 2013. High-frequency, moderate to high-amplitude sea-level oscillations during the late Early Aptian: Insights into the Mid-Aptian event (Galve sub-basin, Spain). Sedimentary Geology, 294, 233-250. [link]
Other related references #4 Salas, R., Guimerà, J., 1996. Rasgos estructurales principales de la cuenca cretácica inferior del Maestrazgo (Cordillera Ibérica oriental). Geogaceta, 20(7), 1704-1706. [link]