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Villarubio

ID #117
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General Information

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Other comments N-S salt-cored anticline, the same as the Sierra de Altromira, to which it belongs structurally. Studied as a formation with a potential of CO2 storage (Early Cretaceous reservoir and Late Cretaceous seal).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 117
Name Villarubia
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Deformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Tagus Basin
Geological Regional Setting Madrid Basin
Evaporite unit/s name Garumnian equivalent
Evaporite unit/s age Late Cretaceous-Paleogene
Evaporite unit/s era Mesozoic-Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Continental (lacustrine)
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Shale-Marlstone-Limestone
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) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Gypsum
Mining sub-products
Evaporite flow? Y
Age of evaporite flow Paleogene-Miocene
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms Alpine compression, Altromira range development
Flow-linked structures? Y
Halokinetic structures Syncline-Anticline folding / thrust faults
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) Middle Miocene (gypsiferous shales, shales)
Syn-kinematic unit/s
Available seismic profiles T-31 / T-19 / T-2
Available boreholes TRIBALDOS-1
Additional comments N-S salt-cored anticline, the same as the Sierra de Altromira, to which it belongs structurally. Studied as a formation with a potential of CO2 storage (Early Cretaceous reservoir and Late Cretaceous seal).

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 117
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 MARIN FR. I
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 1018-1
Municipality #1 Villarrubio
Province #1 CUENCA
Company #1 ESCAYOLAS MARÍN, S.L.
Main minning Products #1 Gypsum
Exploitation name #2 YESOS MARIN
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 1181
Municipality #2 Villarrubio
Province #2 CUENCA
Company #2 ESCAYOLAS MARÍN, S.L.
Main minning Products #2 Gypsum
Exploitation name #3 CASASOLA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 7
Municipality #3 Torrubia del Campo
Province #3 CUENCA
Company #3 ESCAYOLAS MARÍN, S.L.
Main minning Products #3 Gypsum

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 117
Outcropping area (km2) 34.13276
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 13.3598314
Max. Length (Km) 5.64647528
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.8
Max. Deformation age (Ma) 26
Min. Deformation age (Ma) 20
Deformation stages 1

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 117
Section source IGME MAGNA 50. SHEET 632 (HORCAJO DE SANTIAGO)
Well / Borehole availability #1 Lanaja, J. M., R. Querol, A. Navarro, 1987. Contribución de la Exploración Petrolífera al Conocimiento de la Geología de España, pp. 1–465, Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, Madrid. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 del Olmo, W. M., 2019. Cambio climático, acuerdos de París y trampas geológicas donde secuestrar el CO2 en España. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32(2), 87-106. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Pérez-Hidalgo, T., 1991. Síntesis de la estratigrafía y paleogeografía de los materiales del Cretácico terminal y Cenozoico de la Depresión Intermedia y de la Cuenca de Madrid. In «Síntesis de los trabajos de investigación de uranio e hidrocarburos en la Depresión Intermedia y Cuenca de Madrid». Instituto Geológico y Minero de España, pp. 201-257. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Herrero, M. J., Escavy, J. I., Schreiber, B. C., 2015. Thenardite after mirabilite deposits as a cool climate indicator in the geological record: lower Miocene of central Spain. Climate of the Past, 11(1), 1-13. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Ordónez, S., García del Cura, M. A., 1994. Deposition and diagenesis of sodium-calcium sulfate salts in the tertiary saline lakes of the Madrid Basin, Spain. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 del Olmo, W. M., 2019. Cambio climático, acuerdos de París y trampas geológicas donde secuestrar el CO2 en España. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32(2), 87-106. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 Sanz Montero, M. E., García del Cura, M., Ordóñez Delgado, S., 1991. Origin and diagenesis of calcretes in upper miocene limestones, southern Madrid Basin, Spain. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 4(1-2), 127-142. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Wolf, D., Kolb, T., Alcaraz-Castaño, M., Heinrich, S., Baumgart, P., Calvo, R., …, Faust, D., 2018. Climate deteriorations and Neanderthal demise in interior Iberia. Scientific reports, 8(1), 1-10. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 del Olmo, W. M., 2019. Cambio climático, acuerdos de París y trampas geológicas donde secuestrar el CO2 en España. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32(2), 87-106. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Giner Robles, J. L., Perez López, R., Silva, P. G., Jiménez Díaz, A., Rodríguez Pascua, M. A., 2012. Recent tectonic model for the Upper Tagus Basin (central Spain). Journal of Iberian Geology, 38, 113-126. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Herrero, M. J., Escavy, J. I., Schreiber, B. C., 2015. Thenardite after mirabilite deposits as a cool climate indicator in the geological record: lower Miocene of central Spain. Climate of the Past, 11(1), 1-13. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 del Olmo, W. M., 2019. Cambio climático, acuerdos de París y trampas geológicas donde secuestrar el CO2 en España. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 32(2), 87-106. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Suárez, I., Zapatero, M. A., Martínez, R., Marina, M., 2009. Synthesis of the exploration of formations with a potential of CO2 storage: Intermediate Depression and Madrid Basin. Energy Procedia, 1(1), 2709-2715. [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 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 Herrero, M. J., Escavy, J. I., Schreiber, B. C., 2015. Thenardite after mirabilite deposits as a cool climate indicator in the geological record: lower Miocene of central Spain. Climate of the Past, 11(1), 1-13. [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 632-Horcajo de Santiago. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Valcárcel, M., Soto, R., Beamud, E., Oliva-Urcia, B., Muñoz, J. A., Biete, C., 2016. Integration of palaeomagnetic data, basement-cover relationships and theoretical calculations to characterize the obliquity of the Altomira–Loranca structures (central Spain). Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 425(1), 169-188. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Ortega, F. Pérez-García, A., 2009. cf. Lirainosaurus sp.(Dinosauria: Titanosauria) en el Cretácico Superior de Sacedón (Guadalajara). Geogaceta, 46, 87-90. [link]
Other related references #1 IGME, 2015. Informes hidrogelógico para la mejora del abastecimiento público de agua potable a Horcajo de Santiago (Cuenca). Unpublished, 27pp. [link]
Other related references #2 Sanz-Montero, M. E., Rodríguez-Aranda, J. P., Calvo, J. P., 2006. Mediation of endoevaporitic microbial communities in early replacement of gypsum by dolomite: a case study from Miocene lake deposits of the Madrid Basin, Spain. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 76(12), 1257-1266. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.