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Zaragoza

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Outcropping/buried
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Classif. (Hudec and Jackson, 2009)
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Age of evaporite flow or deformation (when deformed)
Other comments Laminated-to-nodular facies of secondary gypsum (derived from anhydrite hydration) interbedded with lutites. Towards the south, the evaporitic facies are interbedded with the distal alluvial fan deposits from the northern flank of the Iberian Chain (see Salvany et al., 2007).

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Generic Data

Unique ID 122
Name Zaragoza
Structure type Evaporite body
Deformed/Undeformed Undeformed
Buried/Outcropping Outcropping
Geological setting Ebro Basin
Geological Regional Setting North-Central Sector
Evaporite unit/s name Zaragoza Fm. (Basal marls and anhydrite unit, halite unit, glauberiteUnnamedhalite unit and upper anhydrite unit)
Evaporite unit/s age Lower Miocene
Evaporite unit/s era Cenozoic
Evaporite unit/s origin Continental (lacustrine)
Evaporite unit/s composition Gypsum-Anhydrite-Halite-Glauberite-Claystonestone-Marlstone
Post-kinematic unit/s (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Miocene (Grey marlstones and limestones of the Montes de Castejón unit) ; Upper Miocene (marlstones and limestones of the San Caprasio unit) ; Quaternary (alluvial and colluvial detrital deposits)
Post-kinematic unit/s age (or post-evaporite units when evaporites are undeformed) Upper Miocene-Holocene
Classification (Hudec and Jackson, 2009) No diapirism
Classification (Jackson and Talbot, 1986) No diapirism
Mining activity? Y
Mining activity start Roman Empire
Mining activity end Active
Mining galleries? Y
Mining products Gypsum
Mining sub-products Alabastrum
Evaporite flow? N
Age of evaporite flow –
Flow or deformation triggering mechanisms –
Flow-linked structures? –
Halokinetic structures –
Post-evaporite and pre-kinematic unit/s (overbuden) –
Syn-kinematic unit/s –
Available seismic profiles HL-04 / HL-16 / US-1 / US-2 / US-1 / ZW
Available boreholes V-11-4 / V-12-1 / V-11-2 / V-11-3 / V-15-1 / V-15-2 / V-12-2 / V-12-3 / V-15-3 / V-15-4 / V-11-1 / MONEGRILLO-1 / FA-1 / VE-1A / PE-1
Additional comments Laminated-to-nodular facies of secondary gypsum (derived from anhydrite hydration) interbedded with lutites. Towards the south, the evaporitic facies are interbedded with the distal alluvial fan deposits from the northern flank of the Iberian Chain (see Salvany et al., 2007)

Mining Data

UNIQUE_ID 122
Minning exploitations within <2km? Y
Historical/Active Active
Exploitation name #1 JOAN
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #1 2473
Municipality #1 Fuentes de Ebro
Province #1 ZARAGOZA
Company #1 ALABASTRO BLANCO EUROPA S.L.
Main minning Products #1 Gyupsum
Exploitation name #2 YESOS ALFA
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #2 2438
Municipality #2 Gelsa
Province #2 ZARAGOZA
Company #2 SAINT-GOBAIN PLACO IBERICA, SA
Main minning Products #2 Gypsum
Exploitation name #3 EPYSA II Y IV
Exploitation ID (Spanish National Mining Cadastre) #3 2441/2443
Municipality #3 Gelsa
Province #3 ZARAGOZA
Company #3 PLADUR GYPSUM, SA
Main minning Products #3 Gypsum

Quantitative Data

UNIQUE_ID 122
Outcropping area (km2) 2104.00306
Horizontal intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Depth of intersection area (km2) (when buried) Not buried
Max. Width (Km) 50.6032384
Max. Length (Km) 107.293053
Max. Evaporites thickness (km) 0.85
Max. Deformation age (Ma) –
Min. Deformation age (Ma) –
Deformation stages 0

Reference Data

UNIQUE_ID 122
Section source Acero, P., Gutiérrez, F., Galve, J. P., Auqué, L. F., Carbonel, D., Gimeno, M. J., …, Yechieli, Y., 2013. Hydrogeochemical characterization of an evaporite karst area affected by sinkholes (Ebro Valley, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 11(4), 389-407. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #1 Salvany, J. M., García-Vegas, J., OrtI, F., 2007. Glauberite–halite association of the Zaragoza Gypsum Formation (Lower Miocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentology, 54(2), 443-467. [link]
Well / Borehole availability #2 Benito, G., Pérez-González, A., Gutiérrez, F., Machado, M. J., 1998. River response to Quaternary subsidence due to evaporite solution (Gállego River, Ebro Basin, Spain). Geomorphology, 22(3-4), 243-263. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #1 Salvany, J. M., García-Vegas, J., OrtI, F., 2007. Glauberite–halite association of the Zaragoza Gypsum Formation (Lower Miocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentology, 54(2), 443-467. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #2 Larena, Z., Arenas, C., Baceta, J. I., Murelaga, X., Suarez-Hernando, O., 2020. Stratigraphy and sedimentology of distal-alluvial and lacustrine deposits of the western-central Ebro Basin (NE Iberia) reflecting the onset of the middle Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geologica Acta, 18, 1-26. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #3 Benito, G., Pérez-González, A., Gutiérrez, F., Machado, M. J., 1998. River response to Quaternary subsidence due to evaporite solution (Gállego River, Ebro Basin, Spain). Geomorphology, 22(3-4), 243-263. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #4 Acero, P., Gutiérrez, F., Galve, J. P., Auqué, L. F., Carbonel, D., Gimeno, M. J., …, Yechieli, Y., 2013. Hydrogeochemical characterization of an evaporite karst area affected by sinkholes (Ebro Valley, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 11(4), 389-407. [link]
Available data (Stratigraphy) #5 n.a.
Available data (Stratigraphy) #6 n.a.
Regional Stratigraphy Salvany, J. M., 1989. Los sistemas lacustres evaporíticos del sector navarro-riojano de la Cuenca del Ebro durante el Oligoceno y Mioceno inferior. Acta geológica hispánica, 231-241. [link]
Seismic data availability #1 Cameselle, A. L., 2010. Mapping of Sedimentary Bodies by 3D Seismic Reflection Data. Application to the pre-Messinian Ebro Margin [Masters Thesis]: University of Barcelona, 93pp. [link]
Seismic data availability #2 n.a.
Seismic data availability #3 n.a.
Available data (Structure) #1 Salvany, J. M., García-Vegas, J., OrtI, F., 2007. Glauberite–halite association of the Zaragoza Gypsum Formation (Lower Miocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentology, 54(2), 443-467. [link]
Available data (Structure) #2 Guerrero, J., Gutierrez, F., Lucha, P., 2004. Paleosubsidence and active subsidence due to evaporite dissolution in the Zaragoza area (Huerva River valley, NE Spain): processes, spatial distribution and protection measures for transport routes. Engineering Geology, 72(3-4), 309-329. [link]
Available data (Structure) #3 Elorza, M. G., Santolalla, F. G., 1998. Geomorphology of the Tertiary gypsum formations in the Ebro Depression (Spain). Geoderma, 87(1-2), 1-29. [link]
Available data (Structure) #4 Cameselle, A. L., 2010. Mapping of Sedimentary Bodies by 3D Seismic Reflection Data. Application to the pre-Messinian Ebro Margin [Masters Thesis]: University of Barcelona, 93pp. [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 Mochales, T., Casas, A. M., Pueyo, E. L., Pueyo, O., Román, M. T., Pocoví, A., …, Ansón, D., 2008. Detection of underground cavities by combining gravity, magnetic and ground penetrating radar surveys: a case study from the Zaragoza area, NE Spain. Environmental Geology, 53(5), 1067-1077. [link]
Available data (Gravimetry – Tomography) #2 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) #3 n.a.
Available data (Geochemistry) #1 Salvany, J. M., García-Vegas, J., OrtI, F., 2007. Glauberite–halite association of the Zaragoza Gypsum Formation (Lower Miocene, Ebro Basin, NE Spain). Sedimentology, 54(2), 443-467. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #2 Acero, P., Gutiérrez, F., Galve, J. P., Auqué, L. F., Carbonel, D., Gimeno, M. J., …, Yechieli, Y., 2013. Hydrogeochemical characterization of an evaporite karst area affected by sinkholes (Ebro Valley, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 11(4), 389-407. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #3 Moret-Fernández, D., Herrero, J., 2015. Effect of gypsum content on soil water retention. Journal of Hydrology, 528, 122-126. [link]
Available data (Geochemistry) #4 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #1 n.a.
Available data (Petrophysics) #2 n.a.
IGME Geological Map (MAGNA50) Sheet number 411-Longares. [link] and 383-Zaragoza. [link] and 384-Fuentes de Ebro. [link] and 412-Pina de Ebro. [link] and 414-Bujaraloz. [link]
Other Maps #1 (source) Utrilla, R.,Ortí, F.,, Pierre, C., Pueyo, J. J., 1991. Composición isotópica de las evaporitas terciarias continentales de la Cuenca del Ebro: relación con los ambientes deposicionales. Revista de la Sociedad Geológica de España, 4(3), 353-360. [link]
Other Maps #2 (source) Acero, P., Gutiérrez, F., Galve, J. P., Auqué, L. F., Carbonel, D., Gimeno, M. J., …, Yechieli, Y., 2013. Hydrogeochemical characterization of an evaporite karst area affected by sinkholes (Ebro Valley, NE Spain). Geologica Acta, 11(4), 389-407. [link]
Other related references #1 Torrescusa, S., Klimowitz, J., 1990. Contribución al conocimiento de las evaporitas miocenas (Formación Zaragoza) de la Cuenca del Ebro. In: Ortí, F., Salvany, J.M. (eds.). Formaciones evaporíticas de la Cuenca del Ebro y cadenas periféricas y de la zona de Levante. Barcelona, Empresa Nacional de Residuos Radiactivos, S.A. (ENRESA) and Departament de Geoquimica, Petrologia i Prospecció Geològica of the University of Barcelona (GPPG), 120-122. Unpublished.
Other related references #2 Castaneda, C., Pourthie, N., Souyris, J. C., 2011. Dedicated SAR interferometric analysis to detect subtle deformation in evaporite areas around Zaragoza, NE Spain. International Journal of remote sensing, 32(7), 1861-1884. [link]
Other related references #3 n.a.
Other related references #4 n.a.