Guadalupe Group

Guadalupe Group
Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian
~80–70 Ma

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Guadalupe Group; Stratigraphic range: Campanian-Maastrichtian; ~80–70 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N
	Guadalupe Hill; Type locality of the Guadalupe Group
Type	Geological group
Sub-units	; ;
Underlies	Guaduas Formation
Overlies	Villeta Group; Conejo Fm. & Chipaque Fm.
Lithology
Primary	Sandstone, shale
Other	Salt (allochtonous)
Location
Coordinates	4°35′31″N 74°03′15″W / 4.59194°N 74.05417°WCoordinates: 4°35′31″N 74°03′15″W / 4.59194°N 74.05417°W
Region	Altiplano Cundiboyacense; Eastern Ranges, Andes
Country	Colombia
Type section
Named for	Guadalupe Hill
Named by	Pérez & Salazar
Year defined	1978
Coordinates	4°35′31″N 74°03′15″W / 4.59194°N 74.05417°W
Region	Cundinamarca, Boyacá
Country	Colombia
Thickness at type section	750 metres (2,460 ft)
	; Paleogeography of Northern South America; 65 Ma, by Ron Blakey

The Guadalupe Group (Spanish: Grupo Guadalupe, K₂G, Ksg) is a geological group of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense, Eastern Ranges of the Colombian Andes. The group, a sequence of shales and sandstones, is subdivided into three formations; , and , and dates to the Late Cretaceous period; Campanian-Maastrichtian epochs and at its type section has a thickness of 750 metres (2,460 ft).

Etymology[]

The group was published in 1978 by Pérez and Salazar and named after its type locality Guadalupe Hill in the Eastern Hills of Bogotá.^[1]

Description[]

Lithologies[]

The Guadalupe Group is characterised by three formations; two sandstone sequences, and , and an intermediate shale formation; .^[1]

Stratigraphy and depositional environment[]

The Guadalupe Group overlies the Conejo Formation in the central part of the Altiplano Cundiboyacense and the Chipaque Formation in the eastern part and is overlain by the Guaduas Formation. Some authors define the Guadalupe Group as a formation and call the individual formations members.^[2] The thickness of the Guadalupe Group in its type locality Guadalupe Hill and the El Cable Hill is 750 metres (2,460 ft).^[3] The age has been estimated to be Campanian-Maastrichtian.^[4] The Guadalupe Group has been deposited in a marine environment.^[5]

Outcrops[]

Type locality of the Guadalupe Group to the east of the Bogotá savanna

The formations of the Guadalupe Group are apart from its type locality at Guadalupe Hill, Bogotá, found in other parts of the Eastern Hills of Bogotá, the Ocetá Páramo and many other locations, such as the Piedras del Tunjo in the Eastern Ranges.^[4]^[6]

At present, the Guadalupe Group in the anticlinals of Zipaquirá and Nemocón contains rock salt. These halite deposits are not originally deposited in the Late Cretaceous Guadalupe Group, yet are allochtonous diapirs formed when the Jurassic-Lower Cretaceous normal faults were reactivated as reverse faults during the mayor Miocene tectonic movements of the Eastern Ranges.^[7] The salt had been deposited during the Early Cretaceous (Valanginian-Barremian, approximately 135 to 125 Ma),^[8] intruding into the overlying formations of the Upper Cretaceous.^[9]

Regional correlations[]

Cretaceous stratigraphy of the central Colombian Eastern Ranges
Age	VMM	Guaduas-Vélez		W Emerald Belt		Villeta anticlinal		Chiquinquirá- Arcabuco	Tunja- Duitama	Altiplano Cundiboyacense
Maastrichtian						eroded		Guaduas
Maastrichtian								Guadalupe
Campanian
Campanian				Oliní
Santonian		-
Coniacian		Oliní				Villeta	Conejo		Chipaque
Coniacian			Loma Gorda	undefined			La Frontera
Turonian			Hondita	La Frontera			La Frontera
Cenomanian		hiatus					Simijaca
Cenomanian				Pacho Fm.			Hiló - Pacho		Une
Albian				Hiló			Hiló - Pacho			Une
Albian							Capotes - -			Une
Aptian				Capotes			Socotá - El Peñón	Paja		Fómeque
	Paja			Paja	El Peñón		Trincheras
						La Naveta
Barremian
Hauterivian											Las Juntas
Hauterivian	Rosablanca							Ritoque			Las Juntas
Valanginian				Ritoque		- Murca		Rosablanca	hiatus		Macanal
Valanginian				Rosablanca				Rosablanca			Macanal
Berriasian											Guavio
Berriasian				Arcabuco							Guavio
Sources

Stratigraphy of the Llanos Basin and surrounding provinces
Ma	Age	Regional events			proximal Llanos	distal Llanos			Environments	Maximum thickness	Petroleum geology	Notes
0.01	Holocene	Holocene volcanism Seismic activity	alluvium								Overburden
1	Pleistocene	Pleistocene volcanism Andean orogeny 3 Glaciations		Soatá Sabana					Alluvial to fluvial (Guayabo)	550 m (1,800 ft) (Guayabo)		^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
2.6	Pliocene	Pliocene volcanism Andean orogeny 3 GABI		Subachoque
5.3	Messinian	Andean orogeny 3 Foreland		Marichuela				Honda				^[12]^[14]
13.5	Langhian	Regional flooding		hiatus					Lacustrine (León)	400 m (1,300 ft) (León)	Seal	^[13]^[15]
16.2	Burdigalian	Miocene inundations Andean orogeny 2							Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C1)	850 m (2,790 ft) (Carbonera)	Reservoir	^[14]^[13]
17.3									Distal lacustrine-deltaic (C2)		Seal
19									Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C3)		Reservoir
21	Early Miocene	Pebas wetlands						Barzalosa	Distal fluvio-deltaic (C4)		Seal
23	Late Oligocene	Andean orogeny 1 Foredeep							Proximal fluvio-deltaic (C5)		Reservoir	^[11]^[14]
25	Late Oligocene								Distal fluvio-lacustrine (C6)		Seal
28	Early Oligocene								Proximal deltaic-marine (C7)		Reservoir	^[11]^[14]^[16]
32	Oligo-Eocene			Usme		onlap			Marine-deltaic (C8)		Seal Source	^[16]
35	Late Eocene			Usme					Coastal (Mirador)	240 m (790 ft) (Mirador)	Reservoir	^[13]^[17]
40	Middle Eocene			Regadera				hiatus
45	Middle Eocene
50	Early Eocene								Deltaic (Los Cuervos)	260 m (850 ft) (Los Cuervos)	Seal Source	^[13]^[17]
55	Late Paleocene	PETM 2000 ppm CO₂		Bogotá					Deltaic (Los Cuervos)	260 m (850 ft) (Los Cuervos)	Seal Source
60	Early Paleocene	SALMA	Barco	Guaduas					Fluvial (Barco)	225 m (738 ft) (Barco)	Reservoir	^[10]^[11]^[14]^[13]^[18]
65	Maastrichtian	KT extinction		Guadalupe					Deltaic-fluvial (Guadalupe)	750 m (2,460 ft) (Guadalupe)	Reservoir	^[10]^[13]
72	Campanian	End of rifting										^[13]^[19]
83	Santonian						Villeta/Güagüaquí
86	Coniacian
89	Turonian	Cenomanian-Turonian anoxic event		Chipaque	Gachetá	hiatus			Restricted marine (all)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Gachetá)	Source	^[10]^[13]^[20]
93	Cenomanian	Rift 2		Chipaque	Gachetá				Restricted marine (all)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Gachetá)	Source
100	Albian			Une	Une		Caballos		Deltaic (Une)	500 m (1,600 ft) (Une)	Reservoir	^[14]^[20]
113	Aptian			Fómeque					Open marine (Fómeque)	800 m (2,600 ft) (Fómeque)	Source (Fóm)	^[11]^[13]^[21]
125	Barremian	High biodiversity		Paja					Shallow to open marine (Paja)	940 m (3,080 ft) (Paja)	Reservoir	^[10]
129	Hauterivian	Rift 1		Las Juntas	hiatus				Deltaic (Las Juntas)	910 m (2,990 ft) (Las Juntas)	Reservoir (LJun)	^[10]
133	Valanginian			Macanal Rosablanca					Restricted marine (Macanal)	2,935 m (9,629 ft) (Macanal)	Source (Mac)	^[11]^[22]
140	Berriasian		Girón	Macanal Rosablanca					Restricted marine (Macanal)	2,935 m (9,629 ft) (Macanal)	Source (Mac)
145	Tithonian	Break-up of Pangea		Arcabuco					Alluvial, fluvial (Buenavista)	110 m (360 ft) (Buenavista)	"Jurassic"	^[14]^[23]
150	Early-Mid Jurassic	Passive margin 2	La Quinta	Noreán	hiatus				Coastal tuff (La Quinta)	100 m (330 ft) (La Quinta)		^[24]
201	Late Triassic	Passive margin 2		Noreán								^[14]
235	Early Triassic	Pangea		hiatus							"Paleozoic"
250	Permian	Pangea
300	Late Carboniferous	Famatinian orogeny						()				^[25]
340	Early Carboniferous	Fossil fish Romer's gap		Cuche (355-385)	()			()	Deltaic, estuarine (Cuche)	900 m (3,000 ft) (Cuche)
360	Late Devonian	Passive margin 1	Río Cachirí (360-419)	Cuche (355-385)	()			()	Alluvial-fluvial-reef (Farallones)	2,400 m (7,900 ft) (Farallones)		^[22]^[26]^[27]^[28]^[29]
390	Early Devonian	High biodiversity	Floresta (387-400)					()	Shallow marine (Floresta)	600 m (2,000 ft) (Floresta)
410	Late Silurian		Floresta (387-400)
425	Early Silurian		hiatus
440	Late Ordovician	Rich fauna in Bolivia	(450-490)		()
470	Early Ordovician	First fossils	(450-490)	(>470±22)	()		()	() Venado (470-475)				^[30]^[31]^[32]
488	Late Cambrian	Regional intrusions	(490-515)	()	()		(490-590)	()				^[33]^[34]
515	Early Cambrian	Cambrian explosion		()				()				^[32]^[35]
542	Ediacaran	Break-up of Rodinia		pre-Quetame		post-Parguaza		()	Yellow: allochthonous basement (Chibcha Terrane) Green: autochthonous basement (Río Negro-Juruena Province)		Basement	^[36]^[37]
600	Neoproterozoic	Cariri Velhos orogeny	(600-1400)				pre-Guaviare					^[33]
800	Neoproterozoic	Snowball Earth										^[38]
1000	Mesoproterozoic	Sunsás orogeny			(1000)			(1030-1100)				^[39]^[40]^[41]^[42]
1300					pre-Ariarí	(1300-1400)		(1180-1550)				^[43]
1400			pre-Bucaramanga					(1180-1550)				^[44]
1600	Paleoproterozoic					(1500-1700)		pre-Garzón				^[45]
1800						(1800)						^[43]^[45]
1950						pre-Mitú						^[43]
2200		Columbia
2530	Archean											^[43]
3100	Archean	Kenorland
Sources

Legend

group
important formation
fossiliferous formation
minor formation
(age in Ma)
proximal Llanos (Medina)^{[note 1]}
distal Llanos (Saltarin 1A well)^{[note 2]}

Panorama[]

The Cerro de Águilas on the Ocetá Páramo is composed of sediments belonging to the Guadalupe Group

Notes[]

^ based on Duarte et al. (2019)^[46], García González et al. (2009),^[47] and geological report of Villavicencio^[48]
^ based on Duarte et al. (2019)^[46] and the hydrocarbon potential evaluation performed by the UIS and in 2009^[49]

References[]

^ ^a ^b Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, p.37
^ Guerrero Uscátegui, 1992, p.4
^ Guerrero Uscátegui, 1992, p.5
^ ^a ^b Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, pp.38-50
^ Villamil, 2012, p.164
^ Plancha 227, 1998
^ Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, p.98
^ Guerrero Uscátegui, 1993, p.12
^ García & Jiménez, 2016, p.24
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f García González et al., 2009, p.27
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f García González et al., 2009, p.50
^ ^a ^b García González et al., 2009, p.85
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Barrero et al., 2007, p.60
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Barrero et al., 2007, p.58
^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.29
^ ^a ^b Plancha 177, 2015, p.39
^ ^a ^b Plancha 111, 2001, p.26
^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.24
^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.23
^ ^a ^b Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.32
^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.30
^ ^a ^b Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.21-26
^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.28
^ Correa Martínez et al., 2019, p.49
^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.27
^ Terraza et al., 2008, p.22
^ Plancha 229, 2015, pp.46-55
^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.26
^ Moreno Sánchez et al., 2009, p.53
^ Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.43
^ Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84
^ ^a ^b Plancha 303, 2002, p.24
^ ^a ^b Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42
^ Arango Mejía et al., 2012, p.25
^ Plancha 350, 2011, p.49
^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.17-21
^ Plancha 111, 2001, p.13
^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.23
^ Plancha 348, 2015, p.38
^ Planchas 367-414, 2003, p.35
^ Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22
^ Plancha 303, 2002, p.21
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19
^ Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209
^ ^a ^b Bonilla et al., 2016, p.22
^ ^a ^b Duarte et al., 2019
^ García González et al., 2009
^ Pulido & Gómez, 2001
^ García González et al., 2009, p.60

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Maps[]

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Ulloa, Carlos E.; Erasmo Rodríguez, and Ricardo Escovar. 1998. Plancha 192 - Laguna de Tota - 1:100,000, 1. INGEOMINAS. Accessed 2017-06-06.
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External links[]

Gómez, J.; N.E. Montes; Á. Nivia, and H. Diederix. 2015. Plancha 5-09 del Atlas Geológico de Colombia 2015 – escala 1:500,000, 1. Servicio Geológico Colombiano. Accessed 2017-03-16.

[49] sed on Duarte et al. (2019)^[46], García González et al. (2009),^[47] and geological report of Villavicencio^[48]

[51] sed on Duarte et al. (2019)^[46] and the hydrocarbon potential evaluation performed by the UIS and in 2009^[49]

[Ingeominas_p37-1] Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, p.37

[Guerrero1992_p4-2] Guerrero Uscátegui, 1992, p.4

[Guerrero1992_p5-3] Guerrero Uscátegui, 1992, p.5

[Ingeominas_p38-50-4] Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, pp.38-50

[Villamil_p164-5] Villamil, 2012, p.164

[Plancha227-6] Plancha 227, 1998

[Ingeominas_p98-7] Montoya Arenas & Reyes Torres, 2005, p.98

[Guerrero1993_p12-8] Guerrero Uscátegui, 1993, p.12

[GarciaJimenez_p24-9] García & Jiménez, 2016, p.24

[UISANH2009_p27-10] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f García González et al., 2009, p.27

[UISANH2009_p50-11] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f García González et al., 2009, p.50

[UISANH2009_p85-12] García González et al., 2009, p.85

[ANH2007_p60-13] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Barrero et al., 2007, p.60

[ANH2007_p58-14] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Barrero et al., 2007, p.58

[Plancha111_p29-15] Plancha 111, 2001, p.29

[Plancha177_p39-16] Plancha 177, 2015, p.39

[Plancha111_p26-17] Plancha 111, 2001, p.26

[Plancha111_p24-18] Plancha 111, 2001, p.24

[Plancha111_p23-19] Plancha 111, 2001, p.23

[Pulido2001_p32-20] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.32

[Pulido2001_p30-21] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.30

[Pulido2001_pp21_26-22] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.21-26

[Pulido2001_p28-23] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, p.28

[Correa2019_p49-24] Correa Martínez et al., 2019, p.49

[Plancha303_p27-25] Plancha 303, 2002, p.27

[Terraza2008_p22-26] Terraza et al., 2008, p.22

[Plancha229_pp46_55-27] Plancha 229, 2015, pp.46-55

[Plancha303_p26-28] Plancha 303, 2002, p.26

[Moreno2009_p53-29] Moreno Sánchez et al., 2009, p.53

[Figueroa2015_p43-30] Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.43

[Manosalva2017_p84-31] Manosalva Sánchez et al., 2017, p.84

[Plancha303_p24-32] Plancha 303, 2002, p.24

[Figueroa2015_p42-33] Mantilla Figueroa et al., 2015, p.42

[Arango2012_p25-34] Arango Mejía et al., 2012, p.25

[Plancha350_p49-35] Plancha 350, 2011, p.49

[Pulido2001_pp17_21-36] Pulido & Gómez, 2001, pp.17-21

[Plancha111_p13-37] Plancha 111, 2001, p.13

[Plancha303_p23-38] Plancha 303, 2002, p.23

[Plancha348_p38-39] Plancha 348, 2015, p.38

[Plancha367_414_p35-40] Planchas 367-414, 2003, p.35

[Toro2014_p22-41] Toro Toro et al., 2014, p.22

[Plancha303_p21-42] Plancha 303, 2002, p.21

[Bonilla2016_p19-43] Bonilla et al., 2016, p.19

[GeoMap2015_p209-44] Gómez Tapias et al., 2015, p.209

[Bonilla2016_p22-45] Bonilla et al., 2016, p.22

[Duarte2019-46] Duarte et al., 2019

[UISANH2009-47] García González et al., 2009

[Pulido2001-48] Pulido & Gómez, 2001

[UISANH2009_p60-50] García González et al., 2009, p.60

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