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Hengelo and Haaksbergen in the Netherlands: deep Zechstein and Triassic halite, solution mining from roughly 400 to 1,200 metres, brine production and…
Cleveland’s underground rock-salt mine beneath Lake Erie: Silurian Salina Group halite, deep room-and-pillar workings and more than six decades of industrial production.
Hutchinson, Kansas rock salt and Strataca: Permian halite extending across roughly 37,000 square miles, mining at about 650 feet depth and underground…
Hampton Corners mine in New York: deep Salina Group halite, a 1,433-foot shaft and reported daily rock-salt production on the order of…
Ojibway underground salt mine in Windsor, Ontario: Salina Group halite, production since the mid-1950s and large annual capacity serving Canadian and U.S.…
Duzdağ rock-salt mine in Nakhchivan: three main halite layers, an approximately 150-metre salt-bearing mass, archaeological evidence of ancient mining and continuing underground…
Avan underground rock-salt mine in Yerevan, Armenia: workings around 300 metres deep, documented halite samples near 93% NaCl and continuing industrial production.
Varangéville in Lorraine: France’s last active dry rock-salt mine, Triassic halite around 160 metres deep, room-and-pillar extraction and a historic industrial salt…
Realmonte mine in Sicily: Messinian rock salt, thick halite and potash-bearing evaporites, historic reserve estimates around 70 million tonnes and industrial-scale underground…
Racalmuto and Petralia mines in Sicily: Messinian halite, thick evaporite sequences, underground extraction and the broader Sicilian salt-mining province.
Bex salt mine in the Swiss Alps: centuries of underground galleries, historic brine extraction, Alpine evaporite geology and continuing production within Switzerland’s…
Avan Rock Salt Mine: 300-Metre Depth, a 93% NaCl Sample and Active Underground Production in Yerevan
Avan underground rock-salt mine in Yerevan, Armenia: workings around 300 metres deep, documented halite samples near 93% NaCl and continuing industrial production.
Sivas Şarkışla-Piliç Spring Saltworks: Steppe Geography, Salt Resources, Livestock and Environment
The Şarkışla-Piliç spring saltworks in Sivas: Central Anatolian steppe geography, saline natural resources, livestock culture, rural economy and environmental context.
Sivas Zara-Çakrı Spring Saltworks: 16–17° Baumé, 50 kg/min Spring, 200 Years of Production and 122 Ponds
The Zara-Çakrı spring saltworks in Sivas: historically reported 16–17° Baumé brine, roughly 50 kg/min flow, a two-century salt-making tradition and 122 evaporation ponds.
Sivas Zara-Hargün Spring Saltworks: Karstic Saline Spring, Oligocene Geology, Variable Salinity and Historical Production
The Zara-Hargün spring saltworks in Sivas: karstic saline-water emergence, Oligocene evaporite geology, variable brine concentration and historical production.
Siirt Spring Saltworks Atlas: Şirvan, Baykan, Pervari and Salt Making in the Botan Basin
A regional atlas of Siirt spring saltworks, covering Şirvan, Baykan, Pervari and the Botan Basin through geology, traditional production, history and rural economy.
Sivas İmranlı-Gölemis Spring Saltworks: 10° Baumé Spring, Historical Salt Production and Mountain Salt Making
The İmranlı-Gölemis spring saltworks in Sivas: historically reported 10° Baumé saline spring water, traditional salt production and the geography of mountain salt making.
Iğdır Tuzluca Rock Salt Mine: Geography, Geology, Historical 800-Million-Tonne Potential and Environment
The Tuzluca rock-salt mine in Iğdır: regional geography, evaporite geology, historical reserve estimates, mining heritage and environmental context.
Yozgat Yerköy-Sekili Rock Salt Deposit: Oligocene Geology, Historical 340-Million-Tonne Reserve and Mining
The Yerköy-Sekili rock-salt deposit in Yozgat: Oligocene evaporite geology, historical drilling and geophysical studies, the reported 340-million-tonne historical reserve and mining context.
Nevşehir Gülşehir-Tuzköy Rock Salt Deposit: Oligocene Geology, Eight Boreholes, Reserves and Cappadocian Salt Heritage
The Gülşehir-Tuzköy rock-salt deposit in Nevşehir: Oligocene evaporite geology, MTA drilling including eight boreholes, reserve studies and the salt heritage of Cappadocia.
Kırşehir Tepesidelik Rock Salt Deposit: Historical MTA Records, Central Anatolian Geology, Economy and Environment
The Tepesidelik rock-salt deposit in Kırşehir: historical MTA records, Central Anatolian evaporite geology, regional economic significance and environmental context.