Khammouane and Savannakhet in Laos: Upper Cretaceous halite–potash sequences, three evaporite cycles, marine-derived brines, later freshwater and hydrothermal influence, and the eastern…
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Yemen’s rock-salt geology: Jurassic Sab’atayn–Shabwah salt in interior rift basins and more than 1,000 metres of Miocene Salif halite along the Red…
Sab’atayn and Shabwa salt in Yemen: Tithonian halite, subsurface intervals locally up to about 1,500 metres, salt diapirism, differential loading and structures…
Salif, Yemen: more than 1,000 metres of Miocene bedded halite deposited during Red Sea rifting, anhydrite laminae, overlying gypsum and later diapiric…
Algeria’s Triassic rock salt: El-Outaya and Ouled H’daïm diapirs, Tellian and Saharan Atlas salt tectonics, evaporite detachments, saline groundwater and Alpine compression.
El-Outaya and Ouled H’daïm in Algeria: Triassic evaporites, salt diapirism, natural groundwater salinisation, Santonian lateral salt migration and Miocene tectonic detachment.
Maha Sarakham Formation in Thailand: three principal salt members, locally about 250 metres of halite, potash-bearing evaporites and the stratigraphy of the…
Bamnet Narong in Thailand’s Khorat Basin: Late Cretaceous halite, potash-bearing evaporites and a well-known exploration district within the Maha Sarakham Formation.
Laos’s rock-salt geology: Vientiane, Khammouane and Savannakhet halite-potash basins, the eastern continuation of the Khorat evaporite system and major subsurface salt resources.
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…
Tajikistan Rock Salt Deposits: Khoja Mumin, Vose, Kamyshkurgan and the Giant Halites of Central Asia
Tajikistan’s major rock-salt systems: Khoja Mumin salt mountain, Vose and Kamyshkurgan evaporites, diapiric halite and the broader Central Asian salt province.
Khoja Mumin Rock Salt Mountain: 249 Metres of Halite, a Giant Salt Diapir and Natural Salt Caves in Tajikistan
Khoja Mumin in Tajikistan: an exposed salt diapir with thick halite, natural caves and dissolution landforms, and geological evidence of a much larger subsurface salt body.
Afghanistan Rock Salt Deposits: Takhar Salt Domes, Ghoryan, Andkhoy and Jurassic Halite Basins
Afghanistan’s geological rock salt: Takhar salt domes, Ghoryan and Andkhoy evaporites, Jurassic halite and the structural controls of Central Asian salt basins.
Takhar Rock Salt Domes: Taqcha Khana, Chal I–II, Namakab and Afghanistan’s Jurassic Halite
Takhar Province rock salt in Afghanistan: Taqcha Khana, Chal I, Chal II and Namakab diapirs, Jurassic halite, salt tectonics and local mining potential.
Varangéville Rock Salt Mine: France’s Last Active Dry Salt Mine, 160-Metre Depth and Room-and-Pillar Mining
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 district.
Realmonte Rock Salt Mine: Sicily’s Messinian Halite, Large Reserves and High-Capacity Underground Production
Realmonte mine in Sicily: Messinian rock salt, thick halite and potash-bearing evaporites, historic reserve estimates around 70 million tonnes and industrial-scale underground production.
Racalmuto and Petralia Rock Salt Mines: Sicilian Messinian Halite and Modern Underground Production
Racalmuto and Petralia mines in Sicily: Messinian halite, thick evaporite sequences, underground extraction and the broader Sicilian salt-mining province.
Bex Rock Salt Mine: Switzerland’s Oldest Active Salt Mine and Centuries of Alpine Galleries
Bex salt mine in the Swiss Alps: centuries of underground galleries, historic brine extraction, Alpine evaporite geology and continuing production within Switzerland’s oldest active salt-mining district.
Sol-Iletsk Rock Salt Mine: More Than 560 Million Tonnes of Explored Salt, 300-Metre Mining Depth and 1.7 Mt/y Capacity
Sol-Iletsk’s Iletsk salt dome in Russia: operator-reported explored reserves above 560 million tonnes, production capacity up to 1.7 million tonnes per year and a deep underground halite mine.
Kazakhstan Rock Salt Deposits: Inder and Zhaman-Inder Salt Domes and Caspian Depression Halite
Kazakhstan’s rock-salt geology in the Caspian Depression: Inder and Zhaman-Inder salt domes, Permian evaporites, halokinesis and the relationship between halite, borates and other salts.