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…
Turkmenistan Rock Salt Deposits: Köýtendag, Garlyk Evaporites and a New Rock-Salt Mine Project
Turkmenistan’s Köýtendag–Garlyk evaporite province: rock salt, potash-bearing strata, underground mining infrastructure and a current 15,000-tonne-per-year rock-salt project.
Adavale–Boree Rock Salt Deposit: 555 Metres of Halite, Queensland and Australia’s Deep Salt Exploration
Adavale Basin rock salt in Queensland: the Boree halite interval, approximately 555 metres of drilled salt, basin-scale evaporite exploration and deep subsurface resource potential.
Amadeus–Chandler Rock Salt Deposit: More Than 1,000 Metres of Halite, Gillen Salt and Northern Territory
Amadeus Basin rock salt in Australia’s Northern Territory: Chandler Formation salt, the deeper Gillen Salt Member, diapiric uplift and very thick subsurface evaporites.
Polda–Kilroo Rock Salt Deposit: A 1,700-Metre Halite Section and South Australia’s Offshore Salt
Polda Basin rock salt in South Australia: Mercury 1’s approximately 1,700-metre massive halite interval, Kilroo Formation context and offshore subsurface evaporite geology.
Canning–Carribuddy Rock Salt Deposit: Mallowa, Minjoo and Western Australia’s Thick Halite
Western Australia’s Canning Basin rock salt: Carribuddy Group evaporites, Mallowa and Minjoo areas, thick halite intervals and the geology of a major subsurface salt province.
Russia Rock Salt Deposits: Sol-Iletsk Mine, Solikamsk Basin and Permian Halite
Russia’s major rock-salt systems: the Sol-Iletsk salt dome in Orenburg, Permian halite and potash of the Solikamsk–Verkhnekamsk basin, underground mining and Eurasian evaporite geology.
Colombia Rock Salt Deposits: Zipaquirá, Nemocón, Upín and Cretaceous Halite Diapirs
Colombia’s Andean rock salt: Zipaquirá and Nemocón in Cundinamarca, Upín in Meta, Cretaceous evaporites, diapiric structures and the transition from historic mining to solution extraction.
Zipaquirá and Nemocón Rock Salt Mines: Colombian Halite, Solution Mining and the Post-2025 Regulatory Situation
Zipaquirá and Nemocón salt centers in Colombia: historic underground halite mining, solution wells, salt-mine heritage and the 2025 termination of Colsalminas concessions.
Australia Rock Salt Deposits: Adavale, Amadeus, Polda, Canning, Officer and Thick Subsurface Halite
Australia’s deep geological halite: Adavale–Boree in Queensland, Amadeus–Chandler in the Northern Territory, Polda–Kilroo in South Australia and Canning–Carribuddy in Western Australia.
United Arab Emirates Rock Salt Deposits: Hormuz Salt Domes, Dalma, Sir Bani Yas, Zirku and Jebel Al Dhanna
UAE rock-salt geology: Infra-Cambrian Hormuz Salt diapirs exposed on offshore islands and at Jebel Al Dhanna, with massive halite, inclusions and potential subsurface-storage relevance.