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.
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.…
Thailand’s giant Cretaceous evaporite province: Khorat and Sakon Nakhon basins, Maha Sarakham halite, widespread salt domes and the close association of rock…
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.
Morocco Rock Salt Deposits: Mohammedia, Ain Tekki Mine, Modern Production and North African Salt Geology
Morocco’s geological rock salt around Mohammedia and Ain Tekki: underground halite mining, operator-reported reserve scale, high-purity industrial salt and export logistics.
Mohammedia Rock Salt Mine: Ain Tekki, Moroccan Halite Production, High-Purity Salt and Export Logistics
Ain Tekki–Mohammedia underground rock-salt mine in Morocco: solid halite extraction, high-purity industrial salt, large operator-reported reserves and Atlantic export access.
Ethiopia Rock Salt Deposits: Danakil, Assale, Dallol and the Thick Afar Halite Succession
Ethiopia’s Danakil rock salt: hundreds of metres of young evaporites in the Afar Rift, Assale salt extraction, Dallol brines and a 625-metre core dominated by halite.
Danakil Rock Salt Deposit: 625-Metre Core, 60% Halite, Assale Mining and Afar Rift Geology
Danakil Depression rock salt in Ethiopia: a 625-metre core with about 60% halite, active evaporite formation, potash intervals, Assale salt extraction and Afar Rift tectonics.
Tunisia Rock Salt Deposits: Triassic Halite, Salt Diapirs, Salt Walls and North African Halokinesis
Tunisia’s Triassic evaporites: diapirs, salt walls, pillows, allochthonous sheets and salt-glacier structures shaped by Jurassic–Cretaceous extension and later Atlas compression.
Brazil Rock Salt Deposits: Sergipe-Alagoas Aptian Halite, Maceió and the South Atlantic Salt Province
Brazilian rock salt in the Sergipe–Alagoas and South Atlantic margin: Aptian halite, deep salt tectonics, Maceió solution mining and the geological setting of the South Atlantic salt giant.
Maceió Rock Salt and Solution Mining: Caverns, 2019 Closure, Subsidence and Long-Term Stabilisation
Maceió sal-gema mining in Brazil: solution-mined caverns, the 2018–2019 subsidence investigation, suspension of extraction in 2019 and ongoing closure, monitoring and stabilisation.
Oman Rock Salt Deposits: Ara Group, South Oman and Ghaba Salt Basins, Qarn Alam and Salt Domes
Oman’s roughly 540-million-year-old Ara Group rock salt, South Oman and Ghaba salt basins, surface-piercing diapirs, carbonate stringers and halokinetic evaporite geology.
Israel Rock Salt Deposits: Mount Sedom Salt Wall, Dead Sea Basin and a Two-Kilometre Halite Succession
Mount Sedom in the Dead Sea Basin: a surface-piercing rock-salt diapir, thick Sedom Formation evaporites, salt caves, dissolution surfaces and continuing uplift.
Detroit Rock Salt Mine: Michigan Basin, 1,200-Foot Depth, Room-and-Pillar Mining and Halite Beneath the City
Detroit’s underground rock-salt mine: Michigan Basin Salina halite, discovery in 1895, workings roughly 1,100–1,200 feet deep, room-and-pillar mining and more than 100 miles of underground roads.