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.
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.
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.
Pakistan Rock Salt Deposits: Khewra, Warcha, Kalabagh, Makrach, Kohat and the Salt Range Halites
Pakistan’s Salt Range and Kohat rock-salt systems: Khewra, Warcha, Kalabagh, Makrach and Jatta-Bahadur Khel mines, room-and-pillar extraction, purity and production history.
Khewra Rock Salt Mine: 150-Metre Halite Sequence, 17 Levels, Pink Rock Salt and Room-and-Pillar Mining
Khewra mine geology in Pakistan’s Salt Range: roughly 150 metres of salt-bearing sequence, white-pink-red halite, a 17-level mine system and continuing room-and-pillar production.
Warcha and Kalabagh Rock Salt Mines: Pakistan Salt Range, 98%–96% Halite and Room-and-Pillar Production
Warcha and Kalabagh mines in Pakistan’s Salt Range: white and pink halite, dated production figures, multiple salt seams, reported average NaCl values and room-and-pillar extraction.
India Rock Salt Deposits: Himachal Pradesh Mandi, Drang Mine and the 12.78-Million-Tonne Resource Inventory
India’s limited geological rock-salt resources: Himachal Pradesh’s Mandi-Drang deposit, the 2020 National Mineral Inventory figure of about 12.78 million tonnes and Hindustan Salts operations.
China Rock Salt Deposits: Hubei, Yingcheng-Yunmeng, Jianghan Basin and Billion-Tonne Halite Resources
China’s Hubei-Jianghan rock-salt province: Yingcheng-Yunmeng and Qianjiang, documented multi-billion-tonne salt resources and large-scale well/solution-mining industry.
Kyrgyzstan Rock Salt Deposits: Ketmen-Tube, Chon-Tuz, Chon-Alai, Tunuk-Tuz and Tien Shan Halite
Kyrgyzstan’s researched rock-salt deposits in the Tien Shan: Ketmen-Tube, Chon-Tuz, Chon-Alai and Tunuk-Tuz, reported resource sizes and modern rock-salt production.
Uzbekistan Rock Salt Deposits: Khodjaikon, Tyubegatanskoe, Kyzylmazar and Central Asian Jurassic Halite
Uzbekistan’s Khodjaikon natural rock-salt monolith, Tyubegatanskoe and Kyzylmazar Jurassic halite, and the Kugitang–Amu Darya evaporite belt of Central Asia.
Iran Rock Salt Deposits: Zagros, Hormuz Salt Domes, Salt Glaciers and Two-Kilometre Halite Basins
Iran’s Hormuz rock salt: Late Neoproterozoic–Early Cambrian evaporites, Zagros salt domes, diapirs, salt glaciers and very thick halite systems in Fars and Laristan.
Ontario Goderich Rock Salt Mine: The World’s Largest Underground Salt Mine, 1,800-Foot Depth and Salina Halite
Goderich rock-salt mine beneath Lake Huron: 1866 discovery, underground production since 1959, roughly 1,800-foot depth, 23-metre salt zone and large Salina Group resources.
Bulgaria Rock Salt Deposits: Mirovo Salt Diapir, Provadia-Solnitsata and the Eastern Balkan Halite System
Bulgaria’s Mirovo rock-salt deposit, Provadia-Solnitsata prehistoric salt production, diapiric halite geology and the role of brine derived from the Eastern Balkans’ major salt body.