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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Global atlas of geological halite deposits, rock salt mines, salt domes, evaporite basins and solution-mining systems.
Global atlas of geological halite deposits, rock salt mines, salt domes, evaporite basins and solution-mining systems.
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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.
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…
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…
Greece Rock Salt Deposits: Ionian Zone Triassic Halite, Deep Evaporites and Salt Tectonics
Greece’s Ionian Zone Triassic evaporites: subsurface halite at roughly 1,000–3,500 metres, anhydrite, diapirism, solution-collapse breccias and the tectonic role of salt beneath western Greece.
United States Rock Salt Deposits: Michigan Basin, Permian Basin, Gulf Coast Salt Domes and Major Underground Mines
A geological atlas of U.S. rock salt: Silurian halite of the Michigan Basin, Permian evaporites of the Southwest, Gulf Coast salt domes and major underground mining districts.
Canada Rock Salt Deposits: Goderich, Windsor-Ojibway, Ontario Halite and the Great Lakes Salt Basin
Canada’s principal rock-salt geology in southern Ontario: Late Silurian Salina halite, Goderich and Windsor-Ojibway mines, Great Lakes logistics and bedded evaporite resources.
Mexico Rock Salt Deposits: Veracruz Salina Formation, Jáltipan Salt Diapirs and Nuevo León Halite
Mexico’s true geological rock-salt systems: Veracruz-Isthmus Salina Formation diapirs, Jáltipan subsurface salt and Jurassic Minas Viejas halite in Nuevo León, separated from large marine saltworks.
Louisiana Cote Blanche Rock Salt Mine: 1,500-Foot Depth, Salt-Dome Geology and Underground Production
Cote Blanche underground rock-salt mine in Louisiana: Gulf Coast salt-dome geology, roughly 1,500-foot mining depth, production since 1961, waterway logistics and road-salt markets.
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.
Bosnia and Herzegovina Rock Salt Deposits: Tuzla, Tušanj, Trnovac-Hukalo, Tetima and Miocene Halites
Bosnia and Herzegovina's rock-salt geology around Tuzla, Tušanj, Trnovac-Hukalo and Tetima, with Miocene halite deposits and a long salt-production history.
Netherlands Rock Salt Deposits: Twente, Hengelo, Haaksbergen and Zechstein Halites
Dutch rock-salt geology through Twente, Hengelo and Haaksbergen, focusing on deep Zechstein halites and solution-mining districts.
Switzerland Rock Salt Deposits: Bex Mine, Schweizerhalle, Riburg and Underground Halite Caverns
Switzerland's rock-salt deposits and production districts, including Bex, Schweizerhalle and Riburg, with underground mining and solution-mined halite caverns.
Slovakia Rock Salt Deposits: Prešov-Solivar, Leopold Shaft and Salt Mining Since 1572
Slovakia's rock-salt heritage at Prešov-Solivar, including the Leopold Shaft and a documented salt-mining tradition dating from 1572.