Colombia’s Andean rock salt: Zipaquirá and Nemocón in Cundinamarca, Upín in Meta, Cretaceous evaporites, diapiric structures and the transition from historic mining…
Category South America Rock Salt Atlas
Geological halite deposits, rock salt formations and mines in South America.
Geological halite deposits, rock salt formations and mines in South America.
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Zipaquirá and Nemocón salt centers in Colombia: historic underground halite mining, solution wells, salt-mine heritage and the 2025 termination of Colsalminas concessions.
Brazilian rock salt in the Sergipe–Alagoas and South Atlantic margin: Aptian halite, deep salt tectonics, Maceió solution mining and the geological setting…
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.
A continental atlas of geological rock salt in South America, focused on the Sergipe-Alagoas evaporites of Brazil and the Zipaquirá-Nemocón halite systems…
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.
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.
South America Rock Salt Atlas: Brazil, Colombia and the Continent’s Geological Halite Deposits
A continental atlas of geological rock salt in South America, focused on the Sergipe-Alagoas evaporites of Brazil and the Zipaquirá-Nemocón halite systems of Colombia.