Salt mining

Modern rock-salt mine near Mount Morris, New York

Salt mining extracts natural salt deposits from underground. The mined salt is usually in the form of halite (commonly known as rock salt), and extracted from evaporite formations.[1]

  1. ^ "Oilfield Glossary: Term 'evaporite'". Glossary.oilfield.slb.com. Archived from the original on 2012-01-31. Retrieved 2012-02-13.