USING A GEORADAR TO IDENTIFY POTENTIAL SOURCES OF GAS RISKS AND TO RECOGNIZE THE GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE OF THE ZECHSTEIN OLDEST HALITE ROCK SALT DEPOSIT (NA1) AT THE POLKOWICE-SIEROSZOWICE MINE

2017 ◽  
pp. 35-46
Author(s):  
Tomasz Chrul ◽  
Waldemar Pawlik ◽  
Joanna Wrzosek
Keyword(s):  
Rock Salt ◽  
Hydrogen Sulphide ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Upper Permian ◽  
Salt Deposit ◽  
Potential Sources ◽  
Salt Deposits

The Polkowice-Sieroszowice Mine the KGHM Polska Miedź S.A. uses the georadar method to recognize the geological structure of the Zechstein (Upper Permian) Oldest Halite rock salt deposits (Na1). The incentive to use the georadar was the occurrence of a gas risk in mining excavations. This method is ideal for locating anhydrite blocks, that are potential sites of hydrogen sulphide accumulation, and is helpful in determining the top and base of the salt deposits. In the tests, 100 MHz and 30 MHz antennas were used, which reached the ranges of 40 m and 60 m and resolutions of 0.25 m and 1.0 m, respectively. The profiling with use of a georadar was performed in research boreholes and along the floors of excavation drifts.

scholarly journals SALT PROCESSING AT THE NAKHICHEVAN SALT DEPOSIT

2021 ◽  
Vol 07 (03) ◽  
pp. 35-40
Author(s):  
Jeyhun Shirinov Jeyhun Shirinov
Keyword(s):  
Rock Salt ◽  
New Technologies ◽  
Ventilation System ◽  
Physical And Mechanical Properties ◽  
Animal Husbandry ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Salt Deposit ◽  
New Production ◽  
North West ◽  
Field Development

One of the topical issues is the study of the formation conditions, geological structure, chemical composition and methods of development of the "Duzdag" salt deposit, formed in the Babek region of the Nakhchivan depression on the territory of Azerbaijan, in order to meet the salt needs of the population. The field is divided into two sections: southern - Nakhchivan and Sust, located 4.5 km north-west of it. The physical and mechanical properties of both sections are close to each other. Losses are allowed during field development due to the fact that salt layers alternate with clay layers. The constantly growing demand for salt has predetermined the need to develop more advanced and progressive production methods based on the mechanization of technological processes, the use of new technologies and world experience. Depending on the formation of salt deposits, different methods of salt extraction are used in world practice. The main method of production of table salt in the world should be its extraction in the form of a solution and evaporation in the sun. The share of each of these methods is about 35%, and about 30% of the salt is extracted from an underground mine. The productive layer of the Nakhchivan rock salt deposit is 93-95% halite and is of high quality. The excess content of clay minerals in the field forces them to be used only in animal husbandry. Frosts drilled in the Nakhchivan rock salt deposit can be widely used in the treatment of liver diseases. The mountain has 130 million tons of natural salt reserves that are effective in treating respiratory ailments. Since the ice is horizontal, patients adapt to the underground part. To open new production facilities and treatment facilities in Duzdag, it is necessary to continue the installation of equipment that meets modern standards, the introduction of mines into a fully automated, controlled technological regime, equipped with a modern ventilation system. Keywords: Nakhchivan salt deposit, processing methods, salt beds.

scholarly journals Mechanism of groundwater inrush hazard caused by solution mining in a multilayered rock-salt-mining area: a case study in Tongbai, China

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 79-90 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bin Zeng ◽  
Tingting Shi ◽  
Zhihua Chen ◽  
Liu Xiang ◽  
Shaopeng Xiang ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Salt ◽  
Water Inrush ◽  
Simulation Method ◽  
Mining Area ◽  
Geological Structure ◽  
Pollution Source ◽  
Groundwater Inrush ◽  
Solution Mining ◽  
Brine Leakage ◽  
Salt Mining

Abstract. The solution mining of salt mineral resources may contaminate groundwater and lead to water inrush out of the ground due to brine leakage. Through the example of a serious groundwater inrush hazard in a large salt-mining area in Tongbai County, China, this study mainly aims to analyse the source and channel of the inrushing water. The mining area has three different types of ore beds including trona (trisodium hydrogendicarbonate dihydrate, also sodium sesquicarbonate dihydrate, with the formula Na2CO3 × NaHCO3 × 2H2O, it is a non-marine evaporite mineral), glauber (sodium sulfate, it is the inorganic compound with the formula Na2SO4 as well as several related hydrates) and gypsum (a soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with chemical formula CaSO4 × 2H2O). Based on characterisation of the geological and hydrogeological conditions, the hydrochemical data of the groundwater at different points and depths were used to analyse the pollution source and the pollutant component from single or mixed brine by using physical–chemical reaction principle analysis and hydrogeochemical simulation method. Finally, a possible brine leakage connecting the channel to the ground was discussed from both the geological and artificial perspectives. The results reveal that the brine from the trona mine is the major pollution source; there is a NW–SE fissure zone controlled by the geological structure that provides the main channels through which brine can flow into the aquifer around the water inrush regions, with a large number of waste gypsum exploration boreholes channelling the polluted groundwater inrush out of the ground. This research can be a valuable reference for avoiding and assessing groundwater inrush hazards in similar rock-salt-mining areas, which is advantageous for both groundwater quality protection and public health.

VI.—The Salt Deposits of Dax and the Pyrenees

1904 ◽  
Vol 1 (6) ◽  
pp. 265-272
Author(s):  
P. W. Stuart-Menteath
Keyword(s):  
Rock Salt ◽  
Mineral Water ◽  
Igneous Rocks ◽  
Thermal Springs ◽  
Salt Formation ◽  
The South ◽  
North West ◽  
The North ◽  
South West ◽  
Salt Deposits

On the rail to Biarritz the roots of the Pyrenees first appear at Dax, and are accompanied by those ophites and thermal springs which are special features of the entire chain. Vast deposits of salt, to whose first development I contributed, have added an important industry to the resources of this ancient capital of Aquœ Tarbelliœ, where the exact harness depicted on Roman medals is still characteristic of every cart. Beneath the existing ditch of the Roman fortifications rock-salt was accidentally discovered by a boring for mineral water, and the salt is now worked at three miles to the south-east, and is indicated by springs for a distance of seven miles. The deposit is known to be about 100 feet in thickness, but is of unknown depth beneath the existing borings.Along the entire outskirts of both sides of the Pyrenees similar salt deposits abound, and they are often similarly accompanied by igneous rocks.The salt formation of Dax is distinctly limited by the valley of the Adour, which here ceases to wander among the sands of the plain, and is suddenly and sharply diverted along a tectonic depression, running towards the Pyrenees in a south-west direction. Precisely parallel to this course, in the Cretaceous and Tertiary rocks of the Pyrenees, there runs, at a dozen miles to the north-west, the most remarkable example known of a tectonic valley sunk beneath the ocean. The Gouf de Capbreton, sinking with steep sides to over 3,000 feet beneath the even bottom of the Atlantic skirt, and affording evidence of igneous rocks in its surroundings and in the irregularities of its floor, is a perfect analogue of the neighbouring tectonic portion of the Adour.

scholarly journals Prognosis of lithological variability of the waterblocking strata based on the results of complex interpretation of seismic and electrical data

2018 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 02002
Author(s):  
Igor Sanfirov ◽  
Yuri Stepanov ◽  
Tatiana Baybakova ◽  
Alexander Taynitskiy
Keyword(s):  
Magnesium Salt ◽  
Salt Deposit ◽  
Mining Operations ◽  
Electrical Studies ◽  
Magnesium Salts ◽  
Salt Deposits ◽  
Electrical Data

This article deals with a comprehensive geophysical approach intended to ensure safety of mining operations at the Verkhnekamskoe field of potassium and magnesium salts. As an example, the article presents the results of additional detailed seismic and electrical studies performed on one of the mine fields of the Upper Kama potash-magnesium salt deposit (UKPMSD) within the site designed for mining operations. Based on the obtained results the structure in the form of a “dome” was identified. According to the data of the complex interpretation, the area of an indefinite lithology (most likely, associated with the replacement of salt deposits) was identified in the upstructure part.

scholarly journals Properties of Halococcus salifodinae, an Isolate from Permian Rock Salt Deposits, Compared with Halococci from Surface Waters

Life ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 244-259 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrea Legat ◽  
Ewald Denner ◽  
Marion Dornmayr-Pfaffenhuemer ◽  
Peter Pfeiffer ◽  
Burkhard Knopf ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rock Salt ◽  
Surface Waters ◽  
Salt Deposits ◽  
Permian Rock

scholarly journals An Overview of Pakistan Rock Salt Resources and Their Chemical Characterization

2021 ◽  
Vol 64 (2) ◽  
pp. 137-148
Author(s):  
Syed Asim Hussain ◽  
Han Feng-Qing ◽  
Ma Yunqi ◽  
Hawas Khan ◽  
Yang Jian ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Chemical Composition ◽  
Moisture Content ◽  
Rock Salt ◽  
Chemical Characterization ◽  
Annual Production ◽  
Human Consumption ◽  
Natural Form ◽  
Moisture Contents ◽  
Salt Range ◽  
Salt Deposits

Rock salt is of importance for both humans and industries. In this study, we discussed the main salt deposits in Pakistan by evaluating the total reserves as well as the rock salt annual production and by characterizing their chemical composition (Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+, K+, B+, K+, Li+, Cl-, SO42-, Br- and NO3-). Our objectives were to document their impurity, water-insoluble matter and moisture contents to ultimately discuss whether the halite in Pakistan, in its natural form, is safe for human consumption. Pakistan rock salt deposits are located in two distinct regions: the Salt Range area in the Potwar sub-basin with huge Precambrian salt deposits and the Eocene Bahadurkhel/Kohat salts in the Kohat sub-basin. Total reserves are estimated over tens of billion tons with an annual production of about 3,534,075 metric tons in 2017-Results show that the halite of the salt range area is purer than the Bahadurkhel/Kohat salts with purity levels (expressed as NaCl) of 99 and 95 wt. %, respectively. Gypsum represents one of the main impurities in halite for both regions, while potash salts (>9 wt. %) are observed in the Salt Range area, K contents are very low in the Kohat salts. Although the halite moisture content is similar for both regions, impurities contents are higher (>5%) for the Kohat salts, arising the need for their purification prior to eventual human consumption.    

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