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{{short description|Mining operation extracting rock salt or halite}} {{About|mining for salt|the secret CIA prison|Salt Pit}} [[File:Salt mine 0096.jpg|thumb|Modern rock-salt mine near [[Mount Morris (town), New York|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]] [[Formation (geology)|formations]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=evaporite |title=Oilfield Glossary: Term 'evaporite' |publisher=Glossary.oilfield.slb.com |access-date=2012-02-13 |archive-date=2012-01-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120131020924/http://www.glossary.oilfield.slb.com/Display.cfm?Term=evaporite |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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