Mine detail: Retsof Mine

Previously called 'Azko Nobel Retsof MineInternational Salt Mine'

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Location

Lat / long: 42.77805, -77.85801

Resource(N)

Primary: Halite
Tertiary: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Potassium
Ore: Halite
Gangue: Anhydrite, Chlorite, Dolomite, Gypsum, Illite, Serpentine, Talc
Orebody form: BEDDED

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Large
Development status: Producer
First production started: 1884

Geology

Host rock:Syracuse Formation (Vernon)
Host type:Shale,Limestone,Evaporite
Structure:Salina Basin

References

MRDSDE02781
DEP10022431
Reference{Deposit:: BATES, R.L., 1960 (1969), GEOLOGY OF THE INDUSTRIAL ROCKS AND MINERALS: NEW YORK, DOVER PUBLICATIONS, INC., 459 P.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, P.W., AND BATES, R.L., 1990, SALT, IN INDUSTRIAL MINERALS GEOLOGY AND WORLD DEPOSITS: LONDON, INDUSTRIAL MINERALS DIVISION METAL BULLETIN PLC, P. 229-234.}{Deposit:: DICKSON, TED, 1983, NORTH AMERICAN SALT AND CHLORALKALIS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 188, P. 21-33.}{Deposit:: BENBOW, JOHN, 1990, SALT--A STATUS REPORT: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 271, P. 19-33.}{Deposit:: HARBEN, PETER, 1986, NEW YOR* INDUSTRIAL MINERALS: INDUSTRIAL MINERALS, NO. 225, P. 50-63.}{Deposit:: BODINE, M.W., JR., 1968, EQUILIBRIA OF SILICATE ASSEMBLAGES WITHIN NEW YORK MARINE EVAPORITE ROCKS: AMERICAN GEOPHYSICAL UNION, ANNUAL MEETING, WASHINGTON, D.C., 5 P.}{Deposit:: BODINE, M.W., JR., 1983, NOTES ON THE CLAY MINERALOGY OF THE RETSOF SALT BED, INTERNATIONAL SALT COMPANY MINE, RETSOF, NEW YORK: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 83-718, 11P.}{Deposit:: BODINE, M.W., JR., 1983, TRIOCTAHEDRAL CLAY MINERAL ASSEMBLAGES IN PALEOZOIC MARINE EVAPORITE ROCKS: SIXTH INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SALT, 1983, V. 1, P. 267-284.}{Deposit:: BODINE, M.W., JR., 1984, CLAY MINERALOGY OF INSOLUBLE RESIDUES IN MARINE EVAPORITES: PAUL F. KERR MEMORIAL SYMPOSIUM VOLUME, AIME-SME ANNUAL MEETING, FEBRUARY, 1985, NEW YORK, 24 P.}{Deposit:: TYSON, RAE, 1994, HUGE SALT MINE IN RACE AGAINST COLLAPSE: USA TODAY, APRIL 14, P. 1 AND 3A.}
ReporterBeougher, Delilah J. (Spanski, Gregory T.), Orris, Greta J.