Northwich salt field
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The Northwich salt field is a major salt-bearing geological formation in Cheshire, England, historically central to the region’s salt mining and chemical industries.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Middlewich salt field | 1 |
| Winsford salt field | 1 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
geological formation
ⓘ
salt field ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
brine pumping
ⓘ
subsidence ⓘ |
| contains |
brine
ⓘ
halite ⓘ rock salt ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depositType | bedded halite ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major regional salt source ⓘ |
| geologicalPeriod | Triassic ⓘ |
| geologicalSetting | intracontinental basin ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalActivitySince | Roman period ⓘ |
| hasImpactOn |
land stability
ⓘ
local hydrology ⓘ |
| hasIndustrialHeritage |
chemical plants
ⓘ
salt works ⓘ |
| hasMajorTownOverlying |
Middlewich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Winsford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiningMethod |
rock salt mining
ⓘ
solution mining ⓘ |
| hasNaturalResource | sodium chloride ⓘ |
| historicallyCentralTo |
Cheshire salt industry
ⓘ
Northwich chemical industry ⓘ |
| influencedDevelopmentOf |
Middlewich
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Northwich NERFINISHED ⓘ Winsford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
brine extraction
ⓘ
chemical industry ⓘ salt mining ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Cheshire
ⓘ
England ⓘ Northwich NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| near |
River Weaver
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Weaver Navigation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlies | Mercia Mudstone Group NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Cheshire Basin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Cheshire salt field NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceType | evaporite deposit ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnit | Northwich Halite Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| underlies | younger superficial deposits ⓘ |
| usedFor |
alkali production
ⓘ
chemical manufacturing ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Winsford salt field
this entity surface form:
Middlewich salt field