Hutchinson Salt Member deposits
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Hutchinson Salt Member deposits are extensive subsurface evaporite (rock salt) formations in central Kansas that have been heavily mined and are significant to the region’s geology and salt industry.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
evaporite deposit
ⓘ
rock salt formation ⓘ subsurface geological unit ⓘ |
| centeredNear | Hutchinson, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contains |
bedded halite
ⓘ
minor anhydrite and shale interbeds ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| depositionalEnvironment |
evaporitic sabkha to salina setting
ⓘ
restricted marine basin ⓘ |
| economicImportance | major source of salt in Kansas ⓘ |
| extendsUnder |
Harvey County, Kansas
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
McPherson County, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Reno County, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ Sedgwick County, Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ other adjacent central Kansas counties ⓘ |
| formsPartOf | Midcontinent evaporite sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicAge | Permian ⓘ |
| geologicBasin | Permian Basin of Kansas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geologicPeriod | Permian period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMiningMethod |
room-and-pillar mining
ⓘ
solution mining (brine wells) ⓘ |
| hasSubsurfaceMines |
Hutchinson salt mines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Lyons salt mines ⓘ |
| hazardAssociation | risk of subsidence where salt is dissolved ⓘ |
| hostTo | underground storage caverns created by solution mining ⓘ |
| industrialUse |
chlor-alkali industry
ⓘ
water softening salt ⓘ |
| isKeyUnitFor | subsurface correlation in central Kansas ⓘ |
| lithology |
halite
ⓘ
rock salt ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
central Kansas ⓘ |
| mappedBy | subsurface well logs ⓘ |
| memberOf | Wellington Formation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originProcess | evaporation of saline seawater in restricted basin ⓘ |
| partOf | Hutchinson Salt Member NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region | Midcontinent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| resourceCommodity | sodium chloride ⓘ |
| resourceType | industrial mineral resource ⓘ |
| significance |
important to Kansas salt industry
ⓘ
important to regional subsurface geology ⓘ |
| stratigraphicUnitOf | Kansas subsurface ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Kansas Geological Survey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| thicknessCharacteristic | locally thick and laterally extensive ⓘ |
| usedFor |
chemical industry feedstock
ⓘ
food-grade salt production ⓘ road de-icing salt production ⓘ solution mining ⓘ underground salt mining ⓘ |
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