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Mining Salt learning objectives
• Summarize the processes that act to make
chemical sedimentary rocks.
• Diagram how the processes link together to form
mineral resources, specifically with regard to
evaporite (salt) deposits.
• Apply knowledge of sedimentary environment
and operational processes to infer potential types
and locations of mineral resources.
• evaporation
• deposit
• chemical
weathering
• crystallization
• lithified
• erosion
• minerals
• rocks on land
surface
• oceans
• ions
1. In your own words, define the words in BLUE.
2. Use the concepts above to make a concept map showing
how the salt deposits in the Bahamas and in Utah formed.
CONCEPTS
• evaporation
• deposit
• chemical
weathering
• crystallization
• rocks on land
surface
• lithified
• ions
• oceans
• minerals
Additional questions:
3. In what sorts of places do you think salt deposits are
forming today? (What are the characteristics of
places in which salt deposits can be found?)
4. The completed concept map can be used to answer
this question: Is "sea salt" really any different from
normal (rock) salt? Explain.
5. What are the pros and cons of mining salt in the two
locations?