LARGEST Underground Salt Mine in the World - Goderich, Ontario
N 43° 44.810 W 081° 43.610
17T E 441479 N 4844011
At 1,800 feet under lake Ontario, Compass Minerals’ Goderich salt mine is the largest underground salt mine in the world.
Waymark Code: WMXYH9
Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 03/17/2018
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Compass Minerals’ Goderich salt mine, located 1,800 feet under Lake Huron, is the largest underground salt mine in the world. The mine is as deep as the CN Tower in Toronto is tall. It has operated since 1959 and was acquired by Compass Minerals in 1990.
Most of the rock salt produced at the mine is used on North American roads as a safety precaution in the winter. The salt is shipped to hundreds of communities around the Great Lakes and along the St. Lawrence Seaway. Some of the salt is trucked to the nearby Compass Minerals plant to be packaged for distribution and sale at retailers in North America. The salt is also sold in bulk to manufacturers that make plastics, detergents, disinfectants and other important products.
The Goderich plant has operated since 1867, after an unsuccessful search for oil uncovered a vast bed of rock salt under Goderich.
Type of documentation of superlative status: http://www.canadacool.com/location/goderich-salt-mine/
Location of coordinates: above ground mine infrastructure
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