Ocna Sibiului mine

Salt mine in Romania
Ocna Sibiului mine
1930 map by Ion Maxim
Location
LocationOcna Sibiului
CommuneSibiu County
CountryRomania
Production
ProductsSodium chloride
Owner
CompanyState owned (Salrom)

The Ocna Sibiului mine is a large salt mine located in central Romania, in Sibiu County, close to Ocna Sibiului. The mine represents one of the largest salt reserves in Romania, having estimated reserves of 61 billion tonnes of NaCl.[1]

Lakes of the salt mine

References

  1. ^ "Sarea, Timpul și Omul" [Salt, Time and Man] (in Romanian). academia.edu. 2013. Retrieved 2013-04-22.
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