Geochemistry and X-ray diffraction data from rock salts and saltwork wastes of Canada: data compilation

Description

Cristine Joy Yap and colleagues compile chemistry data for Canada's underground salt formations in a 2026 data report. Salt beds sit two hundred to two thousand meters down in onshore sedimentary basins. The compilation merges new project analyses, published results, and public provincial and national databases. Samples come mostly from drill cores cut for oil, gas, potash, and salt cavern work. Three thousand one hundred forty-seven samples anchor the set.

Four data families are reported, led by whole-rock chemistry from acid digestion and plasma instruments. Brined core samples simulate the fluids that solution mining would produce. A small set of real industrial brines joins them, plus X-ray diffraction mineral data. Much rock chemistry covers the non-salt beds hugging the deposits, like marls and anhydrites. New analyses targeted critical minerals such as lithium and rare earths. The authors aim the compilation at government research and industry users.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/articles/PMC13292661