Windsor Salt - Ojibway Mine (Windsor, Ontario)

USA / Michigan / River Rouge / Windsor, Ontario / Morton Drive, 200
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The Canadian Salt Co. Ojibway Mine operation extracts rock salt by using the room and pillar method 975 ft. below the surface. Salt is mined from a 25 ft. thick unit of Salina formation from the Silurian age. The deposit is exceptionally pure, containing less than 2% impurities.

Products produced from both Windsor operations are sold under Safe T Salt and Windsor labels and include, de-iceing road salt (3/4 of production), water softening, agricultural and chemical fine salt. Approximately 2.7 Mt are produced annually. In 1994 the company acquired the right to mine underneath Fighting Island which will provide sufficient reserves until the year 2038.
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Coordinates:   42°15'22"N   83°6'14"W
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