Haselgebirge of Berchtesgaden salt mines

Haselgebirge is a mylonite composed of mineral clay, sandstone, anhydrite, rock salt is and other salts.[1] The structure of the Hallstatt evaporite body (Northern 5 Calcareous Alps, Austria): a compressive diapir 6 superposed by strike-slip shear?

Haselgebirge is common is Alps, where it is used for salt extraction by the sinkworks method.

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