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Natural brine wells are the source of a large percentage of the world’s bromine, lithium, and boron and lesser amounts of potash, trona (sodium carbonate), Glauber’s salt (sodium sulfate), and magnesium. In addition, artificial brines are produced by dissolving formations containing soluble minerals such as halite (rock salt; sodium chloride), potash, trona, and boron. This latter activity is known as brine solution mining, and this section focuses on the solution mining of salt. All techniques begin with the successful drilling of a borehole to the top of the salt formation. The well is cased, or lined, with one or more ...(100 of 13477 words)