Salt
This dataset shows the extraction and production sites of salt in Switzerland (in operation or decommissioned).
Salt falls under the category of industrial minerals and is mainly used as de-icing agent for securing the road infrastructure during winter, for the production of industrial and commercial salts or as table salt.
Simple
Identification info
- Alternate title
-
Salt
- Date (Creation)
- 2017-10-01
- Citation identifier
- ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-salz_abbau_verarbeitung
Citation identifier
- Presentation form
- Digital map
- Collective title
-
Resources Information System
- Purpose
-
Erstellung einer Datenbank zu den Vorkommen von Industriemineralen in der Schweiz. Visualisierung der Datenbank.
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
-
Swiss Geological Survey
- Voice
-
+41 58 469 05 68
Address
- City
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Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Country
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CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Website
- https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landesgeologie ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
Point of contact
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Georesources Switzerland Group
- Direct number
-
+41 44 632 37 28
Address
- City
-
Zürich
- Postal code
-
8092
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
-
georessourcen@eaps.eth georessourcen@eaps.ethz.ch
- Streetname
-
Sonneggstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
5
- Website
- https://georessourcen.ethz.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
-
GEMET
-
-
mineral industry
-
geotechnics
-
mineral extraction
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-
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
-
-
Geology
-
Mineral resources
-
-
geocat.ch
-
-
opendata.swiss
-
-
geocat.ch
-
-
FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure
-
- Spatial representation type
- Vector
- Denominator
- 10000
- Language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Topic category
-
- F Geology, Soils, Natural Hazards
- F1 Geology
Extent
- Description
-
Switzerland
- Distribution format
-
-
ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
-
ESRI Shapefile (SHP)
()
- OnLine resource
-
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
(
MAP:Preview
)
Preview map.geo.admin.ch
- OnLine resource
-
ch.swisstopo.geologie-rohstoffe-salz_abbau_verarbeitung
(
OGC:WMS
)
WMS-FSDI service, layer "Salt: mining and processing"
- OnLine resource
- Georesources Switzerland Group ( WWW:LINK )
- OnLine resource
- Resources Information System ( CHTOPO:specialised-geoportal )
- OnLine resource
- Download (data.geo.admin.ch) ( WWW:DOWNLOAD-URL )
- OnLine resource
-
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
(
ESRI:REST
)
RESTful API from geo.admin.ch
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Statement
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Rohstoffinventar der Schweiz (1987-), Datenbank, Schweizerische Geotechnische Kommission.
Fehlmann, H. (1919): Der schweizerische Bergbau während des Weltkrieges. - Schweiz. Volkswirtschaftsdepartement, Bergbaubüro, Verlag Kümmerly & Frey.
Fehlmann, H. (1947): Der schweizerische Bergbau während des II Weltkrieges. Büro für Bergbau des eidg. Kriegs-, Industrie- und Arbeitsamtes.
E. Kündig & F. de Quervain (1941, 1953): Fundstellen mineralischer Rohstoffe in der Schweiz, (erweiterte Neuauflage 1953); mit Karte 1:600’000.
- Reference system identifier
- CH1903
Metadata
- Metadata language
- Deutsch
- Character set
- UTF8
- Hierarchy level
- Dataset
- Date stamp
- 2025-10-16T09:20:53.011Z
- Metadata standard name
-
GM03 2+
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
- Position name
-
Swiss Geological Survey
- Voice
-
+41 58 469 05 68
Address
- City
-
Wabern
- Postal code
-
3084
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
- Streetname
-
Seftigenstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
264
- Website
- https://www.swisstopo.admin.ch/de/landesgeologie ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
- Organisation Acronym
-
swisstopo
Metadata author
Responsible party
- Organisation name
-
Georesources Switzerland Group
- Direct number
-
+41 44 632 37 28
Address
- City
-
Zürich
- Postal code
-
8092
- Country
-
CH
- Electronic mail address
-
georessourcen@eaps.eth georessourcen@eaps.ethz.ch
- Streetname
-
Sonneggstrasse
- Streetnumber
-
5
- Website
- https://georessourcen.ethz.ch ( WWW:LINK )
- Role
- Owner
Legislation Information
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- German
- Language
- French
- Language
- Italien
- Legislation Type
- Other legal text on national level
- Internal Reference
-
510.620
- Alternate title
-
Geoinformationsverordnung GeoIV
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-07-01
Legislation Information
- Country
- Switzerland
- Language
- German
- Language
- French
- Language
- Italien
- Legislation Type
- Other legal text on national level
- Internal Reference
-
510.624
- Alternate title
-
Landesgeologieverordnung LGeolV
- Date (Publication)
- 2008-07-01
- Date (Creation)
- 2008-05-21
geocat.ch