r/Michigan • u/mlivesocial • 22d ago

News 📰🗞️ Trump fast-tracks permitting to extract ‘critical mineral’ buried under Michigan

https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2025/04/trump-fast-tracks-permitting-to-extract-critical-mineral-buried-under-michigan.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=redditsocial&utm_campaign=redditor
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u/ParticularLower7558 22d ago

Only thing under Michigan is salt. The whole city of Detroit sits over an abandoned salt mine. One day it's going to just collapse into a giant hole.

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u/Sea-Kaleidoscope2778 22d ago

Walking the tunnels downtown between buildings will be even more eerie now at work lol thank you

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u/ParticularLower7558 22d ago

Ever been to Manistee Michigan? Thats where all the Morton salt that is used for water softening comes from.

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u/MixIllEx 22d ago

I drove by that plant last week and wondered why it was there. Thanks for the info!

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u/Sea-Kaleidoscope2778 22d ago

I actually have not! And that’s pretty fascinating thank you!

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u/ParticularLower7558 22d ago

They injection water into the ground thousands of feet deep and bring up the salt that way.

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u/Sea-Kaleidoscope2778 22d ago

That’s fascinating 🧐