Yuncheng Salt Pond Black Mud (a specialty of Yuncheng, Shanxi)

Introduction to Yuncheng Salt Lake Black Mud

Yuncheng Salt Lake Black Mud was formed in the early fourth period of the Cenozoic era. As a high-quality and natural beauty product, it is rich in more than 30 beneficial minerals and trace elements such as potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, chlorine, iodine, bromine, sulfate, carbonate, etc. for the human body. At present, black clay cosmetics made through deep processing have gained a certain market share in multiple provinces and cities such as Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Hubei, Chengdu, Chongqing, Fujian, and Guangdong, and are beginning to enter the international market

Yuncheng Salt Lake, formerly known as Hedong Salt Lake, covers an area of 132 square kilometers. The formation of Yuncheng Salt Lake has gone through more than 100 million years of ups and downs, divided into three stages. In the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era, the Himalayan orogeny caused the collapse of the strata, and a part of Zhongtiao Mountain sank into the bottom of the lake, depositing a sediment layer up to 2000 meters thick, laying the material foundation for the black mud of Yuncheng Salt Lake; In the late Tertiary period, the Yanchi Formation was subjected to tension induced faulting, and rare materials from deep crustal layers invaded, adding precious nutrients to the black mud of Yuncheng Yanchi; In the Quaternary period of the Cenozoic era, under the influence of internal and external forces, the Yuncheng Salt Lake was finally formed. After long-term weathering and erosion, the rocks were weathered into fine debris. Due to the dissolution of surface water and groundwater in the main and tributary rivers of the Yellow River system where Yanchi is located, salt forming elements and organic matter such as chlorine, calcium, sodium, potassium, and magnesium are carried by wind and water, continuously migrating and concentrating in the lower part of the basin, storing abundant nutrients for black mud. The soil of Yuncheng Salt Lake is a settlement soil of the Cenozoic era, mainly consisting of sub clay, sand, clay, and gravel sub sandy soil. Due to long-term sedimentation, the remains of animals and plants brought in by the evolution of the ocean, as well as the remains of animals and plants brought in by wind and rain, and the remains of planktonic animals and plants in salt lake water, such as algae, ciliates, rotifers, crustaceans, etc., undergo physical and chemical changes in hypoxic environments, resulting in black mud containing a large amount of gelatinous and organic matter. At the same time, the salt pond water contains high concentrations of minerals, and its water-soluble and fat soluble minerals are absorbed by the black soil. Through the passage of time and the vicissitudes of time, Black Mud has undergone countless trials and tribulations of natural divine skills over billions of years. Gather the essence of the sun, the moon and the stars, absorb the nimbus of the rock animals and plants of the Tiaoshan Mountain, and absorb the cream of the fertile fields on the Loess Plateau. Various nutrients, minerals, and organic matter gather in the salt pond, causing the black mud of the salt pond to accumulate and enrich various nutrients. Tiaoshan testified that the Yellow River acted as a mediator, and every inch of black mud and gold in Yuncheng Salt Lake was hard-earned

Through comprehensive analysis by the Testing Center of Taiyuan University of Technology and the Department of Geology at Peking University, it has been confirmed that the black mud from the Yuncheng Salt Lake and the Dead Sea Bathing Mud in Israel are mainly composed of chlorides, with other high content substances such as silicates and sulfates; The main component of Yuncheng Salt Lake black mud is sulfate, and other substances with higher content are silicates, chlorides, etc. The Department of Geology at Peking University used ICP plasma emission spectrometer to quantitatively detect 26 metal elements including Na, K, Mg, Ca, and also quantitatively analyzed F - Cl－、SO42－、Br－、I－、HCO3-。 The black mud of Yuncheng Salt Lake and the black mud of the Dead Sea in Israel are both rich in beneficial mineral elements and their contents, both of which are on the same order of magnitude. This indicates that the composition of salt lake black mud is basically similar to that of Israeli black mud, and it has great value for development and utilization

Yuncheng Salt Lake in Yanhu District, Yuncheng City, Shanxi Province, starts from Dongguo Town in the east, runs along the north slope of Zhongtiao Mountain, passes through Xiyao Town and Dizhang Village in Jiezhou Town in the west, starts from Anyi Town in the north, runs along the southern part of the city, passes through Nancheng Office, Xicheng Office, and the southern part of Longju Town in the west, and ends at Qiaojiazhuang in Chepan Town in the west, with a total area of 154.6 square kilometers

What are the product characteristics of black mud in Yuncheng Salt Lake?

<21; In addition, Yuncheng Salt Lake black mud has a natural and pleasant fragrance. The production method of Yuncheng Salt Lake black mud is as follows: mud collection, drying, crushing, sterilization, preparation, inspection, packaging, and finished product

Process requirements

1 Drying: Natural air drying is used, with a moisture content (wt%) of ≤ 3%

2. Crushing: Use a splitter crusher to crush the black mud to a particle size of 14 μ m or less and 1000 mesh or more

3. Sterilization: The black mud dry powder is sterilized by irradiation to meet the hygiene standards of cosmetics