Salt mine in sicily efourmies Admin posted on 7 years ago — updated on 7 years ago 3,192 views These salt deposits were formed during the “Messinian Salinity Crisis”, a geological event during which the Mediterranean Sea was cut off from the Atlantic Ocean and dried up... YOUR REACTION? 0 AWESOME! 0 NICE 0 LOVED 0 LOL 0 FUNNY 0 FAIL! 0 OMG! 0 EW!