The remote Indigenous community of Titjikala is divided over a plan to mine a huge salt deposit near their traditional lands.

Tellus Holdings wants to set up the underground salt mine on Maryvale Station, about 15 kilometres from the Titjikala community, where it has said there are salt deposits the size of Uluru located hundreds of metres below the surface.

In its draft environmental impact statement the company said it wants to use the holes it digs as deep repositories to store archival material, as well as hazardous waste, such as chemical and agricultural waste.

'This facility will impact badly on our lives'

But in a submission against the proposal, residents said the storage facility would store toxic waste that could leak and poison the land and the Finke River.

The residents said they were not told the mine would be used to store toxic waste and that they were misled.

"This facility will impact badly on our lives, and will not give us the benefits originally offered by Tellus when they talked to us," said the submission.

Resident Janie Wells said the community initially wanted the salt mine to continue, "...but another person came from environmental [group] and told us that they [Tellus Holdings was] going to put waste and we said no".

Map Titjikala is located about 15 kilometres from the proposed salt mine

Opponents of the salt mine said an environment group from Alice Springs, the Arid Lands Environment Centre, provided its own translator and their interpretation was at odds with the mining company.

"Underneath is water for us to drink," resident Jennifer Summerfield said.

"We got our kids and we got our animals. We just don't want it to happen that way."

Traditional owner Ricky Kenny wrote a petition supporting the mine and said the company had never referred to toxic waste.

"I think the company's been honest all along so far," Mr Kenny said.

"I mean, until something does happen that's inappropriate then we can make a statement or something, but so far it's been all good, a lot of promises.

"What they've said all the way along is a lot of archive stuff, computers."

Resident Janie Wells says she's concerned about toxic waste in the storage facility. ( ABC News: Tom Maddocks )

'Most residents want salt mine'

Most people in Titjikala backed its plans, including an idea to pave the road to Alice Springs, said Tellus managing director Duncan van der Merwe.

"We know that twice as many people have signed a petition for the project than those who are opposing the project," he said.

"We are also aware that the traditional owners are generally neutral-to-broadly supportive of the project."

Mr van der Merwe said the company has been clear with the community that it would be storing hazardous or toxic waste.

"Since 2013 our message has been consistent," he said.

He said experts confirmed to them there was no risk of contamination because the salt at the site acted as a natural barrier.

The Northern Territory's Environment Protection Authority will look at the submissions before consulting with Tellus.