sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square187linkfedilinkarrow-up1422arrow-down132
arrow-up1390arrow-down1external-linkLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square187linkfedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·1 day ago but it literally is just Thacker Pass. This isn’t Thacker Pass. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thacker_Pass_lithium_mine The Thacker Pass lithium mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada The location being discussed: McDermitt Caldera in Oregon It looks like there was some discussion that there might be lithium there a bit back, like in 2023, but this is not decade-old news.
minus-squarefinnadrag@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-217 hours agoThacker Pass is inside the McDermitt Caldera, it’s the same deposit.
This isn’t Thacker Pass.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thacker_Pass_lithium_mine
The location being discussed:
It looks like there was some discussion that there might be lithium there a bit back, like in 2023, but this is not decade-old news.
Thacker Pass is inside the McDermitt Caldera, it’s the same deposit.