sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square190linkfedilinkarrow-up1431arrow-down133
arrow-up1398arrow-down1external-linkLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square190linkfedilink
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 hours 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-22 hours agoThe McDermitt Caldera is huge, Thacker Pass is inside it. 1.5 trillion is the valuation of the entire formation, I’m pretty confident the article is just being lazy rather than specific by calling it the ‘McDermitt Caldera in Oregon’.
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.
The McDermitt Caldera is huge, Thacker Pass is inside it. 1.5 trillion is the valuation of the entire formation, I’m pretty confident the article is just being lazy rather than specific by calling it the ‘McDermitt Caldera in Oregon’.