sanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comexternal-linkmessage-square175fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkLithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S.www.earth.comsanitation@lemmy.radio to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agomessage-square175fedilink
minus-squarefinnadrag@lazysoci.allinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 days agoReally bizarre to write an article saying this deposit was ‘discovered’. This is decade old news. I saw the headline and thought ‘oh nice that’s like a whole other Thacker Pass’ but it literally is just Thacker Pass.
minus-squaretal@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·4 days 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.
Really bizarre to write an article saying this deposit was ‘discovered’. This is decade old news. I saw the headline and thought ‘oh nice that’s like a whole other Thacker Pass’ but it literally is just Thacker Pass.
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.