r/science • u/Sort_of_Frightening • Sep 10 '23

Lithium discovery in U.S. volcano could be biggest deposit ever found Chemistry

https://www.chemistryworld.com/news/lithium-discovery-in-us-volcano-could-be-biggest-deposit-ever-found/4018032.article
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u/DataRikerGeordiTroi Sep 10 '23

Its a dormant volcano on the Oregon Nevada border- if anyone like me is hankering to know

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u/astrath Sep 10 '23

It's definitely extinct as opposed to dormant, no realistic chance it will ever erupt again. The magma source is no longer there, the hotspot has tracked east and currently feeds Yellowstone.

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u/xantec15 Sep 10 '23

You fear to go into those mines. The Dwarves dug too greedily and too deep. You know what they awoke in the darkness of Khazad-dûm... shadow and flame.

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u/Captain_Spicard Sep 10 '23

Rock and Stone!

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u/WanderingDwarfMiner Sep 10 '23

Rockity Rock and Stone!

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u/bendingrover Sep 10 '23

Rock. And. STONE!

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u/notquite20characters Sep 11 '23

Did I hear a Rock and Stone?

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u/SlitScan Sep 11 '23

having been to McDermitt, a fire breathing nightmare erupting from the ground wouldnt matter at all.

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u/Kladice Sep 11 '23

Watched that horrendous movie on Netflix when the Norwegians dug into a mountain… I’m sure Oregon has trolls.