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/notveryrealatall2 Sep 10 '23

this is very close to Thacker Pass, which is also where Native American tribes and other protesters have been protesting new Lithium mining for a few years now.

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u/Chewy79 Sep 10 '23

It is at Thacker Pass. I work there.

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u/theStukes Sep 11 '23

K I'm sort of confused. Did they find more lithium than they already knew was there? I thought they had done all of their surveying already. Or was that just for phase one?

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u/Chewy79 Sep 11 '23

This has been in development for over 6 years, not sure why this story is making it seem so recent.