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Lithium deposit valued at over $1.5 trillion discovered in the U.S. (www.earth.com)
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[โ€“] tal@lemmy.today 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Thacker Pass is inside the McDermitt Caldera, it's the same deposit.