[Rockhounds] A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Been Found in The Eastern US

[Paul]

A Vast, Untapped Source of Lithium Has Just Been Found in The Eastern US
By Carly Cassella, ScienceAlert, May 18, 2024
https://www.sciencealert.com/a-vast-untapped-source-of-lithium-has-just-been-found-in-the-us

The open access paper is:

Mackey, J., Bain, D.J., Lackey, G., Gardiner, J., Gulliver, D. and 
Kutchko, B.,
2024. Estimates of lithium mass yields from produced water sourced from the
Devonian-aged Marcellus Shale. Scientific Reports, 14(1), p.8813.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-024-58887-x

Previously:

Colossal Cache of Lithium Found, McDermitt Caldera,
a volcanic crater on the Nevada-Oregon border
The Byte, Fururism, September 10, 2023
https://futurism.com/the-byte/lithium-found-us-worlds-largest-cachehttps:/futurism.com/the-byte/lithium-found-us-worlds-largest-cachehttps:/futurism.com/the-byte/lithium-found-us-worlds-largest-cachehttps:/futurism.com/the-byte/lithium-found-us-worlds-largest-cache

The paper is:

Benson, T.R., Coble, M.A. and Dilles, J.H., 2023.
Hydrothermal enrichment of lithium in intracaldera
illite-bearing claystones. Science Advances, 9(35), no.eadh8183.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adh8183

Yours,

Paul H.