[Rockhounds] Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

[Tim Fisher]

The Salton Sea evaporation mine is under construction. One other mine in CA may reopening. Thacker Pass in NV is under construction, It's near where we dig petrified wood and thundereggs near McDermitt NV so I've been following the project. There are others in the planning or permitting stage in the west. I have no idea what the projected lithium production is but the Federal govt. have huge subsidies to hand out.

Tim Fisher
nospam at orerockon.com



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From: Rockhounds <rockhounds-bounces at rockhounds.drizzle.com> On Behalf Of Dora Smith
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Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say

That's what I thought I saw.  There are atleast two other large deposits of lithium in this country.  Each article treats its topic as the only great hope for America to compete for lithium.

I'd also like to see more on the potential environmental impact, and on who opposes this mining in Arkansas, and apparently also in North Carolina.

Dora

On 10/22/24 3:13 PM, Tim Fisher wrote:
> That might be a tough sell these days, there is one new mine operating in Nevada that will have a pretty substantial production, and a huge, readably available reserve found in Wyoming. I believe there are other mines going through the approval process in the west. Also the salt flat process being used in Argentina(?) is surely a no go in AR.
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> Tim Fisher
> nospam at orerockon.com
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> Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars.
>
> The researchers said in their article released last month in the 
> journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 
> million tons of lithium in Smackover Formation brines in southern 
> Arkansas,” making up
> “35 to 136% of the current US lithium resource estimate.”
>
> According to a Monday release from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), “the Smackover Formation is a relic of an ancient sea that left an extensive, porous, and permeable limestone geologic unit that extends under parts of Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas, Alabama, Mississippi, and Florida.”
> Lithium, which has been labeled by the USGS as a critical mineral, has been often obtained from brines or salt flats they evaporate into. According to a projection from the International Energy Agency, demand for lithium could increase by more than 40 times by 2040.
>
> https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/21/business/energy-environment/arkansa
> s-lithium-ev-batteries.html
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> https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/researchers-say-arkansas-may-h
> ave-19m-tons-of-lithium-critical-for-battery-power/ar-AA1sFKbv
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