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

[Dora Smith]

Dennis asked about where lithium comes from or is found, and I don't 
think he meant to ask just me.

Well, first, there's another source of lithium in the U.S.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4qUsjzWl5E

Wastewater from fracking in the Marcellus Shale in Pennsylvania.

https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/scientists-just-discovered-an-enormous-lithium-reservoir-under-pennsylvania

I don't know why petroleum shale would be rich in lithium.  I udnerstand 
they form under very different conditions.

Where lithium comes from.

https://dragonflyenergy.com/where-does-lithium-come-from/

https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/150730/racing-to-mine-lithium

In Texas it is found where there was once ocean.

https://www.piedmontlithium.com/why-lithium/lithium-101/where-lithium-comes-from-does-make-a-difference-brine-vs-hard-rock/ 


Dora