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minus-squareKazumara@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·edit-28 hours agoOriginal information source, not the tweet: https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more And the Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11053-026-10652-9 There is a very important sentence all the way at the end: The USGS did not assess what amount would be economically recoverable. Edit: On a second reading, I think this sentence applies only to the southwest Arkansas brine deposits. Sorry.
Original information source, not the tweet: https://www.usgs.gov/news/national-news-release/lithium-eastern-states-could-replace-imports-a-century-or-more
And the Study: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11053-026-10652-9
There is a very important sentence all the way at the end:Edit: On a second reading, I think this sentence applies only to the southwest Arkansas brine deposits. Sorry.