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Colossal Cache of Lithium Found in US May Be World's Largest
https://futurism.com/the-byte/lithium-found-us-worlds-largest-cacheA new study, published in the journal Science Advances, estimates that the McDermitt Caldera, a volcanic crater on the Nevada-Oregon border, harbors a colossal 20 to 40 million metric tons of lithium.