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The McDermitt Caldera is a large, oval-shaped caldera west of McDermitt in southeastern Oregon and northern Nevada in the United States. It is about 28 miles (45 km) long north–south and 22 miles (35 km) wide east–west. [3] The western part of the caldera is in the Trout Creek Mountains, and the northern part is in the Oregon Canyon Mountains.
The Thacker Pass lithium deposit has measured and indicated resources of 13.7 million tonnes of lithium carbonate equivalent, at an average ore grade of 2,231 ppm (0.22%) lithium. [19] The Thacker Pass volcano-sedimentary deposit is the largest known sedimentary lithium resource in the U.S. [ 5 ]
With an elevation of 7,795 feet (2,376 m) above sea level, [1] [2] Mount Washington is located in Deschutes and Linn counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. [8] It lies north of McKenzie Pass, [3] and some 12 miles (19 km) west of the city of Sisters. [9]
Researchers at Duke University are conducting a water quality study in North Carolina lithium mining regions, which includes Cleveland, Gaston and Lincoln counties where lithium-rich rocks are ...
A map of the U.S. showing the geological area called the Smackover Formation. The highlighted portion in red, in southern Arkansas, was found by the U.S. Geological Survey to have high levels of ...
The Western Cascades or Old Cascades are a sub-province of the Cascade Range in the U.S. state of Oregon, between the Willamette Valley and the High Cascades. [1] The Western Cascades contain many extinct shield volcanoes, cinder cones and lava flows, and the region is highly eroded and heavily forested.
These proposed lithium mines are located about 80 to 100 miles away from Chimney Rock. Local officials are actively working to reconstruct damaged infrastructure in the town.
A gold-mining rush occurred in the Warner Mountains in 1912. A number of mines were developed briefly in what was known as the High Grade Mining District just adjacent to the Oregon border in Modoc County, California. [4] Great quantities of lumber were removed from the Warner Mountains beginning as early as 1920.