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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 mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada, which is the largest known lithium deposit in the US and one of the largest in the world, [5] [6] [7] and is believed by some to have the potential to supply up to 25% of the worlds lithium demand. [8]
McDermitt's economy has historically been based on mining, ranching and farming. In the period 1917 to 1989 it was home to four nationally significant mercury mines in the McDermitt Caldera – Bretz, Opalite, Cordero and McDermitt – which from 1933 to 1989 were the largest producers in North America.
According to a new report, the world’s largest lithium reserve is nestled along the Oregon-Nevada border in an area known as the McDermitt Caldera.
The McDermitt Caldera in Malheur County was the site of intense uranium exploration in the late 1970s. Portland-based Oregon Energy is planning development of the Aurora deposit, near McDermitt. Mining and infrastructure studies are finalised, and metallurgical testwork is expected to conclude in 2024. [54] [55]
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The Thacker Pass lithium mine is a lithium clay mining development project in Humboldt County, Nevada, which is the largest known lithium deposit in the US and one of the largest in the world, [32] [33] [34] and is believed by some to have the potential to supply up to 25% of the worlds lithium demand. [35]
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