Salton Sea - largest lithium deposit in the world?

[OldSchoolBoats]

Just came across this article and it's super interesting. Assuming that they would have to drain the sea completely to mine all this?

$540bn 'white gold' discovery at the bottom of giant lake could change history

A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern California. The Salton Sea, which is the largest lake in the US state was being studied by scientists as part of research funded by the Department of Energy.The study aimed to...

www.indy100.com

 

[rivermobster]

Just came across this article and it's super interesting. Assuming that they would have to drain the sea completely to mine all this?

$540bn 'white gold' discovery at the bottom of giant lake could change history

A 'white gold' mine containing $540 billion in treasures has been discovered at the bottom of a giant lake in Southern California. The Salton Sea, which is the largest lake in the US state was being studied by scientists as part of research funded by the Department of Energy.The study aimed to...

www.indy100.com

No on the drainage.

This has been in the works for ages.

The infrastructure to do most of this is already in place, AND it's privately owned!

Who knows if the EPA will actually approve it.

There is tons of info on Google.

 

[Gelcoater]

 

[rivermobster]

Article from 2021....

In search of ‘Lithium Valley’: why energy companies see riches in the California desert

Firms say what’s underneath the Salton Sea could fuel a green-energy boom. But struggling residents have heard such claims before

www.theguardian.com

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

Sounds like a nice diversion for the eco nuts to drive down there in their EVs to complain about strip mining the material used to make batteries for their next ego mobiles.

 

[77charger]

So many theories for the sea. My uncle worked for train yard years ago he use to tell me then plans were to connect it to the sea of Cortez.

Said it will bring fresh water to the salton sea but also a way for container ships to come straight up gulf unload onto trucks that can bypass so cal traffic etc

Now ev crap ramping up and now there’s lithium. If so better by my 20k 2 acre lot

 

[hallett21]

So many theories for the sea. My uncle worked for train yard years ago he use to tell me then plans were to connect it to the sea of Cortez.

Said it will bring fresh water to the salton sea but also a way for container ships to come straight up gulf unload onto trucks that can bypass so cal traffic etc

Now ev crap ramping up and now there’s lithium. If so better by my 20k 2 acre lot

I’ve watched all the Salton Sea documentaries. It’s an interesting and fun rabbit hole.

Supposed to be an unexploded warhead in there.

 

[BabyRay]

Then there’s this.

Major lithium discovery in fracking wastewater leaves the left facing EV 'irony'

A Pitt study concluded there is enough lithium to be extracted from wastewater created through hydraulic fracturing to supply America with nearly 40% of its needs.

www.foxnews.com

 

[floatn turd]

"White gold" is racist.

 

[alpha 1]

seen this a little over a year ago

 

[77charger]

I’ve watched all the Salton Sea documentaries. It’s an interesting and fun rabbit hole.

Supposed to be an unexploded warhead in there.

Always been interesting to me as well. I’ll have to check out the documentaries too.

As kids we went often from so cal to brawley el centro in early 80s as my dad had family there. Back then there wasn’t shit between Indio and westmoreland. And going with grandparents was the worst as my grandpa didn’t believe in ac. 62 nova windows down he was old school but we survived and have the memories.

 

[Ladsm]

grew up riding 3 wheeler down there before Ocotillo Wells was cool. That black stinky mud on the beach is nasty and they beaches are feet deep in fish bones. I remember the day people finally broke into the yacht club and started vandalizing it. It looked like they locked the doors in the 60s and walked away.

 

[77charger]

grew up riding 3 wheeler down there before Ocotillo Wells was cool. That black stinky mud on the beach is nasty and they beaches are feet deep in fish bones. I remember the day people finally broke into the yacht club and started vandalizing it. It looked like they locked the doors in the 60s and walked away.

We use to go in the 80s and park under the bridge at what is now the off road area near the arco.

I rode to the shore of the sea one time on my 185 rode into the mud or should I say began sinking so throttled out barely made it but was the stinkiest mud ever and nasty shit. Never did that again plus
My dad just about killed me when I got back from the mess I had on the trike.

 

[BajaMike]

I would like see them vent the lake, either with tunnels or a canal to the Pacific Ocean or the Gulf of California. That lake is an ecological disaster, when the winds are right you can smell it all the way to Palm Springs.

Imagine if we had that lake full clean ocean water, it’s below sea level, the ocean water would come flowing.

A boat friendly canal, you could take your boat from Indio to Cabo. It’s not infeasible…..as taxpayers, states west of the Mississippi get almost no funding for canals and waterways, and we pay billions of dollars every year to fund the canals and waterways in the Mississippi Valley and East. The Erie Canal, the Great Lakes canals, the Intercoastal Waterway, the Great Loop, there are literally thousands of miles of canals and hundreds of locks in the east.

It’s not a difficult project, it’s just our politicians won’t do anything until it becomes a real disaster. The lithium mining could easily be done with a refilled lake, we mine underwater all over the world.