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16th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
Lithium evaporation pools

US companies are intensively and aggressively seeking out fresh deposits of lithium all over the world, including on its own soil. A global lithium fever started back in 2016 and hasn't let up. Salt deposits on the edge of big evaporation pools at the only operating lithium mine in USA - Albemarle’s Clayton Valley, Silver Peak mine in Nevada, USA.

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 05.2018
Date Uploaded: 11.2018
Photo Location: Silver Peak, Nevada, United States of America
Camera: FC220
Copyright: © Matjaz Krivic