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Thacker Pass mine

Thacker Pass mine, United States. In development, open pit, mining lithium.

Why Thacker Pass is famous

Large lithium clay project in the McDermitt Caldera, Humboldt County, Nevada. Lithium Americas targets mechanical completion of Phase 1 in late 2027, backed by a USD 2.26 billion US Department of Energy loan.1,2

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Timeline

  1. 1938 Searles Lake; 1966 Clayton ValleyLithium brine production begins at Clayton Valley3

Thacker Pass today

Where lithium is mined todayMining in United States

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Mines

An example ofSilver PeakSilver Peak pumps brine. Thacker Pass is a clay project in the McDermitt Caldera.4

Events

An example ofLithium brine production begins at Clayton ValleyNevada's lithium story runs from Clayton Valley brine in 1966 to a clay project.3

Sources

  1. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 Lithium Americas Corp (SEC)
  2. Thacker Pass Wikidata
  3. Lithium, Professional Paper 1802-K US Geological Survey
  4. Form 10-K for the year ended 31 December 2025 Albemarle Corporation (SEC)

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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Cover photos from Wikimedia Commons: Super Pit, Kalgoorlie by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0. Pictures: Salar de Atacama, Chile, NASA/METI/AIST/Japan Space Systems, and U.S./Japan ASTER Science Team (Public domain (NASA media, no copyright)); South Africa: a crowd of people gathered outside The Goldfields offices in Johannesburg. 1896., Unknown (Wellcome Collection) (Public Domain Mark 1.0).