V14B:
Lithium Resources in Continental Brines, Pegmatites, and Lacustrine Sediments I eLightning


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Session ID#: 51511

Session Description:
The world is experiencing a lithium exploration boom fueled by the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries for electric vehicles and renewable energy storage.  Over the next 10-15 years, industry analytical groups have estimated lithium demand to increase anywhere from four to five times today's global production.  To meet these projections, exploration is focused on continental brines, the current source of most lithium for the battery market; pegmatites, the historical source of lithium; and lacustrine sediments, a newly recognized lithium resource.  A better understanding of the characteristics and origins of these deposits will enable and inform current and future exploration activities and assessments for undiscovered resources.  We invite submissions that describe the geochemistry and geology of lithium deposits, as well as all aspects of the lithium geochemical cycle that lead to its enrichment in continental brines, pegmatites, lacustrine sediments, or other potential geologic environments.
Primary Convener:  Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States
Conveners:  Linda V Godfrey, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Mark F Coolbaugh, Dajin Resources Corp., 450-789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Primary Liaison:  Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States
Chairs:  Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States and Linda V Godfrey, Rutgers Univ, New Brunswick, NJ, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
Index Terms:

1009 Geochemical modeling [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1030 Geochemical cycles [GEOCHEMISTRY]
1829 Groundwater hydrology [HYDROLOGY]
3665 Mineral occurrences and deposits [MINERALOGY AND PETROLOGY]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

The volatility of lithium and implications for the formation of world-class hard rock, sedimentary, and brine deposits (Invited) (349035)
Thomas Robert Benson, Lithium Americas Corporation, New York, United States
Lithium isotopes: an innovative tool for the characterization of Lithium resources, clues from Li-rich brines and pegmatites field studies (Invited) (347810)
Romain Millot1,2, Beate Orberger3, Walter Rojas4, Sarah Deveaud5, Christine Fléhoc6, Arnaud Villaros7 and Eric Gloaguen7, (1)BRGM, French Geological Survey, Orleans, France, (2)BRGM French Geological Survey, F-45071, Orléans, France, (3)ERAMET Research, F-78190 Trappes, France, (4)Eramine Sudamerica, 4400 Salta Capital, Argentina, (5)niv. Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, F-45071, Orléans, France, (6)BRGM, French Geological Survey, F-45071, Orléans, France, (7)Univ. Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, F-45071, Orléans, France
Lithium-bearing Pegmatites in Western Northwest Territories (NT), Canada (421089)
Carl Verley, Self Employed, Washington, DC, United States
Relationship of Cenozoic volcanic activity to lithium concentrations in playas and sediments around the world and implications for genesis of lithium-enriched brines (420312)
Mark F Coolbaugh1, Lisa L Stillings2 and Catherine J Hickson1, (1)Dajin Resources Corp., 450-789 West Pender Street, Vancouver, BC, Canada, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States
Potential Importance of Past Ignimbrite Eruptions to Present Lithium-Brine and -Clay Resources in the Western U.S. and Central Andes (352977)
Albert H Hofstra, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center, Denver, CO, United States
Tectonic influence on lithium brine genesis at Salar de Atacama, Chile. (378913)
Scott A Hynek, USGS, Utah Water Science Center, West Valley City, UT, United States, Lee Munk, Geophysical Institute Fairbanks, Geological Sciences, Fairbanks, United States and David F Boutt, University of Massachusetts, Earth, Geographic, and Climate Sciences, Amherst, United States
Low Temperature Weathering of Ignimbrites as a Source of Li to the Brine Deposits of the Central Andes, an Isotope Perspective. (414876)
Linda Godfrey, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States, Jacob Setera, Rutgers University New Brunswick, New Brunswick, NJ, United States and Suzanne Mahlburg Kay, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States
Spectral mapping of Atacama del Salar, Chile using Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) data, an analog for U.S. playa-hosted lithium resource assessment (431622)
John Mars, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA, United States and Federico Solano, U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, United States
Hydrologic characteristics of western United States extensional basin playas related to Li enrichment: example from the Bristol Trough, California (381061)
Michael R Rosen, U.S. Geological Survey, Carson City, NV, United States, Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States, Matthew Vitale, Hydrogeologist, Consultant, South Lake Tahoe, CA, United States and Raymond P. Spanjers, Standard Lithium Ltd., Vancouver, BC, Canada
Geochemistry and Geology of the Clayton Valley Lithium Brine Deposit: Implications for Exploration, Development, and Lithium Production (368797)
Walter T Weinig1, Patrick Highsmith1, Daniel Weber2 and Daniel Chafetz3, (1)Pure Energy Minerals, Ltd., Denver, CO, United States, (2)Errol L. Montgomery and Associates, Denver, CO, United States, (3)Pure Energy Minerals, Ltd., Denver, United States
Lithium Clay Deposits of the Zeus Property, Eastern Clayton Valley, Nevada (451271)
C Tucker Barrie, C.T. Barrie and Associates, Ottawa, ON, Canada, Brad Peek, Peek Consulting, New Castle, United States and Peter Whittaker, Autec Innovative Extractive Solutions Ltd., Vancouver, Canada
Li-rich Claystone in the McDermitt Caldera, Nevada: Characteristics and Possible Origin (423096)
Christopher D. Henry1, Stephen Castor1 and Lisa L Stillings2, (1)University of Nevada Reno, Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology, Reno, NV, United States, (2)U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States
Isotopic Composition of Lithium in Lithium-bearing Clays from the Southwestern US (453650)
Lisa L Stillings, U.S. Geological Survey, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Reno, NV, United States and Linda Godfrey, Rutgers University, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Piscataway, NJ, United States
Lithium occurrences in salt deposits and experimental studies (392983)
Michael Schramm, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States and Michael Mertineit, Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources, Hannover, Germany
Lithium extraction from natural brines and salars – thermodynamic modeling of electrolytic systems and the evaporative sequences (397058)
Mohamed M Azaroual1, Arnault Lassin Sr2, Laurent André Sr3 and Adeline Lach2, (1)Univ. Orléans, CNRS, BRGM, ISTO, UMR 7327, F-45071, Orléans, France, Orléans, France, (2)French Geological Survey, Water, Environment and Ecotechnologies, Orleans, France, (3)BRGM, F-45060 Orléans, France, Water, Environment and Ecotechnologies, Orléans, France
A Comprehensive Survey on process of Lithium Resources Exploration and Development in Zabuye Salt Lake, China (372056)
Mianping Zheng, MLR Key Laboratory of Saline Lake Resources and Environments, Institute of Mineral Resources, CAGS, Beijing, China

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