World’s Largest Lithium Reserve:
The U.S. Department of Energy recently discovered the world’s largest Lithium reserve beneath California’s Salton Sea.
- Salton Sea is a shallow, saline lake located in the lower Colorado Desert, southern California,
- It is a geological depression tucked between mountain ranges and lying below sea level.
- The Salton Sea is an important stopping point for migratory waterfowl and serves as a critical habitat for birds moving south to Mexico and Central America.
Lithium:
- It is a soft, silvery-white metal that heads group 1, the alkali metals group, of the periodic table of the elements.
- It has the lowest density of all metals.
- It is the lightest of the solid elements.
- It reacts vigorously with water.
