In the American West, beneath a long-dormant supervolcano, geologists have uncovered a lithium deposit that could transform ...

The Great Basin, covering parts of seven states, could provide 10 percent of the U.S.'s energy needs via geothermal sources.

The US discovers a deposit of 19 million tons of lithium in Arkansas, key for batteries and electric vehicles.

In a discovery that could fundamentally reshape humanity's energy future, scientists have identified an immense, virtually ...

USGS has identified that geothermal resources in the Great Basin of Nevada could potentially provide one-tenth of US ...

This story is part of the Grist series Unearthed: The Mining Issue, which examines the global race to extract critical minerals for the clean energy ... Developed by the U.S. Geological Survey ...

“USGS energy assessments typically focus on undiscovered resources – areas where science tells us there may be a resource that industry hasn’t discovered yet. In this case, after a century ...