The supposition of a closed basin in an arid environment with a geothermal circulation system and sources of lithium suggests that Teels Marsh in Mineral County, Nevada is a target for significant lithium rich brines.
Teels Marsh is a known geothermal site. Just as with circulating basin waters, the hot ones associated with the geothermal resource, dissolve rocks, liberating boron, lithium and other elements such as sodium and chloride. These minerals are brought to the surface as springs emanating from the faults bounding the playa. Halite (table salt), and ulexite (a calcium sodium borate) were mined in the valley in the late 1800s (1872 - 1892). The supposition of a closed basin in an arid environment with a geothermal circulation system and sources of lithium suggests that Teels Marsh is a target for significant lithium rich brines.
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