A map shows global lithium mines marked by green circles. High concentrations are found in the United States and South America. Moderate (5 to 6 mines) are found in Africa, Asia, and Europe, with fewer in Australia.
Lithium | Lightning Frequency | <0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.1 flashes/km²/year | 0.2 flashes/km²/year | 0.4 flashes/km²/year | 0.6 flashes/km²/year | 0.8 flashes/km²/year | 1 flash/km²/year | 2 flashes/km²/year | 4 flashes/km²/year | 6 flashes/km²/year | 8 flashes/km²/year | 10 flashes/km²/year | 20 flashes/km²/year | 30 flashes/km²/year | Asbestos Mines | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Alaska | 6.63% | 1.78% | 25.5% | 0.226% | 5.17% | ||||||||||||
Utah | 22.2% | 65.3% | 0.130% | ||||||||||||||
Yukon | 2.57% | 1.17% | 39.3% | 42.1% | 0.676% | 0.532% | 2.01% | ||||||||||
Northwest Territories | 4 | 10.4% | 11.3% | 1.93% | 1.61% | 13.9% | 14.4% | 4.36% | 8.69% | ||||||||
District of Columbia | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Florida | 0.168% | 52.7% | 47.1% | ||||||||||||||
Idaho | 8.51% | 90.0% | |||||||||||||||
New Hampshire | 77.0% | 23.0% | |||||||||||||||
Rhode Island | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Wyoming | 5 | 48.7% | 16.7% | 16.6% | 10.4% | 7.61% | |||||||||||
Nunavut | 41.3% | 36.7% | 7.71% | 1.80% | 1.53% | 0.139% | |||||||||||
Maine | 7 | 5.45% | 71.9% | ||||||||||||||
North Dakota | 5.40% | 24.2% | 48.6% | 17.6% | |||||||||||||
Kentucky | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Nova Scotia | 8.11% | 10.6% | 36.1% | 17.3% | 27.8% | ||||||||||||
Virginia | 1 | 0.585% | 33.4% | 66.0% | |||||||||||||
Delaware | 1.09% | 21.6% | 74.1% | 3.24% | |||||||||||||
Prince Edward Island | 2.52% | 8.96% | 20.3% | 68.2% | |||||||||||||
Saskatchewan | 0.267% | 0.717% | 31.5% | 16.7% | 3.54% | ||||||||||||
Mississippi | 53.6% | 46.4% | |||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 90.8% | 9.25% | |||||||||||||||
Nebraska | 2.93% | 89.3% | 7.74% | ||||||||||||||
Texas | 1.17% | 8.70% | 65.9% | 24.2% | |||||||||||||
Missouri | 97.2% | 2.76% | |||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Hawaii | 0.113% | 0.444% | 32.9% | 60.0% | |||||||||||||
New Brunswick | 0.276% | 0.234% | 58.0% | ||||||||||||||
Alabama | 41.8% | 58.2% | |||||||||||||||
New Mexico | 9 | 7.94% | 33.3% | 53.7% | |||||||||||||
Kansas | 96.1% | 3.88% | |||||||||||||||
Wisconsin | 0.368% | 53.9% | 28.7% | 12.9% | 3.74% | ||||||||||||
New Jersey | 9.73% | 90.3% | |||||||||||||||
South Carolina | 1 | 85.1% | 14.9% | ||||||||||||||
Alberta | 22.8% | 73.1% | 3.13% | ||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 77.5% | 20.8% | 1.09% | ||||||||||||||
Pennsylvania | 7.74% | 34.9% | 57.3% | ||||||||||||||
Colorado | 6 | 3.18% | 32.7% | 15.2% | 10.5% | 30.1% | 8.34% | ||||||||||
Nevada | 10 | 1.83% | 39.4% | 47.0% | 11.8% | ||||||||||||
New York | 16.1% | 65.1% | 18.0% | 0.137% | |||||||||||||
Maryland | 2.23% | 17.7% | 58.3% | 21.7% | |||||||||||||
Manitoba | 8 | 2.65% | 4.40% | 2.91% | 25.0% | 48.7% | 10.4% | ||||||||||
Oklahoma | 64.4% | 35.6% | |||||||||||||||
Tennessee | 1 | 100% | |||||||||||||||
Ontario | 5 | 2.58% | 3.28% | 0.872% | 19.2% | 2.31% | 2.14% | 0.326% | 0.285% | ||||||||
Arkansas | 15.7% | 84.3% | |||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 32 | 2.09% | 52.0% | 45.9% | |||||||||||||
Ohio | 23.4% | 76.6% | |||||||||||||||
Indiana | 100% | ||||||||||||||||
Minnesota | 13.4% | 3.05% | 20.4% | 21.8% | 9.11% | ||||||||||||
Iowa | 5.30% | 6.65% | 14.4% | 73.6% | |||||||||||||
Illinois | 1.50% | 98.5% | |||||||||||||||
Arizona | 15 | 1.13% | 23.6% | 20.0% | 37.0% | 18.2% | 3 | ||||||||||
Vermont | 4.97% | 95.0% | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | 1.04% | 10.6% | 19.8% | 20.2% | 12.1% | 35.6% | 0.648% | 1 | ||||||||
Montana | 1.84% | 16.7% | 6.56% | 12.0% | 2.35% | 1 | |||||||||||
North Carolina | 68 | 100% | 2 | ||||||||||||||
Oregon | 1 | 0.565% | 3.81% | 5.52% | 5.86% | 3.52% | 49.6% | 23.8% | 4 | ||||||||
British Columbia | 1.64% | 6.95% | 12.6% | 20.1% | 4.57% | 5.28% | 0.164% | 6.19% | 1 | ||||||||
Newfoundland and Labrador | 5.05% | 7.84% | 8.94% | 30.5% | 12.3% | 3.57% | 0.308% | 1 | |||||||||
Michigan | 1.83% | 31.7% | 16.4% | 14.6% | 8.66% | 1 | |||||||||||
Massachusetts | 14 | 2.27% | 79.0% | 18.5% | 1 | ||||||||||||
Georgia | 48.4% | 51.6% | 1 | ||||||||||||||
Québec | 5 | 11.0% | 4.90% | 11.5% | 3.83% | 3.39% | 3.67% | 19.7% | 17.8% | 0.183% | 2 | ||||||
California | 9 | 2.29% | 10.6% | 16.3% | 5.69% | 2.96% | 35.4% | 15.6% | 1.52% | 29 | |||||||
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