UNILAD - Scientists have discovered $540 billion worth of 'white gold' sitting underneath a huge lake.
Located in southern California, Salton Sea is the largest in the state and sits on a lithium reservoir.
While scientists knew that the chemical element was there, they didn't know just how much lithium was beneath the lake - and the true amount is pretty astounding.
One of the study's 22 authors, Michael McKibben, a geochemistry professor at the University of California, Riverside, said of their findings: "This is one of the largest lithium brine deposits in the world.