A workforce housing unit for Lithium America’s planned Thacker Pass mine in Northern Nevada is set to open in Winnemucca this year.
Lithium Americas is constructing housing for the roughly 2,000 workers it expects to employ during peak construction of the mine’s first phase. Housing units began arriving in October and the final structures are set to arrive by February.
The housing hub will open this fall for 350 to 400 workers, ramping up to house 1,000 workers once construction of the mine’s processing plants begins. Once operational, the mine is expected to have 500 permanent employees over its anticipated 40-year life.
Thacker Pass is a controversial planned mine on one of the largest lithium deposits in the country spanning 9 square miles in Humboldt County north of Winnemucca. Winnemucca’s population during the 2021 census was just over 8,600.
Major mine construction will commence this year.