The oldest deposits present at the site are believed to be between 1.8 and 2 million years old.
Some of the oldest deposits, 125 million years old, are in Lebanon.
These thermal zones are actually over older deposits, of which two tanks still remain.
Many banks are trying to lure older Americans' deposits by offering a variety of benefits that are not available to the other customers.
A deposit containing diatoms from this age can provide many more benefits than that of an older deposit.
These deposits were formed constantly through layering of older deposits by younger ones.
G.E.'s experts disagree, saying the old deposits are decomposing and too deeply buried to pose a risk.
They would like a complete and honest accounting of the old deposits and repayment to people who can establish legitimate claims.
The bank's former customers spent years trying to get their money back, and never managed to collect interest on their old deposits until the 1960s.
The White River Ash is a 1,200 year old ash deposit.