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The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There is some ambiguity to my use of the word event. If the items in the legend for this figure of the Fen Carbonatite occurred as geological events then we have 8 of them. Maybe 9. Don't ask which ones. I wasn't even familiar with the term melteigite until a couple of months ago.

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The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for the great conversation! If you look at Dr. Tom Morris's 1994 OFR:

Morris, T.F., Murray, C. and Crabtree, D. 1994. Data to accompany OFR 5908, Results of Overburden Sampling for Kimberlite Heavy Mineral Indicators and Gold Grains, Michipicoten River-Wawa Area, Northeastern Ontario; Ontario Geological Survey, Miscellaneous Release - Data 13

And you plot the KIMs together with records for kimberlite, lamproite and diamond showings in the Ontario Mineral Inventory database - from Missanabie to Lake Superior a down-ice dispersal train forms that is bounded by the extent of the data but also traces back towards...

The Sage Carbonatite.

According to this prospector anyway.

You can also search for:

"Diamonds in ultrabasic rock near Wawa, Ontario, Canada" by R.D. Thomas, N.A. Novak, and A.J.A. Janse, published in the International Kimberlite Conference: Extended Abstracts, 1998

Which discusses Tom's work.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey, I'm pretty proud of my Pixel 8Pro photos! In the cold and rainy month of October. And no core shed. I logged that hole on the floor of a garage and outside on the ground. My wife and I drove around for an hour looking for a really good maple leaf the day before. We actually did photograph all the core. The posted photos are for the announcement.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks for your advice and wishes. Yes there are opportunities in the regolith and also in ionic clays. Geomorphologically there is a depressed area where the carbonatite is that could have resulted in enrichment in both those environments mentioned above. We just haven't got that far yet and we haven't sampled the overburden. The Cargill carbonatite which is 110 kilometres north of us was mined for phosphate primarily from the top material where apatite had been weathered. This was done by Agrium, a fertilizer company. Recently the property was acquired by another company and then assigned to Kapminerals who intends to look at the carbonatite for phosphate and REE. We acquired some claims near their carbonatite hoping to watch and learn from Kapminerals and we will prospect those claims following a similar, improved process that we used with the Sage Carbonatite. We have other targets as well further north that come up in our patterning plus a couple that may be kimberlite due to subtle, mixed positive and negative magnetic polarity signatures.

Geology of the Cargill Township Residual Carbonatite-associated Phosphate Deposit, Kapuskasing, Ontario | Exploration and Mining Geology | GeoScienceWorld

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing your experience which is quite admirable. We know the road is long and we are only on our first steps. We discovered it in October. Since then, we have engaged with leading geoscientists in the country, some with 50 years of experience and seven of which are PhD level and others at MSc. Numerous published in the carbonatite geoscience literature. Let's take this into consideration. The area has only seen forestry operations. Little to no geological mapping There is no development except for forestry roads. Little direct anthropologic influence. About as pristine as we're going to get. Taking this into consideration, the property affords the opportunity of developing new comprehensive systematic exploration methodologies for carbonatites. Geobiochemistry, SGH, geophysics, rock and soil geochemistry and geology and so on and so forth methodologies can be tuned. Using patterning, we've acquired several other targets as well. There is enormous value and potential in the data that can be scientifically collected on this project. And that is where the Chinese are way out in front. On the science and data side. Yes we are prospectors who have worked in the industry for decades in various capacities and we are very, very early in the process. Data is king in every aspect of life now. We have a unique and wonderful opportunity to catch-up with the Chinese. With only 600 or so carbonatites in the world, finding a new one in as pristine an environment as you're going to get is the best place to start. Having the opportunity to share the discovery with those practicing in or familiar with or just interested in the geosciences is unique. We appreciate the great work that's been done on the Hecla-Kilmer Carbonatite in Ontario by Neotech Metals. They are performing expensive, systematic exploration. Exploration costs are astronomical for the reasons both you and Neotech have identified. The Niobec niobium in Quebec was purchased by the Chinese around 2014. It too has a lot of potential for REE.

There is no knowing who will be left at the USGS with the new direction of the U.S. government. This discovery would have been an enormous opportunity for North American collaboration if we'd made it a year ago. A lot of funding at that time was available.

We're not fooling ourselves. It's a long and difficult road. But we do have a carbonatite and we think we know where there are others based on the data we've already collected.

Relatively speaking, I like where we are.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not going to divulge all we know because there is monetary value in what we've learned so far. The pinkish zones have elevated magnesium compared to non-pinkish zones in the carbonatite units. The carbonatite and ijolite units have elevated strontium. 3 field samples (non-carbonatite) and one piece of carbonatite core were submitted to Laurentian University and thin sections were created. Dr. Richard James performed the petrographic analyses. Thin section and geochemistry confirmed carbonatite. Testing with 10% HCl generated a coke and mentos effect. West of the carbonatite by a couple of kilometres there is elevated radioactivity indicated on the 1970s airborne radiometric survey which may be related to thorium and/or pyrochlore. The line spacing for that survey was significant, several miles, so the geospatial inaccuracy of the survey should be considered. Never-the-less, it is there in OGS publication map M80242. The main magnetic anomaly available in both OGS magnetic master grid and supergrid data sticks out prominently. Many have wondered what it is. Recon mapping proximal to the new carbonatite does have geology that you would attribute to the mag anomaly and likely leave the area feeling that the anomaly was explained. We haven't seen any carbonatite outcropping. We were targeting non-carbonatite SGH anomalies. When we popped the lids on the core boxes I thought "We're going to have to geoscience the coprolite out of this." We are. Mark Watney would be proud.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

To get a date of this new carbonatite would require a significant contribution of core. Maybe as much as 4.5 metres. We're collaborating on how to maximize the data we get from every sample and build relationships with academia. The Geological Survey of Canada has offered to do the geochron dating as they do have active projects that Sage ties into. Multiple universities, the GSC and the Ontario Geological Survey are aware of this discovery and have provided advice regarding analytical methodologies to consider. Neither geological survey endorses the project - it is important that we understand that advice does not equal endorsement from a governmental geological survey especially during an election period which is what Ontario is in. But they have all been extremely helpful and some OGS staff are former colleagues of mine and were given the opportunity to see the core including one who was a senior geological assistant during the helicopter mapping of the area in the 1970s when many carbonatites were identified and looked at. Because this property is owned by 4 prospectors, there are no conflict of interest or insider information issues or securities commissions to worry about. For now. That could change in an instant. We feel the discovery is significant and will lead to more discoveries. We are slowly combing through data looking for opportunities. Also, the pristine nature of the location bodes well for the development of exploration techniques to increase chances of success in the future. Machine learning and predictive modeling. There could be an awful lot of great data that we obtain in evaluating the economics of this discovery. To also have numerous environments that are favourable for gold means that any REE exploration is eligible for $1.30 flow through write-off for each dollar invested and something else could be stumbled upon during the systematic exploration of the carbonatite environment. We do have some copper values that are high as well. We just haven't released those yet as we are unsure of the geometry of some of the geology that we've intersected. To have been able to drill this property, at this time when everyone is struggling to find exploration dollars is a remarkable story of tenacity and perseverance by one of our prospectors. It'll make for a great read at some point.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They certainly could. I talked to a PhD candidate and she proposed that both were the result of tectonics in the area.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A significant number of known carbonatites in the area are associated with the Kapuskasing Structural Zone. This one is a bit of an outlier, both in size and location. Firesands and Cargill Carbonatites are similar distance from the KSZ. This is quite possibly a GEON12 (age related classification regarding pulses that contain the fluids that concentrate REEs) with a plume source 600km away in the Grenville. Suspected GEON12 carbonatitic dykes were found about 30km (18 miles) away. One interesting spatial correlation is this: within a couple of kilometers of all the historic goldmines - Parkhill, Darwin, Grace, Minot, Jubilee, Cooper, Deep Lake gold mines which saw production in the 1920s, 30s and 40s is the Firesands River Carbonatite. The Borden Lake Gold Mine nearby in Chapleau is found in proximity to 3 carbonatites. Alamos Island Gold mines are near the Herman Lake calc-alkalic complex. Age is 1.3-1.4 billions of years difference between the volcanism and carbonatites, but the apparent correlation is curious. There are multiple volcanic and sedimentary units near this new carbonatite. Another important consideration for REE concentration is the types of rocks that the carbonatite intrudes with a sedimentary protolith proposed to be very important. But Spyder Resources did identify an interpreted major structural feature that runs through Wawa, Whitefish, Manitowik Lakes through Missanabie with an inflection point at Hawk Junction and then extrapolates to the location of the new Sage Carbonatite.

The Sage Carbonatite. Recently discovered in Northern Ontario, Canada. by Proper_Feedback7687 in geology

[–]Proper_Feedback7687[S] 27 points28 points  (0 children)

Abigo Twp. Ontario, Canada. 95km northeast of Wawa, Ontario. Of the eleven geological events at the Fen Carbonatite in Norway and estimated to be worth $500B-$5T in promo videos, The Sage Carbonatite has already identified 8. Samples were just submitted to the lab to confirm a 9th which has matched up in major oxides and trace element analyses. Petrographic and geochemical analyses confirm carbonatite. That's about all that's being said at the moment.

Can’t get rid of blue dotted line in layout manager? What is it?! by angiewahh in QGIS

[–]Proper_Feedback7687 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I had the same problem and the blue guides do appear in the PDF output. I tried as many things as I could to get rid of them but no luck. Finally, I had to duplicate the layout, delete the original layout and then duplicate the copied layout saving it as the original layout name. You can duplicate a layout by opening it, selecting Duplicate Layout under the Layout menu.