COLORADO SCHOOL OF MINES,2707-1553 NEW AWARD DE-FOA-0002707(MINER) PROJECT TITLE: BLOCK MODELING OF THE CARBONATION POTENTIAL OF ORE DEPOSITS USING CUTTING-EDGE CORE SCANNING TECHNOLOGY AND ADVANCED MACHINE LEARNING ALGORITHMS WE PROPOSE THAT THE CARBONATION POTENTIAL OF HETEROGENEOUS ROCK FORMATIONS CAN BE RELIABLY QUANTIFIED THROUGH THE STUDY OF DRILL CORES PRODUCED DURING THE EXPLORATION AND RESOURCE DEFINITION STAGES OF MINE DEVELOPMENT. DEPENDING ON THE NATURE OF THE ORE BODIES, EXPLORATION AND RESOURCE DEFINITION DRILLING IS PERFORMED BY MINE OPERATORS AT A REGULAR SPACING OF 10 TO 50.