Abstract: A method of producing liquid ore includes identifying a region of the geologic formation containing liquid ore based on at least one of a breach in a basement rock of the geologic formation or a seismographic dim-out within a sedimentary bed of the geologic formation. The liquid ore is then extracted from the geologic formation through a wellbore in communication with the region of the geologic formation. Extracted liquid ore may subsequently be processed to precipitate elements within the liquid ore. Such processing may include, among other things, contacting the liquid ore with a proton acceptor and separating a carbonate from a carbonate mixture derived from the liquid ore.