The Arlington South occurrence is located on a north-south–trending ridge, separating Hall Creek and the West Kettle River, approximately 2.9 kilometres south-southeast of the south end of the southernmost lake of Arlington Lakes.

The occurrence is located near a contact between an unnamed Middle Jurassic quartz diorite intrusion, which has been mapped in the past as Middle Jurassic Nelson Intrusions (Geological Survey of Canada Map 1736A), and a chlorite hornblende schist which may be part of the Carboniferous-Permian Anarchist Group.

Locally, the mineralization is not described but is likely similar to other occurrences in the area, which comprise quartz±calcite veining mineralized with chalcopyrite and pyrite.

In 2017, a grab sample (1087866) from the southern shaft area yielded 6.8 grams per tonne gold, whereas a grab sample (1067909) from the northern shaft area, located approximately 300 metres to north of the southern shaft, yielded 0.460 per cent copper and 19.3 grams per tonne silver (Chapman, J. [2019-12-27]: National Instrument 43-101 Technical Report on the Arlington Project, Greenwood Mining Division, British Columbia, Canada).

Work History

Two historical shafts and a number of trenches, likely dating to the early 1900s, have been developed on the occurrence area.

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Arlington (MINFILE 082ENW015) occurrence and a completed regional exploration history can be found there.