The Wilcum occurrence is located on the north side of the St. Mary River, approximately 2.5 kilometres northeast of the eastern end of St. Mary Lake.

The area is underlain by argillites and quartzites of the Mesoproterozoic Aldridge Formation (Purcell Supergroup). These have been intruded by gabbro sills and dikes of the Middle Proterozoic Moyie Intrusions.

Locally, as exposed by trenching, an andesite hosts massive sulphide mineralization including chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite and pyrite.

In 2011, a sample (A) from the site 7 trench assayed greater than 1 per cent copper, 2.7 grams per tonne silver and 0.52 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 33462).

In 2012, undescribed rock samples (2161305, 2161306 and 2161309) from hand trenches and test pits yielded anomalous values of lanthanum (up to 57.3 parts per million), cesium (up to 46.4 parts per million), rubidium (up to 267.2 parts per million), cerium (up to 87.0 parts per million) and lithium (287.6 parts per million; Assessment Report 34079).

Work History

In 1971, Kerr Addison Mines Ltd. conducted a regional program of geological mapping and geochemical (soil and silt) sampling on the are as part of the Dewar Creek project.

In 1985 and 1986, Amstar American completed programs of geological mapping, soil and rock sampling and ground and airborne geophysical surveys on the area as the Bootleg and High Peak claims.

In 2009, Richard Walker conducted a program of soil sampling on the area as the Wilcum property. During 2010 through 2012, DW Exploration conducted programs of prospecting, hand trenching and rock sampling on the area as the Wilcum property. In 2014, the area was prospected and rock sampled by C. Kennedy as a part of the MS Peg property.