The Copper Canyon showing is situated on the north side of Akokli Creek about 2 kilometres south-southeast of Boswell on Kootenay Lake, at about 1265 metres elevation between Charles and McGregor creeks (Assessment Report 17527).

Hostrocks are quartzites and quartzose schists of the Horsethief Creek Group of Middle Proterozoic age (Windermere Supergroup), striking roughly north-northeast. A quartz vein, 0.7 to 1.2 metres thick, is mineralized with irregular disseminations, stringers and bunches of pyrite and chalcopyrite, plus stains of copper carbonates. Two tunnels separated by 12 to 15 metres vertically, expose the vein. The lower tunnel is 43 metres long and the upper tunnel 11 metres long; grab samples from the dumps assayed 0.91 to 4.21 per cent copper, 20.6 to 34.3 grams per tonne silver and trace to 0.7 gram per tonne gold (Minister of Mines Annual Report 1927, page 323).