The Bluenose (South) occurrence is located near the eastern shore of Shuswap Lake, approximately 7.4 kilometres northwest of the community of Sicamous.

The area is underlain by rocks of the Hadrynian? to Paleozoic Eagle Bay Assemblage. The rocks comprise quartzite, marble, hornblende-rich skarn and pink to grey paragneiss. In general, bedding or gneissosity dips at low angles to the east. The rocks are highly deformed and minor tight folds are very abundant.

The South zone, approximately 61 metres above the lake, is exposed by two cuts, a shaft and an adit reported to be approximately 76 metres long. The entrance of this adit is badly caved, but it was reported to contain approximately 3 metres of highly oxidized sulphide near the shaft. Mineralization exposed on surface consists of pyrite, pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite and sphalerite in brecciated, hornblende-rich skarn over a width of approximately 7.6 metres. The zone of brecciation appears to strike north-northeast and dips steeply east. Approximately 122 metres south of the main showing, two approximately 15-metre-long adits are driven into paragneiss. Minor sphalerite, chalcopyrite and pyrite is exposed at the entrance of the most southerly adit.

Work History

In 1968, Royal Canadian Ventures completed a program of geological mapping and an 8.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Bluenose claims. The following year, Tranquility Explorations completed a 14.5 line-kilometre ground magnetic survey on the claims.

In 1984, the area was prospected by Larry D. Lutjen as the Golden Goose claims.

In 2019, JNR Resources Inc. completed a program of geochemical (soil, stream sediment and rock) sampling and minor packsack drilling on the area as the Triple 9 property.