The Fang showing is located just north of Perkett Creek on the shoreline of Jervis Inlet.

Regionally, the area is underlain by a series of northwest-trending volcanic and marine sedimentary rocks of the Lower Cretaceous Gambier Group and argillite, greywacke, wacke and conglomerate turbidites of the Lower to Middle Jurassic Bowen Island Group, which form a roof pendant that has been intruded by diorite and quartz diorite of the Jurassic to Cretaceous Coast Plutonic Complex.

The Gambier Group comprises andesitic to rhyodacite flows and pyroclastics, greenstone, argillite, minor conglomerate, limestone and schist. Zones of faulting and shearing are locally common near intrusive contacts. These zones exhibit alteration and replacement mineralization.

The main mineralized zone occurs near the contact between quartz feldspar porphyry and volcanic rocks. The zone, sheared and oxidized, contains pyrite, chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite.

Float containing chalcopyrite, malachite and pyrrhotite has been located in the area. Three grab float samples yielded values from 1.32 to 8.12 per cent copper, 13.7 to 130.3 grams per tonne silver and trace to 0.69 gram per tonne gold (Assessment Report 3613).

Work History

In 1971 and 1972, Thunder Valley Mines conducted a program of prospecting, rock sampling and a 4.0 line-kilometre ground magnetic and electromagnetic survey on the area as the Fang and Egg claims.

In 1987 and 1988, Ashworth Explorations Ltd. conducted a program of geological mapping and rock sampling on the area immediately south as the Chris, Goliath, Maria, Nita and Orca claims of the Jervis Inlet property.