The Fan occurrence is located approximately 300 metres east of MacKenzie Creek and 3.1 kilometres south-southwest of the summit of Missezula Mountain.

Regionally, the area along the Allison Creek valley is underlain mostly by biotite hornblende granite and quartz monzonite of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Allison Lake pluton. More mafic phases, comprised of granodiorite, diorite and gabbro, are occasionally present within and along the periphery of the intrusion. The north-trending contact with Upper Triassic Nicola Group andesite and basalt lies east of the valley and comes to within a kilometre east of Allison Lake. The pluton is traversed along the east side of the valley by the north-striking Allison fault.

Locally, light disseminations of chalcopyrite and pyrite occur in an outcrop of brecciated andesite of the Upper Triassic Nicola Group (Central Belt, Bulletin 69).

Another area of mineralization, referred to as the J.B. zone, is located approximately 1.3 kilometres southwest of the Fan occurrence and comprises a roadcut exposing malachite and azurite mineralization associated with pyrite and epidote in an andesite.

In 2007, two grab samples (822RJB02 and 822RJB 03) from the J.B. zone yielded 0.218 and 0.271 per cent copper with 0.018 and 0.008 per cent tungsten, respectively (Assessment Report 29762).

Work History

The occurrence was initially explored by Zone Explorations Ltd. as the On claims with the completion of a soil geochemical survey in 1970. Equatorial Resources Ltd. conducted geological mapping and soil, magnetometer and induced polarization surveys on the area as the Fan claims in 1972 and 1973.

In 1981 and 1982, Cominco Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and ground geophysical surveys on the area immediately southeast of the occurrence as the Axe property.

In 2007, Condorado Operating Co. Ltd. completed a minor program of rock and soil sampling on the area immediately west of the occurrence as the Dry Lake property.

During 2010 through 2013, Paul Hoogendoorn and Peter Palikot completed programs of prospecting and geochemical (rock and soil) sampling on the area as the Dry Lake property.

During 2012 through 2015, Colorado Resources Ltd. completed programs of geological mapping, geochemical (rock and soil) sampling and a 6.0-line-kilometre induced polarization survey on the area as the Hit-Aspen Grove property.