The Sho South (Southeast) occurrence is located at an elevation of approximately 1320 metres near the southwest bank of Broom Creek.

The area is situated in the southeastern portion of the Upper Triassic to Lower Jurassic Guichon Creek Batholith underlain primarily by Chataway variety granodiorite of the Highland Valley phase, the oldest phase of the intrusion. The coarse-grained granodiorite is intruded by north-northeast–trending granodiorite and porphyry dikes (up to 150 metres wide) and plugs belonging to the Bethlehem phase (EMPR PRELIM Map 30). The Guichon Creek Batholith is cut by north- and west-trending regional faults.

Locally, Chataway phase intrusives are mixed with Bethlehem Phase intrusives, with fractures filled with quartz, potassium feldspar, chlorite, tourmaline and gouge zone containing strong sericite-clay alteration and hosting bornite, malachite and lesser chalcocite. At least three mineralized outcrops (West, Middle and East) have been identified along an approximately 250-metre northwest-southeast trend.

In 2018, five rock samples from the West zone yielded from 1.25 to 3.83 per cent copper, seven samples from the Middle zone yielded from 0.66 to 3.59 per cent copper and samples from the East zone yielded up to 1.28 per cent copper (Assessment Report 38172).

Work History

The area has been explored in conjunction with the nearby Sho (MINFILE 092ISE020) occurrence and a complete exploration history of the area can be found there.